The Black Shark 5 series is expected to arrive soon - traditionally Xiaomi launched its first gaming phones of the year in March. Two devices, reportedly the Black Shark 5 and Black Shark 5 Pro, popped up on TENAA, revealing key specs and details. The most important change will be a new chip for the Pro variant, as well as a better main camera.
The Black Shark 5 Pro has a model number
KTUS-A0 and while TENAA does not reveal the actual chipset, the 3.0GHz CPU is
likely from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. RAM is listed as 8/12/16 GB, while storage
is 256GB or 512GB. We expect a 108MP main camera, while the front-facing cam
has a 13MP, which notably is lower than the Black Shark 4's 20MP camera. The
battery has 4,650mAh capacity and we expect it to keep the 120W fast charging
from the predecessors.
The Black Shark 5 is listed with a 3.2 GHz
CPU, which is very likely the year-old Snapdragon 870 chipset. It comes with a
64MP main camera and 8GB or 12GB RAM. Storage is again 128GB or 256GB and the
battery capacity (4,650mAh) is also shared between the upcoming phones.
The phones are yet to be launched, and
during the event, we hope to learn just how much Tencent is involved with the
gaming brand after the acquisition in January.
