Some of the cheapest phones have arrived: the 4 Pro and Xiaomi Black Shark 4 when the cheapest phones of gaming are not in the market. Their prices are starting from just 383 dollars and 615 dollars. These two phones are not making even a little to no compromises if we talk about them regarding gaming features and performance.
These two: the 4 Pro and Black Shark 4 are most likely the same phones. However, there is a little exception regarding camera configurations and chip sets.
Design and Display
These phones’ display is of AMOLED panel and screen size is 6.67 inch along with 720Hz touch sampling rate and a 120Hz refresh rate. These rates are one of the highest levels that have seen on a smartphone yet. Furthermore, the brand: Xiaomi has also launched another element and that is the “e-sports gaming gloves” along with the Black Shark phones; they did so for those people who are most competitive gamers.
The fingerprint sensor is underneath the panel and 1080p is the display resolution with support for fast unlocks. This is not enough, the pressure-sensitive shoulder keys are also there, which can recognize both light and hard presses as well as there is a mode switch button on the right side for the sake of different profiles. It is quite similar to the alert slider of OnePlus phones, although it is more gaming-oriented.
Internals and Storage
There is a pair with the Snapdragon 870 SoC of the base Black Shark. However, a pair of Snapdragon 888 is connected with the Pro sibling. Next comes the element of memory, in the Pro the memory options are upto 512GB/16GB. However, vanilla only goes upto 256GB/12GB memory. Both of these are having UFS 3.1 and LPDDR5 RAM.
If we talk about the Android version, then the latest version of JOYUI 12.5 is based on Android 11. The Android 11 is well-known and perfectly capable of managing as many sources as possible regarding the gaming along with this; it makes the notification panel quiet. In addition, it also focuses on reducing the use of the battery, whenever needed.
One of the most impressive and remarkable features of Xiaomi is that it allows the phone to use the RAM as disk storage. This kind of RAM use is known as RAMDISK feature. This element particular boosts the performance of the specific app or game.
Cameras
In these two phones, a horizontal triple camera setup is installed, excluding the Pro model. The Pro model has the base model has 48MP and a 64MP main sensor. Both phones have gotten an 8MP ultrawide unit along with a 5MP auxiliary sensor. They have the capacity to record 1080p videos at 960fps slow motion. Moreover, the centred punch-hole has cameras are of 20MP snappers.
Battery and Pricing
Both contain the 4,500 mAh battery, which is split into two to enable super fast charging of 120W. in only 14 minutes, with the help of this technology your phone will charge from 0 to 100 percent.
The prices of The 4 Pro and Black Shark 4 have the starting price from 615 and 383 dollars respectively. Lastly, these phones will available in the next month.
Specifications
| Black Shark 4 | Black Shark 4 Pro | |
| Front Camera | 20MP | 20MP |
| Fingerprint Sensor | Side-mounted | Side-mounted |
| Colors | Magic Black, Black, Blue, Silver | Black, Dark Blue, Silver |
| Battery | 4,500 mAh, 120W fast charging | 4,500 mAh, 120W fast charging |
| Price | $383 | $615 |
| Display | AMOLED 6.67″, 1080 by 2400 pixels, HDR10+, 144Hz, | AMOLED 6.67″, 144Hz, 1080 by 2400 pixels, HDR10+ |
| Fingerprint Sensor | Side-mounted | Side-mounted |
| Colors | Magic Black, Black, Blue, Silver | Black, Dark Blue, Silver |
| Battery | 4,500 mAh, 120W fast charging | 4,500 mAh, 120W fast charging |
| Price | $383 | $615 |
| RAM | 6GB, 8GB, 12GB | 8GB, 12GB, 16GB |
| Storage | 128GB, 256GB | 128GB, 256GB, 512GB |
| Card Slot | No | No |
| Main Camera | 48 MP, 1/2.0″, f/1.8, (wide), 0.8µm, PDAF 8 MP, 1/4.0″, 1.12µm, 5 MP (macro), f/2.2, 120˚ (ultrawide), f/2.4, AF |
64 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/1.97″, 0.7µm, PDAF 5 MP, 8 MP, f/2.4, (macro), AF, f/2.2, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/4.0″, 1.12µm |
| Front Camera | 20MP | 20MP |