Black Shark 2 Pro announced with Snapdragon 855+, and 12GB RAM, Full specification and Price in India, Nigeria, Europe

Asus recently launched its second generation gaming smartphone which is known as the Asus ROG phone II, this is currently dubbed as the fastest and most powerful Android smartphone in the World at the moment, it is also the first smartphone to be powered by the newly released Snapdragon 855 + chipset.

Xiaomi's sub brand Black Shark has however just released a new version of it's gaming smartphone and it is called the Black Shark 2 Pro. This is just a refresh and slight upgrade from the Black Shark 2 which was launched a few months ago. The new phone runs the latest Qualcomm snapdragon chipset and the design has also be changed a little bit from its predecessor with two new RGB lights at the back.

The Black Shark 2 Pro sports a 6.39-inch Full HD+ Amoled display with a resolutuion of 2340 x 1080 pixels and a screen ratio of 19.5:9. It also comes with an under-display fingerprint reader and runs on close to stock Android operating system which is based on Android 9.0 Pie.

The phone is powered by Qualcomm's newest and most powerful Snapdragonn 855 plus chipset making it the second smartphone to use the new chipaet after the ROG phone II. It is coupled with a pretty massive 12GB RAM.and also comes with either a 128GB or 256GB internal storage.

At the back of the Black Shark 2 Pro is a dual camera setup with a primary 48MP F/1.75 sensor and a 12MP F/2.2 secondary sensor. In the front is a 20MP sensor with an F/2.0 aperture. The phone still retains the 4,000 mAh battery capacity with 27W fast-charging support.

As for the pricing, the phone starts CNY2,999 ($435) for the 12 GB / 128 GB model, while the 12 GB / 256 GB model starts at CNY3,499 ($510). Pre-order has already started but the Black Shark 2 Pro will only be available in China starting from August 2 and date for the global launch has not been announced yet. Customers will be able to get it in Black, Silver, Blue, Orange and Purple color options.

Check out the key specifications below.

BLACK SHARK 2 PRO SPECIFICATIONS

• 6.39-inch Full HD+ 19.5:9 display with resolution of 2340 × 1080 pixels, 108.9% DCI – P3 color gamut, 430 nits brightness
• Octa-Core Snapdragon 855 Plus (1 x Kryo 485 at 2.96GHz + 3 x Kryo 485 at 2.42GHz + 4 x Kryo 385 at 1.8GHz) 7nm Mobile Platform with 675MHz Adreno 640 GPU
• 12GB LPDDR4x RAM with 128GB / 256GB (UFS 3.0) internal storage
• Android 9.0 (Pie)
• Dual SIM (nano + nano)
• 48MP rear camera with 1/2.0″ Sony IMX586 sensor, 0.8μm pixel size, f/1.75 aperture, LED flash, 12MP 1/3.6″ Samsung S5K3M5, telephoto lens with f/2.2 aperture, 1.0μm pixel size, 6P lens, 2x lossless zoom
• 20MP front-facing camera with 0.9μm pixel size,  f/2.0 aperture
• In display fingerprint sensor
• Dimensions: 163.61×75.01x 8.77mm; Weight: 205g
• Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11ac dual-band (2×2 MU-MIMO ), Bluetooth 5, GPS/GLONASS/Beidou, USB Type-C
• 4,000mAh (typical) / 3,900mAh (minimum) battery with 27W fast charging

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