Black Shark 4 5G which generally retails for $420 is now available at a discounted price of  $359 only at the Double 11 Sale at AliExpress. This deal ends in the next 42 hours.

Black shark 4 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 processor and comes in two memory variants viz: 6GB + 128GB and 8GB + 128GB. The highlight feature of Black Shark 4 lies in its uniquely designed magnetic pop-up triggers which rise when playing a game and retract when not in use. The highly durable physical triggers give you a comfortable push back after each press thereby adding to the fun factor of your gameplay. 

Unlike its competitors, this smartphone comes with a minimalistic and sleek design but does not compromise on features or functions. The device sports a simple gradient rear panel with a triple camera setup at the top featuring a 48MP main camera and 8MP and 5MP secondary cameras while the front features a 20MP punch-hole selfie camera.

A massive 4500mAh battery fuels this gaming smartphone which also supports 120W HyperCharge. This means you get to 100% charge in just 17 minutes. The smartphone which comes with a 6.67” Samsung AMOLED screen uses a new generation E4 luminous material which improves the brightness and brings unprecedented super visual effects. With a record-breaking 720Hz touch sampling rate and a high-quality fully symmetrical stereo system you can be assured to have the best gaming experience on Black Shark 4.

You can now buy the Black Shark 4, 6GB + 128GB Black color variant for $359 only at the DOuble 11 Sale at AliExpress. This deal is applicable on orders placed from the China warehouse. Please note that this limited-stock super deal expires in the next 42 hours.

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Earlier this month, Xiaomi-based Black Shark Technologies launched its first flagship gaming smartphone. The phone went on sale in China for the first time today, i.e. 20th April, and was sold out within seconds.

Wu Shimin, CEO of Black Shark Technology said that the company had not expected so much love and support for its first product. He further added that the company and its partners are researching ways to bump up their production capacity. He promised that the device will soon be available for purchase in short time.

According to the company’s website, the next sale for the Black Shark gaming smartphone is scheduled to take place on 27th April at 10:00 AM in China. The 6GB RAM + 64GB storage variant will be priced at 2,999 Yuan (~ $477) while the 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage will cost 3,499 Yuan (~ $556). The company has also said that the first 50,000 buyers will also receive Black Shark Gamepad for free.

The Black Shark phone features a 5.99-inch InCell display that supports a Full-HD+ screen resolution of 2160 x 1080 pixel. The display delivers an aspect ratio of 18:9 and carries support for DCI-P3 color gamut. The MEMC intelligent motion compensation technology ensures smoother video quality while playing games on it.

Under the hood, the device is powered by Qualcomm‘s Snapdragon 845 chipset. At the launch event, Black Shark CEO Wu Shimin revealed that the device had scored 279,464 on AnTuTu. The 6GB RAM model has 64GB storage while the 8GB RAM model packs 128GB internal storage.

It comes with a multi-layer cooling system that includes high thermal conductivity copper alloy substrate, nano-composite graphite, heat pipe and liquid cooling that can bring down the temperature of the device by 8 degrees by improving the CPU cooling efficiency by 20 times.

The fingerprint sensor is located on the bottom bezel below the display. While gaming, the fingerprint sensor can be swiped to Shark Dock that includes handy features like silent mode, DND and more.

Coming to the camera department, the smartphone comes with a dual camera setup that features a 12-megapixel primary sensor with a pixel size of 1.25micron and a 20-megapixel secondary sensor with a pixel size of 1.0micron.

The dual camera setup is equipped with features like 6p lenses, dual-tone LED flash, PDAF, HDR, Portrait Mode and Panorama. On the front side, there’s a 20-megapixel camera with f/2.2 aperture and 5p lens that offers features like intelligent beauty and 4K video shooting at 30fps.

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As of the software, the handset comes loaded with a gaming-focused JOY UI, which is a customized Android Oreo ROM that includes some core features of Xiaomi’s MIUI. The phone houses a 4,000mAh battery that is equipped with 18W fast charging support through Quick Charge 3.0 technology.

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The Xiaomi backed Black Shark gaming company has unveiled the Black Shark gaming phone as its first gaming smartphone today through an unveil event in Beijing, China. It is packed with impressive specs like 18:9 display, 8 GB of RAM, Snapdragon 845, dual cameras, and mammoth battery. However, the major highlight of the phone is that users can attach a Bluetooth gaming controller to it to take advantage of true gaming experience on it.

