The Black Shark 4 is a high-end gaming phone that doesn’t look like a

The Black Shark 4 is a high-end gaming phone that doesn’t look like a

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Xiaomi’s Black Shark brand has announced its fourth series of gaming phones, the Black Shark 4 and 4 Pro. They have improved over the previous series in most ways you expected. There is a faster processor, evolving into the Snapdragon 870 in the standard Black Shark 4 and the Snapdragon 888 in the 4 Pro. Both phones also come with fast LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1, although each comes in different configurations.

The Black Shark 4 starts with 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage for 2,499 Chinese yuan (about $ 383), while the 4 Pro starts with 3,999 yuan (about $ 613) and has 8 GB of RAM with 256 GB of storage. They will debut in China on Friday, March 26, while the company says an overseas launch will take place “in the near future”.

Black Shark 4

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As is almost a given in the realm of gaming phones, the Black Shark has surpassed Asus and RedMagic – some of its biggest competitors in the niche gaming phone market – when it comes to touch sampling rate or how many times the screen you can register a ringtone. Both Black Shark 4 and 4 Pro have a touch sampling rate of 720Hz with a touch delay of 8.3 ms, which claims to be the best in the industry. This specification is unlikely to make a difference in the daily use of these phones by most people, but some more experienced players may care.

Both phones have mechanical shoulder buttons inserted into previous Black Shark phones, although the company says it has improved its appearance with “magnetic power lift” technology, making them appear more tactile when clicking, as well as fitting more perfectly into the design. the phone. Talking about the appearance of these new phones, they are decidedly more attractive than previous models.

Here is the Black Shark 2, which introduced the pressure sensitive screen that allows you to map two functions to a point on the screen.
James Bareham / The Verge photo

In addition to the shoulder buttons, these phones still have a pressure-sensitive screen that I really liked in the Black Shark 2. With the shoulder buttons and a screen like this, you can re-map the controls of a mobile game to be a one little more comfortable.

Unlike last year’s model, the Black Shark 4 and 4 Pro have screens of the same size. Both have 6.67-inch OLED screens with a 144Hz refresh rate. Like the Asus ROG Phone 5 Ultimate that I reviewed recently, these phones have two front speakers that claim to have a good spatial separation of audio. Also like that Asus phone, Black Shark announced that a fan accessory called FunCooler 2 Pro can be connected to keep it cooler. The price is 199 yuan (about $ 30).

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