Black Shark 4 – 144 Hz screen, flag specification and battery that charges in 15 minutes

Black Shark 4 (Photo: Black Shark)

Black Shark today (Tuesday, 23.3) unveiled two new models in its flagship series, theBlack Shark 4 And theBlack Shark 4 Pro, Both offer fairly rich flagship specifications, with screens that support high refresh rates, a cooling system designed for use in demanding demanding games like in games, and super fast charging, which the company claims will allow the smartphone to be fully charged in just about a quarter of an hour.

On the front of the new devices in the Black Shark 4 series, you can find Samsung’s AMOLED screen, size 6.67 inches, + Full HD resolution, with a sampling rate with a touch of 720 Hz, which, according to the company, allows a response time of 24 milliseconds. The display’s fast refresh rate reaches 144 Hz, similar to what ASUS offers in the ROG Phone 5 gaming smartphone it recently unveiled. Black Shark points out that you can choose between different refresh modes of the screen, including 60, 90 and 120 Hz, in addition to the 144 Hz mode, where in the highest mode you will get a delay of up to 8.3 milliseconds.

Both models come with a “cinematic” audio array that includes a pair of stereo speakers, as well as additional buttons (Shoulder Buttons) located on the frame of the device and used for easier control during games, while the Black Shark 4 Pro model gets an addition that may enhance the gaming experience. With the integration of the Master Touch 5.0 system, this will allow the definition of different areas in the display, touching them at different pressure levels will allow for different actions in the game.

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Under the hood of the Black Shark 4 is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 870 chipset, manufactured in a 7nm process and incorporating an 8-core processor with a maximum frequency of 3.2GHz, an improvement of about 10% compared to the Snapdragon 865 about 3% compared to the + 865, while on the graphic side you can find the Adreno 650 accelerator, which comes at a frequency of 670MHz, similar to + 865, compared to a frequency of 587MHz in the original 865

Black Shark 4 (Photo: Black Shark)

The Black Shark 4 Pro, on the other hand, uses Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 chipset today, manufactured in a 5nm process and incorporating an 8-core Kryo 680 processor from Qualcomm, which the company says provides an improvement of up to 25% in performance over the previous generation. With a maximum clock speed of up to 2.84 GHz, alongside the Adreno 660 graphics accelerator, it produces an improvement of up to 35% in graphics performance over the previous generation.

Apart from the processor, the pair of devices has LPDDR5 working memory in volumes of 8 or 12 GB, while the “Pro” model gets a version with 16GB of RAM and the entry-level model will also offer a lower memory of 6GB of RAM. On the storage side is the UFS 3.1 fast component, with volumes ranging from 128 to 512 GB, while on the battery side, the company offers a capacity of 4500mAh and support for fast charging with a power of 120 watts, which will be enough for a full charge of the Black Shark 4 in 16 minutes And one minute less (15 minutes) for the Pro model.

In order to support the demanding requirements of high-graphics games, the company incorporates a dedicated “liquid” cooling system in the devices, which it says will cool various components in the device separately, including the on-chip system (SoC), the chipset (chipset) responsible for fast charging in 120 Watt and the 5th generation network chip. According to Black Shark, this cooling method will reduce the temperature of the device by up to 30% compared to the previous generation, but it did not specify what temperature we should expect during the game.

Black Shark 4 (Photo: Black Shark)

The camera array on the back of the devices includes three cameras, the main one uses a 64-megapixel sensor, and next to it an 8-megapixel sensor for wide-angle photography and a macro camera with a resolution of 5 megapixels. The main camera system supports 4K resolution recording at 60 frames per second and offers electronic image stabilization (EIS) and support for the HDR10 + standard.

Black Shark 4: Prices and launch dates

Both flagships of its flagship smartphone will be launched by Black Shark starting on March 26 in the Chinese market, along with external plug-ins that can be connected to the device, including the FunCooler 2 Pro, a plug-in that connects to the device via a USB-C connection and allows up to 15% improvement in cooling efficiency , Built-in temperature display and of course – RGB lighting.

Black Shark 4 Prices:

• Model 6GB RAM and 128GB storage is offered at a price of 2499 yuan (about $ 384)
• Model 8GB RAM and 128GB storage is offered at a price of 2699 yuan (about $ 414)
• Model 12GB RAM and 128GB storage is offered at a price of 2999 yuan (about $ 460)
• Model 12GB RAM and 256GB storage is offered at a price of 3299 yuan (about $ 506)

Black Shark 4 Pro prices:

• Model 8GB RAM and 256GB storage is offered at a price of 3999 yuan (about $ 617)
• Model 12GB RAM and 256GB storage is offered at a price of 4499 yuan (about $ 690)
• Model 16GB RAM and 512GB storage is offered at a price of 5299 yuan (about $ 813)