Design and Display

The Black Shark gaming phone measures 161.6 x 75.4 x 9.25mm and it weighs 190 grams. From the front, the handset looks like a regular smartphone, but the high-end innards, its sports-car like rear design and its ability to support a Shark GamePad controller turns it into a gaming beast. The left side of the phone has a dedicated Shark Key that allow users to access impressive gaming zone whereas the volume buttons and power key are on the right edge. The backside of the phone features the dual camera setup and the easily noticeable green colored “S” logo at the center.

The Black Shark phone features a 5.99-inch InCell display that supports Full HD+ resolution of 2160 x 1080 pixel. Also, it delivers an aspect ratio of 18:9 and carries support for DCI-P3 color gamut. The MEMC intelligent motion compensation technology ensures smoother video quality while playing games on it. The bezel present below the display of the phone is equipped with a fingerprint sensor enabled home button.

Chipset and Variants

The Snapdragon 845 chipset is present under the hood of the Black Shark gaming phone. At the launch event, Black Shark CEO Wu Shimin revealed that the device had scored 279,464 on AnTuTu. To control the internal temperature, the handset features a multi-layer cooling system that includes high thermal conductivity copper alloy substrate, nano-composite graphite, heat pipe and liquid cooling that can bring down the temperature of the device by 8 degrees by improving the CPU cooling efficiency by 20 times.

The base model of the Black Shark gaming phone includes 6 GB of RAM and 64 GB of UFS 2.1 storage whereas the highest configuration variant has 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of UFS 2.1 storage. It houses a 4,000mAh battery that is equipped with 18W fast charging support through Quick Charge 3.0. The huge battery promises up to 5 hours of continuous playing of “King of Glory.”

The handset is loaded with a gaming focused JOY UI, a customized Android Oreo ROM that includes some core features of the MIUI. While gaming, the fingerprint sensor can be swiped to Shark Dock that includes handy features like silent mode, DND and more.

Cameras

For photography, it includes a dual camera setup that features an f/1.75 aperture 12-megapixel primary sensor with a pixel size of 1.25micron and an f/1.75 aperture 20-megapixel secondary sensor with a pixel size of 1.0micron. The dual camera setup is equipped with features like 6p lenses, dual-tone LED flash, PDAF, HDR, Portrait Mode and Panorama. For snapping selfies, it houses a 20-megapixel camera with f/2.2 aperture and 5p lens that offers features like intelligent beauty and 4K video shooting at 30fps. The cameras of the phone are powered by an independent image processor by Pixelworks.

Shark GamePad and Connectivity

The Black Shark Phone metamorphoses into a true gaming device by connecting its Bluetooth-enabled gaming Shark GamePad to the top portion of the phone (as shown below in the image). It is packed with a joystick, a trigger and a 340mAh battery that offers 30 hours of power. The gamepad can be used with other Android devices too that support Bluetooth 4.0 and Android 4.4 or above.

The connectivity features available on the Black Shark gaming include USB-C, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, 2 x 2 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.0, 4G VoLTE, dual-SIM support, GPS, AGPS, GLONASS. The Chinese manufacturer has employed X-shaped smart antenna design which ensures that its users do not face signal connectivity issues when held the device is held horizontally or vertically.

For immersive gaming experience, the Black Shark Phone is also equipped with Hi Fi audio, Biso stereo speakers with dual Smart PA for amplified audio output. Also, the microphone of the phone can be used for gaming-related functions such as voice calls and radio chat for distraction-free gameplay.

Pricing and Availability

The 6 GB RAM + 64 GB storage and 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage editions of the Black Shark gaming phone are respectively priced at 2,999 Yuan (~$477) and 3,499 Yuan (~$557). The Shark GamePad can be availed with a price tag of 179 Yuan (~$29).

The pre-orders for Black Shark will start today in China starting at 6 PM (local time) through Xiaomi Mall, Jingdong and Mi Jiapin. It will be available for buying starting from April 20. It can be bought in colors like Polar Night Black and Sky Gray.

For the first 50,000 people who pre-order it, Black Shark is giving away the Shark GamePad for free.  As of this writing, there is no information available on whether the Black Shark phone will be heading to countries outside of China.

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Black Shark has recently confirmed that its first gaming smartphone would be unveiled on April 13. Soon after the announcement, a couple of leaked renders of the alleged phone had surfaced on Weibo. Black Shark CEO Wu Shimin was quick to respond that those renders were ugly and fake. The official Weibo account of the company has confirmed the antenna design of the upcoming gaming phone by Black Shark.

