Xiaomi to introduce Black Shark 2 Pro in July, Snapdragon 855 plus the likely upgrade. We’ve already seen the Black Shark 2 launch earlier this year, but the company is getting ready for another device.
Xiaomi just announced on Weibo the arrival of the Black Shark 2 Pro version on July 30, an attached poster notes a July 30 reveal date for the gaming phone.
Black Shark Weibo account shared news of the Snapdragon 855 Plus announcement earlier this week.
This suggests that the Black Shark 2 Pro will be packing the slightly upgraded flagship processor. The difference between Snapdragon 855 Plus is slightly faster GPU - about 15%.
The first CPU cluster is also overclocked from 2.84 GHz to 2.96 GHz, which in the grand scheme of numbers is just a 4% increase.
It's unclear if the Black Shark 2 Pro will bring upgrades beyond the chipset a higher refresh rate screen would really go a long way to making it more competitive in the quickly evolving gaming smartphone market.
It's unclear if the Black Shark 2 Pro will bring upgrades beyond the chipset a higher refresh rate screen would really go a long way to making it more competitive in the quickly evolving gaming smartphone market.
