Unlike the other gaming phones that we’ve seen released in 2021, the Black Shark 4 doesn’t try to pack an enormous battery. With a 4,500mAh cell and without playing super-intensive games, this phone will easily get you through the day. In our PC Mark Battery testing, it lasted for just over 10 hours, which is honestly just fine.
That’s a fraction of the Black Shark 4 Pro’s 720Hz spec, but I’d argue that the tangible difference probably isn’t perceptible to most people. And, at this point, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 within the S22 series outpaces the Snapdragon 888 that’s in the 4 Pro. You can have most of the power that you need in a phone that looks far better than this one and works with many more US carriers. The Black Shark 4 Pro won’t work with LTE or 5G networks on most carriers — at least reliably.
- I’m firmly in the camp where I would LOVE to see more Xiaomi phones made available here in the U.S.
- But if you don’t use the correct methods, you will only waste time and end up frustrated.
- Then Open the Device Manager and Locate the ADB Drivers to Install it.
- The Black Shark 5 Pro features dual stereo speakers with DTS and Cirrus Logic technology to enhance the audio quality.
Xiaomi Black Shark 4 uses Qualcomm SM8250-AC Snapdragon 870 5G (7 nm) chipset, Octa-core (1×3.2 GHz Kryo 585 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4×1.80 GHz Kryo 585) CPU, Adreno website 650 GPU. Xiaomi Black Shark 4 supports 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G networks with Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by). Xiaomi Black Shark 4 uses Li-Po 4500 mAh, non-removable battery. Xiaomi Black Shark 4 Pro ranked 1302 as one of the best smartphones out of more than 5,000 tested smartphones in the analysis and testing of the smartphone. Both the Black Shark 4 and 4 Pro have a 720Hz touch sampling rate with a 8.3ms touch delay, which it claims to be an industry best. This spec likely won’t make a difference in most people’s day-to-day usage of these phones, but some hardcore gamers might care. Xiaomi’s Black Shark brand has announced its fourth series of gaming phones, the Black Shark 4 and 4 Pro.
The Black Shark 4 gaming phone will receive a 6.67-inch OLED screen with a resolution of 2400 x 1080 pixels, which will support a refresh rate of 144 Hz. The Black Shark 4 Pro is empowered by Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 888 platform. As one of the flagship mobile chipset, Snapdragon™ 888 adopts an advanced 5nm EUV process and has a brand-new Cortex X1 large core architecture. In terms of graphics processing, the Snapdragon™ 888 packs a brand-new GPU – Adreno 660, which improves performance by 35% and reduces power consumption by 20% compared to the previous generation. As for storage, the Black Shark 4 pro is equipped with the LPDDR5+UFS3.1, which significantly increased the read and write speed. As one of the flagship mobile chipset, Snapdragon™ 888 adopts an advanced 5nm EUV process and has a brand-new Cortex X1 large core architecture.
This is markedly bigger and heavier than the RedMagic 6R (6.4 x 3 x 0.3 inches, 6.6 ounces), and just slightly smaller but heftier than the RedMagic 7 (6.7 x 3 x 0.4 inches, 7.6 ounces). Prices start from $579/£489, which puts this in a similar price range as the RedMagic 6R. For comparison, the new iPhone SE weighs in at $429 and, if you wanted the cream of the crop with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 internals, the RedMagic 7 will set you back $50 extra at $629.