More than a year has passed since the "genuine" previous generation of black shark 4 series game mobile phones, even if it is the "annual revamp" of the black shark 4S series, it has also passed half a year, and the black shark 5 series game mobile phone is now on the scene, or catching up with the "spring battle", which is also timely. From the new product rhythm of the entire game mobile phone market this year, the Black Shark is a bit of a finale this time, plus it is quite powerful, so the public's expectations have actually been at a high level.
Different from previous years, Black Shark has added three models to its game console lineup this time, covering the three sets of computing platforms that are most concerned about the Snapdragon platform at present, and has the wisdom of "exchanging tactical width for battle depth". It can also be seen from this that The overall marketing ideas and product segmentation plans of Black Shark in 2022 have changed.
We have often stressed in the past that although the performance of each flagship model in terms of game performance is "more than enough", if the sense of control experience and peripheral preset fun are taken into account, the existence of full-time game phones is still of great significance. At the same time, although Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 platform in 2022 is strong, the Snapdragon 888 and even the Snapdragon 870 are still in the limelight. This "three flagship platforms" situation has brought consumers more choice space than last year. This also allows the gaming mobile field to have a "product line planning state with greater configuration flexibility" from the beginning. We believe that this is true even in the second half of the year.
In addition, to put it bluntly, in order to maintain the "tactical width" of the Black Shark 5 series game phone we mentioned earlier, the black shark 5 RS model added by it can actually be regarded as the "ultimate complete version of 2022" of the previous Black Shark 4S Pro (the combination of the Snapdragon 888 and Snapdragon 888 Plus is even more amazing that the Black Shark "really can play"). In other words, the Black Shark has adopted a "dimensionality reduction strike" approach, fully mobilizing its own material reserve potential, which is a solution that other competitors rarely have the courage to try.
In short, the Black Shark 5 series, as the ninth, tenth and eleventh models of the Black Shark, further strengthens many elements that conform to the characteristics of the times, and is also another interpretation of its official "breaking through gravity".
The calm techniques of each of the miraculous abilities are the guarantee of extreme performance
The Black Shark 5 series model has built three mobile phones with three platforms for the first time in history, which in itself does test the supply and scheduling ability of the black shark's industrial chain, but obviously the background of the black shark can withstand this test. Here, regarding the parameters of the new Snapdragon 8 platform, Snapdragon 888 (including plus version) platform, and Snapdragon 870 platform, we will not expand one by one, they are all currently hot star flagships. Even the "bottom performance" Snapdragon 870 is enough for us to enjoy 95% of the mobile games on the market. Black Shark, a veteran in the field of game mobile phones, dared to choose to use the Snapdragon 870 to match its annual model in 2022, and naturally has confidence in it.
Of course, whether it is the Snapdragon 870 or the Snapdragon 888 (Snapdragon 888 Plus), or the latest Snapdragon 8 platform, they all need to play more stably, and the heat dissipation solution cannot be solved. The opponents of the black shark are exhausted in terms of heat dissipation, and the black shark is naturally well versed in this way.
Many people are impressed by the new generation of sandwich liquid cooling system solutions used by the previous Black Shark 4S series, and objectively speaking, that set of heat dissipation solutions can indeed make the Snapdragon 870 or Snapdragon 888 show a sustained and calm state. However, it's 2022 and the Black Shark needs an attitude, a substantial change, to give "calm" a better expression. This substantial change in the scheme is called "Reverse Gravity Dual VC Liquid Cooling Cooling System".
Specifically, the Black Shark 5 Pro equipped with the new Snapdragon 8 Series platform and the Black Shark 5 RS equipped with the Snapdragon 888 platform both use a new reverse gravity dual VC liquid cooling cooling system based on the advanced sandwich liquid cooling architecture and the direct-contact copper block heat dissipation scheme, the principle of which is to strengthen the capillary force by adding a "reverse gravity track" design to the VC vapor heating plate to better overcome the influence of gravity and achieve faster liquid circulation speed.
At the same time, in order to maximize the efficiency of this "reverse gravity", Black Shark has carefully designed two VC cooling components on both sides of the key heat dissipation unit of the mobile phone motherboard, which greatly improves the heat dissipation capacity of Black Shark 5 Pro and Black Shark 5 RS.
The total area of the double VC of the Black Shark 5 Pro reached a staggering 5320 square millimeters, which "should be" the largest VC liquid cooling total area in the mobile phone industry. It's also very interesting to think about, in the past few months, all new products, especially flagship models, are emphasizing the concept of VC total area, and you sing I debut, all of them are "breaking records". In fact, what we want to say is that consumers do not really care about the details of these parameters, and "consequentialism" is a scientific and sincere way of building products. For the Black Shark, it has operated a "game console" for so many years, and the reputation for heat dissipation has been good for generations, so we are also very confident in it.