The Black Shark gaming phone will be the first phone to be equipped with “X” antenna design. This arrangement protects the antenna bands from getting covered by the palm while playing games on it. It will ensure stable signal connectivity and reduce the rate of calls.

Some of the Weibo users have shared the basic design of the Black Shark gaming phone which shows that the top-left corner has GPS and Wi-Fi receivers whereas the top-right corner has LTE receiver. The bottom corners have receivers for LTE and Wi-Fi MIMO. To say again, such an arrangement will provide users with immersive gaming experience without disturbing the proper functioning of the antennas.

Very few details of the Black Shark gaming phone have surfaced so far. Its AnTuTu listing that was spotted in February had revealed that the smartphone would be powered by Snapdragon 845 chipset and 8 GB of RAM. It will be running on custom ROM based on Android 8.0 Oreo and it will also feature some core MIUI features. The handset has also appeared with the same specs on Geekbench. The exact size of the display of Black Shark gaming phone is not known, but the AnTuTu listing has revealed that it will be sporting an 18:9 aspect ratio display.

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Black Shark is a newly established Chinese firm that is backed by Xiaomi. Also, JD.com is the official online retailer of Black Shark products for the next three years.

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Yesterday, alleged photos of the Black Shark Gaming Smartphone surfaced online. While we did issue a warning about its authenticity, the CEO has himself come out to discredit the photos.

Mr. Wu Shimin who is the CEO of Black Shark, a company that Xiaomi is invested in, said in a weibo post that “the photos on the web are really ugly and they are not of their product”. He goes on to say that their own phone has a “beautiful appearance”.

The Black Shark gaming Smartphone is scheduled to launch on Friday, April 13.  That’s still more than a week away. If we are lucky, we may get to see a genuine photo of the device before launch.

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The Black Shark Gaming Smartphone will come with a Snapdragon 845 processor. AnTuTu also revealed that the phone will have 8GB of RAM and an 18:9 display. The OS is said to be a custom android ROM with some core MIUI features for game optimization.

Black Shark has signed a partnership with JD.com which makes the online mall the official retailer of Black Shark products for the next three years.

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The media has been awash with news of a new Xiaomi phone that would be dropping soon under the Black Shark moniker. That news has festered despite no official confirmation to that effect. Well, until now. Xiaomi has officially confirmed it has invested in the Black Shark gaming phone company. Thus, the expected gaming phone will bear the Mi branding.

This is coming after a Xiaomi official, Sun Changxu revealed that the smartphone will be released in Beijing, China on April 13. The revelation also touts the Black Shark phone as being the first real gaming phone. The phone will be manufactured by the Nanchang Black Shark Technology Co. Ltd which we now know that Xiaomi has vested interest. The company presently has over 300 employees and over 90% are designers and Engineers. So, Xiaomi may likely use its growing marketing network to sell the phone. 

Read Also: Xiaomi’s Black Shark Gaming Smartphone Specs Surface Online

The Black Shark gaming phone is expected to pack a flagship Snapdragon 845 chipset as revealed by its appearance on GeekBench. The device will also feature 8GB of RAM and an 18:9 full-screen design.

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The Black Shark Gaming Smartphone is a hotly anticipated device from one of Xiaomi’s funded companies. Earlier today, it was revealed that the phone will launch on April 13. That’s still 10 days away but you don’t have to wait that long to get a look at the device.

A user on Weibo has shared alleged promo photos of the Black Shark Phone. Combine the photos with some of the already leaked specs and there are only a few missing details including the price of the device.

The Black Shark Gaming Smartphone is black with a touch of acid green. The green color gives off a Razer vibe and can be found underneath the joysticks and on the trigger buttons. A LED beside the power button also has the same color.

The screen is wide enough for gaming and is flanked on the left by a D-pad, a joystick, and a smaller button we can’t make out its function. On the left are action buttons with the familiar triangle, square, circle, and X icons, another joystick and two unknown buttons.

The top of the Black Shark Gaming Smartphone is home to two shoulder buttons, volume control buttons, and a power button. At the bottom is a charging port and a 3.5mm audio jack.

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The phone has been confirmed to come with a Snapdragon 845 processor. It is reported to come in three variants – 6GB+128GB, 8GB+128GB, and 8GB+256GB. Other features leaked include support for Quick Charge 3.0, a 120Hz display, and Android 8.0 Oreo on board.

Do note that these photos are unconfirmed and may be fake, so take with a grain of salt.

Fact: Razer has a gaming headset called BlackShark.

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