Right after releasing the Redmi K50 Gaming Edition last month, Xiaomi is now about to expand its Black Shark gaming phone lineup. The Chinese brand has just confirmed a Black Shark 5 launch event for March 30.
The announcement comes from a teaser poster from Weibo. It does not say what phones we will get to see, but we expect the Black Shark 5 and 5 Pro to break cover next week.
Specifications
Two Black Shark phones have been spotted on the TENAA certification platform in the past. The listing shows a 6.67-inch AMOLED display with 1080p resolution, an under-display fingerprint sensor, 16GB/512GB memory, a 4,650 mAh battery, and a 108MP camera sensor. The phone’s 3C listing also revealed 120W fast charging.
The second phone on the listing was limited to 12GB/256GB of memory and a 64MP triple camera setup, but the rest of the specifications were identical. Since both of them are gaming phones, we can expect to see the flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. The Chinese variant may feature MediaTek’s Dimensity 9000 chip instead.
Another leak from a Chinese tipster revealed that Black Shark 5 phones will have high refresh rate displays, but that’s a no-brainer on gaming phones these days.
Now that the teaser campaign has started, we will get to see more official specifications from Xiaomi over the upcoming days. Stay tuned.