In addition, the "accessories" of this "reverse gravity dual VC liquid cooling system" also have phase change heat dissipation materials and graphene materials, and the design of copper block direct contact between the main heat source and VC is also used, and both the heat dissipation area and the heat dissipation capacity reach the best level in the industry.
In terms of disk performance, in addition to the combination of the full-blood version of LPDDR5 and UFS3.1, the disk array system 2.0 is a highlight of the Black Shark 5 series top-mounted model, and it is also a clear upgrade to the previous generation. Of course, since it belongs to the top model, this point of view is indeed only configured on the Black Shark 5 Pro.
We know that "disk array storage system + RAMDISK disk accelerator" is the characteristic of the previous Black Shark 4 Pro and Black Shark 4S Pro, which has won them a good performance reputation. In order to break through this storage bottleneck of game performance, the home game console Sony PS5 launched an SSD storage system at the end of last year, which greatly saved game loading time, and last year, Black Shark 4 Pro took the lead in introducing an enterprise-class storage performance disk array solution in the mobile phone field, combining an SSD disk and a UFS3.1 disk through a Raid disk array to carry out storage read and write operations in parallel. Today, the Black 5 Pro has upgraded this system to version 2.0, and we found from the details that it is mainly due to many performance optimizations to achieve better results.
In essence, the disk array system 2.0 is still based on SSD SSD and UFS3.1 disks for team tuning, and optimizes the order and random read and write capabilities through the RAID software system architecture. According to the official statement, after more than 2 years of research and commissioning, the sequential read performance of the disk array system has increased by 55%, the sequential write performance has increased by the most by 69%, the random read performance has increased by 194%, and the random write performance has increased by 97%.
By the way, the Black Shark 5 RS is also equipped with a disk array system, which is consistent with the previous version of the Black Shark 4S Pro, and still has a good disk performance. Of course, the standard version of the Black Shark 5 does not have this treatment, and the LPDDR5 is not a "full blood version", which is understandable based on its positioning.
In addition, for the game scenarios frequently used by users, the Black Shark 5 series has made a gameEngine software performance optimization upgrade, RAMDISK disk accelerator function, which can greatly improve the data read and write speed, greatly shorten the game startup and loading time. We found that this system can dynamically dispatch the corresponding storage technology according to our usage scenarios, providing us with the best storage read and write solution, and also equipped with Thermalcontrol key device thermal control optimization and AI process monitoring, all-round Al deep learning and background tuning. With this set of computing basics, coupled with the support of the GameEngine game engine, the Black Shark 5 series as a whole has a stable game frame rate performance.
Finally, in terms of battery configuration, the Black Shark 5 series is equipped with a 120W super flash charge as standard, but there is a difference in battery capacity. The Black Shark 5 Pro and Black Shark 5 Standard Edition use a 4650mAh battery, which is slightly more than the previous game, while the Black Shark 5 RS is consistent with the previous game, 4500mAh. Basically, they can achieve the benchmark operation of "full in a quarter of an hour", whether it is a "game console" or not, this quality is full of selling points.
Screens, or familiar high standards
In the past two years, whether it is a game phone or not, the mid- and high-priced new machines in the season have not ignored the quality of the screen, or the selling point of the screen itself has been promoted to a very clear position. Before the Black Shark model, the choice of screen quality mainly focused on the game experience, high refresh rate and high touch rate are two hard indicators, last year's black shark 4 series of two generations of models, on the screen also gained a lot of word of mouth.
Frankly speaking, the standard version and RS version of the Black Shark 5 series did not have a "toss" on the screen, and since it was easy to use, it continued the previous plan. Therefore, we will repeat the introduction of last year here: 144Hz Samsung AMOLED mid-hole screen, E4 luminous materials (support 120Hz, 90Hz, 60Hz total 3 custom screen refresh rate) to create and 6.67-inch straight screen design, 2.76mm digging hole diameter can greatly reduce the game screen occlusion problem caused by digging holes.
This screen is at the top of the industry in terms of brightness, contrast, color accuracy and color performance, and Black Shark has also generously achieved screen-by-screen calibration. There is no shortage of high-quality screen features such as 1300nit peak brightness, and it has passed the SGS eye care certification and HDR10+ professional screen quality certification. At the same time, Black Shark has optimized and upgraded the screen periphery anti-false touch for this screen, which can effectively avoid the user's accidental touch when playing.
