Black Shark 2 First
Impressions: One of the most versatile gaming smartphones yet;:
A couple of months
back we witnessed as Chinese gaming smartphone maker Black
Shark launched its newest gaming smartphone, the Black Shark 2, in China.
And now, the Xiaomi-backed Black Shark has launched the Black Shark 2 as
the first smartphone from the company in India. The smartphone has now been
launched in India at a starting price of Rs 39,999 for the 6GB RAM and 128GB
storage variant, while the 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage variant has been
priced at Rs 49,999. Buyers will be able to choose from color options such as
Shadow Black, Frozen Silver and Glory Blue. And like its predecessor,
the Black Shark Gaming Phone, the Black Shark 2 stands out in
the crowd of similar looking flagship phones.
Black Shark's newest
gaming phone wears its personality in the form of the RGB LED logo on the back,
strong lines and sandwiched matte and glossy texture. The phone has a metal
body and the company has rotated the dual-camera system on the back to a vertical
position from the previous generation. The back of the phone has a rubber
texture on the center and the edges. There is a shiny part of the back panel
that runs all around the back panel and houses the wording Black Shark on the
bottom and. The back panel gives the phone an ergonomic design and makes it
easier to grip.
The front panel of
the phone seems rather plain with thin bezels on the top and bottom of the
6.39-inch Full HD AMOLED display in a 19.5:9 ratio and non existent ones on the
right and left edge. The top bezel houses the sensors, the selfie camera,
earpiece and the LED indicator light. On the bottom bezel, is much smaller than
the last time as Black Shark is using an in-display fingerprint sensor this
time around. On the right hand panel, the phone has the power button and a
slider which is called the 'Black Shark Key' which is used to turn on the
gaming mode which transforms the phone into a dedicated gaming device. While
the right panel houses the volume rockers.
The phone runs on
Android 9.0 Pie and the most pleasant part of it is that it actually has an app
drawer unlike most other Chinese smartphones. The phone is snappy when opening
apps one after the other, and even during my limited time to test the device at
the venue, the phone was able to correctly open one game after the other
simultaneously without a hitch. The Black Shark 2 uses the
latestQualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor with Adreno 640 GPU and comes in
two variants with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage and 12GB RAM and 256GB storage.
The Black Shark 2
has been launched with the second generation controller which are very similar
to the Nintendo Switch Joy Cons, and can be used together as an individual
controller or with the phone by snapping them on on each side. The left
controller portion comes with a single thumb joystick and direction keys while
the right one has a touchpad and YBAX keys. The controller actually makes
playing games very convenient, especially battle royales like PUBG Mobile and
MOBAs.
Black Shark 2 First
Impressions: One of the most versatile gaming smartphones yet
A couple of months
back we witnessed as Chinese gaming smartphone maker Black
Shark launched its newest gaming smartphone, the Black Shark 2, in China.
And now, the Xiaomi-backed Black Shark has launched the Black Shark 2 as
the first smartphone from the company in India. The smartphone has now been
launched in India at a starting price of Rs 39,999 for the 6GB RAM and 128GB
storage variant, while the 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage variant has been
priced at Rs 49,999. Buyers will be able to choose from color options such as
Shadow Black, Frozen Silver and Glory Blue. And like its predecessor,
the Black Shark Gaming Phone, the Black Shark 2 stands out in
the crowd of similar looking flagship phones.
Black Shark's newest
gaming phone wears its personality in the form of the RGB LED logo on the back,
strong lines and sandwiched matte and glossy texture. The phone has a metal
body and the company has rotated the dual-camera system on the back to a vertical
position from the previous generation. The back of the phone has a rubber
texture on the center and the edges. There is a shiny part of the back panel
that runs all around the back panel and houses the wording Black Shark on the
bottom and. The back panel gives the phone an ergonomic design and makes it
easier to grip.
The front panel of
the phone seems rather plain with thin bezels on the top and bottom of the
6.39-inch Full HD AMOLED display in a 19.5:9 ratio and non existent ones on the
right and left edge. The top bezel houses the sensors, the selfie camera,
earpiece and the LED indicator light. On the bottom bezel, is much smaller than
the last time as Black Shark is using an in-display fingerprint sensor this
time around. On the right hand panel, the phone has the power button and a
slider which is called the 'Black Shark Key' which is used to turn on the
gaming mode which transforms the phone into a dedicated gaming device. While
the right panel houses the volume rockers.
The phone runs on
Android 9.0 Pie and the most pleasant part of it is that it actually has an app
drawer unlike most other Chinese smartphones. The phone is snappy when opening
apps one after the other, and even during my limited time to test the device at
the venue, the phone was able to correctly open one game after the other
simultaneously without a hitch. The Black Shark 2 uses the
latestQualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor with Adreno 640 GPU and comes in
two variants with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage and 12GB RAM and 256GB storage.
The Black Shark 2
has been launched with the second generation controller which are very similar
to the Nintendo Switch Joy Cons, and can be used together as an individual
controller or with the phone by snapping them on on each side. The left
controller portion comes with a single thumb joystick and direction keys while
the right one has a touchpad and YBAX keys. The controller actually makes
playing games very convenient, especially battle royales like PUBG Mobile and
MOBAs.
