But what's interesting, Xiaomi said that some leaked photos of his Black Shark device were fake. The Redmi brand pembesut company itself has not revealed many things about the device in question. But recently a photo appears that looks more convincing, where it appears the back of a smartphone that is claimed to be the back of Xiaomi Black Shark.
The smartphone gaming fad is becoming massively popular and receiving a lot of attention from smartphone manufacturers. Early birds in the segment include Asus’ ROG which is a big name in the PC gaming community, ZTE’s Nubia, and Xiaomi-backed Black Shark. Xiaomi recently launched the much-improved Black Shark 2, powered by Snapdragon 855, effectively making it the gaming phone with the highest processing power. Its affordable flagship pricing is the cherry on the cake.
The Black Shark 2 has many quirks that resonate with games, including multiple RGB lights, detachable Nintendo Switch-like controllers, and a dedicated switch to launch “Shark Space” – a deep clean optimization mode so that all the resources are freed up and fed to games. But what is perhaps the most exciting part is the “Ludicrous” mode on the Black Shark 2 which results in robust gaming performance by the allocation of the smartphone’s total processing power to games.
Xiaomi was one of the first OEMs to jump on the gaming phone bandwagon back in 2017. The company followed it up with a direct successor last year, the Black Shark Helo, and could be set to continue down that part with another device soon, in the Black Shark 2. The Black Shark 2 surfaced on popular benchmark AnTuTu a few days ago, revealing a few details of the gaming phone.
Going by the AnTuTu listing, the Black Shark 2—ambitiously codenamed "Skywalker"—will be powered by a Snapdragon 855. Xiaomi already has a Snapdragon 855-powered device, the Mi 9, and any other SoC appearing on the Black Shark 2 would be the real surprise. The listing shows the device running on Android 9.
On board is 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage. The Black Shark Helo featured 10 GB of RAM, so that’s the first real surprise. It’s possible, however, that the device shown on AnTuTu is the base model of the Black Shark 2. We expect the top of the line model to ship with up to 12 GB of RAM, and it's not a baseless expectation either, since a Black Shark 2 unit with 12 GB of RAM actually appeared on Geekbench a short while ago.
Finally, the overall AnTuTu score awarded to the unit is a handsome 359,973. That’s a bit below the Mi 9’s score of 371,849 but this is just a test unit and we expect production units to perform better.
The Xiaomi Black Shark 2 is expected to be unveiled on March 18, which means we won’t have to wait much longer for it.
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