The Black Shark 5 Pro uses a 144Hz OLED flexible direct screen, still 6.67 inches, the general indicators are similar to the other two models, adding support for the native 10bit.
In terms of visual experience, the Black Shark 5 Pro offers us a high-frame HD visual experience from content to hardware. At the same time, Black Shark also applied AI super-score technology in video scenes for the first time, and can enjoy high-resolution video experience without members; cooperated with mainstream video manufacturers and game manufacturers to provide players with high-frame video and game content experience, and obtained Youku 120Hz Frame Ultra HD certification, enjoying 120Hz Black Shark High-Frame Content Zone in Youku Video; High-frame games took the lead in adapting to provide a smooth game experience. Support 14 144Hz games, 4 120Hz, 5 90Hz high-frame game content; for the first time, the introduction of front and rear dual light sensors, 360 ° detection of ambient brightness, and provide 16000 levels of fine brightness adjustment, no longer worry about the problem of brightness misidentification when the game is held horizontally.
It's not over yet. Black Shark 5 Pro's multi-dimensional game control system continues to lead the development direction of the mobile phone industry. In order to further enhance the touch experience in the game, Black Shark 5 Pro adopts a new TouchControl touch master program, reconstructs the touch algorithm architecture, Black Shark carefully adjusts every link of touch, including every node from touch IC to touch firmware to game touch to screen display, after more than a dozen rounds of iterative verification, based on the 720Hz touch report point rate, touch computing power increased by 20%, touch response speed increased by 15%.
In terms of control mode, Black Shark 5 Pro adopts a new generation of dual-zone screen pressure sensing technology, and the effective area of pressure sensitivity is further increased by 16%, which effectively improves the player's pressure contact range, improves the pressure sensitivity experience, and adds a longitudinal pressure sense control method for the player on the basis of the dimension of flat touch. With the dual magnetic powered physical shoulder buttons equipped with the Black Shark 5 series, it brings players a sense of physical control like the controller buttons, greatly increasing the sense of blow in the game, and the crisp button clicking sound allows us to get a more immersive game experience, and also provides us with a more diversified choice of control methods.
By the way, according to the usual practice of game phones, although the Black Shark 5 series uses LED screens, it still uses a side physical fingerprint scheme instead of an off-screen fingerprint scheme.
Audio, "Voice of kings"
The audio expression of the game phone is also an important part of the game experience, in order to create the ultimate audio experience, the previous Black Shark 4 Pro adopted the industry's top audio hardware architecture, and adopted the side double symmetrical speaker scheme, so that the sound gets more full release space, while the speaker position selection is also a good way to avoid the problem of occlusion when holding horizontally (won the first good result in the DXOMARK audio list). Then the Black Shark 4S Pro completely retained the audio configuration of the Black Shark 4 Pro, and even more sincerely - 1.5cc large sound cavity and 15V SmartPA, which was standard in the entire series at that time.
On the basis of such a strong predecessor, to go further, the effort required is bound to be greater. Of course, this should be talked about around the top model of the Black Shark 5 Pro. An iconic feature, the Black Shark 5 Pro features a hardware combination of two fully symmetrical top-of-the-line speakers and four custom high-dynamic microphones. The speaker adopts dual 1216 SLS speakers, 0.8mm ultra-large amplitude, equivalent double 1.5cc large sound cavity, and also takes the lead in the industry to use the 4-driver chip solution, equipped with two 14V high-power SmartPA and two audio Boost ICs, combined with the industry's top NLC audio algorithm, to provide the best bass effect in games, music, video and other scenes, and restore the real reality sound. So, this time, the Black Shark 5 Pro continues to get a good result in the DXOMARK audio chart.
Microphone, the first use of the fourth microphone on the back of the phone (before the Black Shark 4S series, etc., are three microphone schemes), combined with 1 side microphone and 2 front microphones, combined into the strongest mobile phone 4 microphone array, combined with microphone noise reduction, HDR and other algorithm tuning, in the game, hands-free call, recording and other major pickup scenes to provide the best reception effect, in the video scene also specially developed audio Zoom audio source zoom function, according to the video focus to adjust the recording effect, It effectively improves the radio effect under multi-person video scenes and brings good news to users who like to shoot VLOG.
In addition, the Black Shark 5 Pro also supports Bluetooth Snapdragon Sound technology and APTX audio technology, providing us with the best TWS headset sound experience - don't forget, Black Shark's TWS headset is also an ideal choice for gamers.
