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Black Shark 5 & 5 Pro launch globally- check pricing & specs

Sudhanshu — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 14:44:45 +0000

Xiaomi‘s gaming-focused sub-brand Black Shark debuted the Black Shark 5 and 5 Pro earlier this year in China. The company has now launched the devices globally, and we have brought you details about their prices, availability, and specifications.

Black Shark 5 and 5 Pro pricing & availability

The devices have been launched in North America, Europe, and the UK and their prices are as follows:

Blackshark 5

8GB + 128GB – $550 / €550 / £440
12GB + 256GB – $650 / €650 / £530

Blackshark 5 Pro

8GB + 128GB – $800 / €800 / £640
12 GB + 256GB – $900 / €900 / £730
16GB + 256GB – $1000 / €1000 / £810

The devices will be available to purchase from the Black Shark’s official site, AliExpress store, and through local Amazon stores.

Black Shark 5 series specs

Black Shark 5 Pro

The Black Shark 5 and 5 Pro both come with a 6.67-inch FHD+ (2400 x 1080 pixels) E4 AMOLED display with refresh rates of up to 144Hz. They offer a peak brightness of 1300nits, DC dimming, HDR10+, and 100% P3 color gamut. Other than that, the display has a 720Hz touch sampling rate for lightning-fast touch responsiveness while gaming.

Under the hood, the vanilla variant comes powered by the Snapdragon 870 chipset while the Pro model offers a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset. Both the models come with LPDDR 5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage. The Pro model will likely offer Xiaomi’s Disc Array 2.0 (UFS + SSD combination) to boost the read and write speeds up to 55% and 69% respectively.

Other than that, both models feature a 4650mAh battery paired with 120W fast charging, Android 12-based Joy UI 13, a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, and pop-up magnetic triggers for gaming.

Xiaomi Black Shark 5 & 5 Pro Europe variant’s memory, color options revealed

Sudhanshu — Tue, 31 May 2022 12:04:42 +0000

A few days ago, Xiaomi‘s gaming-focused sub-brand Black Shark announced that the Black Shark 5 and 5 Pro will debut in Malaysia on June 8th. This will be the first time the devices are made available outside China.

Now, it appears that the company also has plans to launch the smartphones in the European market as a new report from Appuals has revealed the storage, color options, and renders of the upcoming Europe models.

Black Shark 5 Europe variant renders

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According to the report, the Black Shark 5 and 5 Pro will both be available in two configurations – 8GB RAM + 128GB storage and 12GB RAM + 256GB storage. The vanilla variant will be available in Black and Grey colors while the Pro model will debut with Black and White color options.

Black Shark 5 series specs

The Black Shark 5 and 5 Pro both come with a 6.67-inch FHD+ (2400 x 1080 pixels) E4 AMOLED display with variable refresh rates of up to 144Hz. They offer a peak brightness of 1300nits, DC dimming, HDR10+, and 100% P3 color gamut. Other than that, the display has a 720Hz touch sampling rate for lightning-fast touch responsiveness while gaming.

Under the hood, the vanilla variant comes powered by the Snapdragon 870 chipset while the Pro model hosts a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset. Both the models will come with LPDDR 5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage, however, the Pro model will likely offer Xiaomi’s Disc Array 2.0 (UFS + SSD combination) to boost the read and write speeds up to 55% and 69% respectively.

Other features include a 4650mAh battery on both devices paired with 120W fast charging, Android 12-based Joy UI 13, a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, and pop-up magnetic triggers for gaming.

Black Shark 5 makes Geekbench appearance, video showing shoulder keys in action also posted

Zohaib Ahmed — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 08:55:17 +0000

The Black Shark 5 and Black Shark 5 Pro have appeared on Geekbench, showing off their Snapdragon 870 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chips, respectively, ahead of their Chinese launch scheduled for March 30th.

Among them, the Black Shark 5 Pro has managed to achieve peak scores of 1,237 points and 3,750 points for single-core and multi-core tests, respectively. The Black Shark 5, on the other hand, seems to hover around the 3,000 and 1,000 points mark, which although isn’t too impressive for a gaming phone, should be improved once the series is released.

Additionally, the official Black Shark Weibo handle today showed off the phones’ shoulder buttons with a demo video. Dubbed “Magnetic Lifting Shoulder Button 2.0,” the dedicated keys allow greater control when gaming, whether it’s FPS or racing games. They seem to have a “U-shape” for optimal grip.

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The Black Shark 5 Pro is equipped with a 6.67-inch OLED with a 2400 × 1080 resolution and a refresh rate of 144Hz. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 under the hood will be assisted by 16GB of RAM and will be powered by a 4650mAh battery with 120W fast charging support.

Meanwhile, the Black Shark 5 is equipped with a 6.67-inch OLED screen with a resolution of 2400 × 1080 pixels and a refresh rate of 144Hz. Under the hood, there’s the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 processor paired with 12GB of RAM that will get its juice from a 4650mAh battery with 120W fast charging support.

Black Shark 5 series passes 3C certification, hinting at imminent launch

Zohaib Ahmed — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 12:29:31 +0000

The Black Shark 5 series is set to make its debut pretty soon. The phones, which are expected to be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 870 SoCs, have now passed 3C certification. The certification shows that both models feature the ultra-fast 120W charging solution (via IT Home).

120W charging seems set to become the new standard for charging on gaming phones. A number of such devices from 2022 sport 120W or higher charging capabilities, including the Redmi K50 Gaming Edition, REDMAGIC 7 series, and the Lenovo Legion 3 series. The Black Shark models will only be joining the crowd.

Tipster Digital Chat Station had earlier revealed that the series is comprised of two models — the Black Shark 5 and the Black Shark 5 Pro. Among them, the standard Black Shark 5 comes with a 6.67-inch FHD+ high refresh rate AMOLED display. It will be likely powered by the Snapdragon 870 that will be supported by 12GB of RAM. Its battery will be sized 4,650mAh, meaning it could be filled up from 0-100% in a matter of minutes.

Black Shark 5 teaser

The more premium Black Shark 5 Pro uses a similar 6.67-inch FHD+ high refresh rate AMOLED display but has a beefier chipset in the form of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. It features a 13MP camera upfront and a 108MP primary camera at the rear. The phone measures 163.86×76.53×9.8mm and weighs 226g.

A report from last month had revealed that Tencent Group is planning on buying the Black Shark brand and integrating it with its own Content Business Group. If the deal goes through, Black Shark’s future business focus might shift from gaming phones to VR devices.