A few days ago the news leaked that the gaming phone brand Black Shark will most likely be acquired by Tencent, the Chinese gaming giant. It was also reported that after the acquisition of Black Shark Technology, the company would be integrated into the Tencent Group Platform and Content Group (PCG) led by Ren Yuxin and the core business would shift from phones to VR devices. This was also considered a key step for Tencent to enter the Metaverse.
Black Shark 5 will have a similar design to its predecessor: no edges and hole for the front camera
Poco later, it was confirmed that the Black Shark 5 would still come out with the performing Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen1 chip on board, reassuring many of the fans already of the disappearance of the brand.
Well, this morning the Chinese blogger Digital Chat Station has once again revealed some news regarding the upcoming Black Shark 5. Specifically, it stated that the smartphone will use a solution with a perforated screen and will add gaming elements on the chassis. It will also not use the large symmetrical black edges as we see on gaming devices from Lenovo and Red Magic.
At the moment, we have gamers who prefer the edged design that in landscape mode we find on the left and right, which can reduce false touches during gaming sessions, while others hope that the screen ratio is higher, which can improve game immersion. So it's hard to say which is the best option and it probably all comes down to personal preference.
In any case, when it comes to performance, it has previously been reported that the Black Shark 5 series will be upgraded with a 100-watt dual-core flash charge for a 4600mAh battery. Powering the smartphone will be the current most powerful flagship Snapdragon 8 processor and we also expect ultra-fast memory as the Black Shark 4S Pro is equipped with a custom NVME SSD with the speed that has been increased by more than 55% compared to to competitors.
