As scheduled, the Xiaomi sub brand dedicated to mobile gaming, Black Shark, has just launched an update of the Black Shark 4 presented at the beginning of the year. The new Black Shark 4S series includes both the basic model and the Pro version; let's go and discover them together!
Official Black Shark 4S and 4S Pro: Snapdragon 888+, NVMe SSD memory and 120W charging
According to the official presentation, the Black Shark 4S series features a metal central frame with an aggressive design and uses nano-lithography texture technology to give a feeling of metamorphosis between light and shadow. The basic version and the Pro version are however available in different colors, the Black Shark 4S is available in Black and Foggy White, while the Black Shark 4S Pro is available in Galaxy Black and Skyrim White.
In the main configuration, the Black Shark 4S uses the flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 processor, while the Black Shark 4S Pro is equipped with the flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus processor.
The other specifications are mainly identical, in fact we have a very high quality AMOLED E4 screen with a refresh rate of 144Hz. Then we find LPDDR5 memory, UFS 3.1 flash memory, dual 1216 large linear speakers and other flagship configurations.
The Black Shark 4S Pro sees a big upgrade in internal storage though as it comes with a custom NVMe SSD. It is the first smartphone to introduce a disk array solution to bring the speed of SSD technology to a smartphone. Thanks to this technology, the reading and writing performance of the storage has been significantly improved from every point of view.
In addition to its powerful performance, the Black Shark 4S series is equipped with a new generation of the “sandwich” type liquid cooling system. Compared to the previous generation, the heat dissipation capacity has been significantly improved, which is enough to guarantee online games with 5G connectivity, 120W high-power charging and extreme performance with the Snapdragon 888 Plus that we find on board the device.
In addition, the Black Shark 4S series has 11 built-in temperature sensors for global temperature monitoring of the entire smartphone and specific monitoring of the area in contact with the hands, all for a real-time regulation of intelligent heat dissipation. and efficient cooling.
In terms of operating system, this time the Black Shark 4S series is also equipped with OS JOYUI 12.5, inheriting most of the features on MIUI, including dynamic aesthetics, notification display design, super wallpapers and much more. other. In gaming mode, you can quickly adjust the network, performance, anti-interference, anti-malfunction and other gaming functions.
As far as charging is concerned, the Black Shark 4S series is truly exceptional. Both devices in the series are supplied with ultra-fast 120W flash charging and integrated high-capacity 4500 mAh battery for a 50% charge in 5 minutes and from zero to 100% in just 15 minutes. Additionally, it is worth mentioning that the Black Shark 4S series also comes with a standard 120W charger, so there is a need to purchase a separate charger.
Finally, as for prices (in China), the 4 GB + 8 GB Black Shark 128S version is priced at 2699 yuan (360 euros), the 12 GB + 128 GB version is priced at 2999 yuan (400 euros). ) and the 12 GB + 256 GB version is priced at 3299 yuan (440 euros).
While the 4GB + 12GB Black Shark 256S Pro is priced at 4799 yuan (640 euros) and the 16GB + 512GB version is priced at 5499 yuan (740 euros).
