The Black Shark 5 Pro features dual stereo speakers with DTS and Cirrus Logic technology to enhance the audio quality. It also has three active noise-cancelling microphones for the clearest possible recording of your voice, which comes in handy for talking to your teammates while you play. The colorimetry of the Black Shark 5 Pro’s screen is faithful as long as you opt for the Standard color mode.

• If the problem appears the same with the different wifi, then take your phone to the service centre and get it fixed.
• Your thumbs can focus on movement and aiming while your index fingers can handle shooting.
• Mobile Gaming has come a long way from those Java-powered flip phone games, and holding Xiaomi’s Black Shark 4 Pro in my hands is a firm reminder.
• 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.

Meanwhile, the volume rocker is at the bottom edge while gaming in landscape orientation, which often leads to accidental presses. At the core, there’s nothing wrong with the concept of gaming phones. They’re thicker than your average flagship phone due to bigger batteries, a heat sink, and several other components that you probably won’t find in phones made by Google, Apple, or Samsung. They’re proofs of concept that you can get laptop-tier specs into a pocket-sized device. If only a company made a device with more focused software that doesn’t feel so pressured to lean (in Black Shark’s case, very awkwardly) into the stereotypical lane of what it thinks a gamer wants in phone software.

The Black Shark 4 Pro is also more affordable than its Asus rival. The Black Shark debuted over a year ago, so it doesn’t have the newest hardware. But I don’t think it’s a big deal as the phone’s Snapdragon 888 chip is more than fast enough for the latest mobile games. The Black Shark 4 Pro comes with JoyUI, a heavily-skinned version of Xiaomi’s MIUI Android interface.

• Software-wise, the Black Shark 4 Pro has something Xiaomi calls JoyUI, which is based on its main MIUI software, which in turn is based stock firmware on Android 11.
• The smartphone also features a liquid cooling system called Anti-gravity Dual VC Liquid Cooling.
• Unlike other options in the market, the Black Shark 4 Pro has physical triggers instead of touch ones.
• Black Shark 4 Pro fulfills the needs of any gaming freak in his smartphone.

Having highly responsive physical buttons helped transform me from one of the worst at mobile shooters, to crushing the leaderboards. Equipped with a massive 6.67-inch AMOLED screen that supports HDR10+, you’ll see impressively deep blacks and vibrant colors. Everything has a very punchy pop and combined with its size, this makes it great for watching movies and browsing the web. You definitely have a lot of screen real estate to work with here. Its 720Hz touch response and pop-up triggers will actually make you a better gamer.

Black Shark’s signature X motif on the back is subtle, yet sophisticated enough to mesmerize anyone who spends a second longer staring at it. The phone comes with a 6.67-inch touchscreen display offering a resolution of 1080×2400 pixels. Black Shark 4 is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 processor. The Black Shark 4 runs Android 11 and is powered by a 4500mAh battery.