The Black Shark 4 and Black Shark 4 Pro are built around a 6.67” E4 AMOLED screen by Samsung. The panel allows for a 144Hz screen refresh rate and 720Hz touch sampling rate - Black Shark expects the gaming to be so intense, it even launched special “e-sports finger gloves” for the most dedicated gamers.
The chipset of the Black Shark 4 is a Snapdragon 870, while its Pro sibling opted for the true flagship platform Snapdragon 888. To handle the extra heat the Black Shark 4 Pro got a two-layer liquid cooling system.
The Black Shark 4 sells in three colors (Magic Black, plain Black, and plain Silver) and four memory configurations. The 6/128 GB version is CNY2,499 ($383/€322), the 8/128 GB is CNY2,699 ($415/€350), 12/128 GB variants goes for CNY2,999 ($460/€385), and the mightiest 12/256 GB phone costs CNY3,299 ($505/€425).
The Black Shark 4 Pro starts from CNY3,999 ($615/€515) for the 8/256 GB version and goes up to CNY4,499 ($690/€580) for 12GB RAM with the same storage. There’s also a 16GB/512GB option for CNY5,299 ($815/€685)