The standard version of the Black Shark 5, the audio configuration is more conventional, 11V SmartPA with symmetrical dual speakers, the experience is still good. The Black Shark 5 RS is the same as the audio configuration of the previous Black Shark 4S Pro. Of course, the entire department supports Hi-Res Audio certification, which goes without saying.
The aesthetic homage to "Journey"
As the most recognizable design language in the design of the Black Shark model, X represents the feeling of power and the unknown, and has had this aesthetic idea since the first generation of black shark. Over the past two years, we have talked about the Black Shark 3 series and the Black Shark 4 series models, and both emphasize that the Black Shark continues to adhere to this "X aesthetic" design. This year, the Black Shark 5 series has made a lot of adjustments in the details, and the new posture is very clear.
It is undeniable that the design growth path of black shark has always been the road of repeated construction and reshaping of core internal forces, and it has also been exploring the road of self-evolution in change. Therefore, the black shark must make changes in the persistence of the X element, and it is not easy to erase the original intention. After all, to make users have a sense of novelty, but not to let the style jump too much, this is indeed a test of skill.
The middle frame of the Black Shark 5 series adds a U-shaped guide groove suitable for the curvature of the finger in the shoulder key position, this small detail can allow the user to locate the shoulder key position more quickly and conveniently during use, with the delicate touch of the dial button batch, you can lock the position in one step and quickly open and quickly enter the game mode.
In the design of the rear image module, Black Shark adopts an asymmetrical shape design, which balances the overall shape arc angle and surface elements, and also reveals the technical level of exquisite and exquisite. Compared with conventional design processing, the gradient processing visually further weakens the perception of thickness.
We noticed that the battery back panel of the Black Shark 5 Pro is made of 3D curved glass, and the multi-axis nano-optical coating shapes the texture and exquisite color details of the future technology through the microscopic optical structure. In the graphic design, the simplest linear elements are used to form the matrix space on the flat background, and the combination of solid lines with different thickness and rhythm and functionally oriented design elements constitutes a solid and stable mechanical device surface visual perception. And the underlying light and shadow texture and matrix space form a staggered visual hierarchy. The light of faith belonging to the black shark also uses simple lines to form a crisp and sharp and highly oriented light effect graphic through the adjustment of the weight of the weight. In everyday use, the shape of the lamp is part of the overall texture, and the light effect is very recognizable when flashing.
In addition, the Black Shark 5 series also launched the Chinese Aerospace Edition (Standard Edition and Pro Edition), which is a customized product jointly created by Black Shark Technology and China Aerospace Shenzhou Media, from product appearance, packaging, user experience to system theme, and even the surrounding game accessories product ecology have been IP customization.
Black Shark 5 Series Chinese Aerospace Edition adopts geometric lines with a finishing contrast design, from the plane to the space design elements matching, making the whole more beautiful future space technology. According to the use characteristics and functional characteristics of different products, combined with the elemental characteristics of Chinese aerospace into graphic design, each independent product has a corresponding product semantics, visually forming a harmonious and different overall series design. For example, the extremely thin bezels in the middle of the phone are the ultimate result of balancing function and vision, and the back is equipped with nano-scale multi-axis lithography space textures with custom RGB lighting effects and a high-level touch that presents changes in light and shadow.
The Chinese aerospace version of the Black Shark 5 series not only provides users with a professional and comprehensive game ecological experience, but also integrates the curiosity and exploration spirit of contemporary young people about the universe. We are willing to understand it as a tribute to the black shark for China's space industry. As for the Black Shark 5 RS, the two colors of Sky Dome Black and Bright Star Yellow are also in line with the aesthetics of the target population.
System and image, easy to use and balanced
In terms of system, JOYUI13, which is based on the MIUI13 system, has been upgraded on the Black Shark 5 series. It has developed many fun and interesting features for the player's game scene, and is committed to increasing the player's fun and achievements inside and outside the game, and continuously accompanying the player and achieving the player.
The first thing to talk about is "Shark Sauce", which is the first virtual two-dimensional idol released by Black Shark in the mobile phone industry, which brings players a different experience in terms of beauty, sound and interaction, which is also the visual design of the virtual AI assistant that everyone likes to add in the system, which is a trend.
With the iteration of shark sauce, the current shark sauce has penetrated into every angle of the mobile phone system, and the mobile phone is no longer a cold and cold machine, but a girlfriend who understands you and is considerate of you. In life, when the player wakes up early, the sweet sound and moving expression of shark sauce gently wake you up; when the weather changes, shark sauce reminds the player in a unique way; when the mobile phone is in a hurry, remind the player to remember to charge; when the player charges, the shark sauce can also intelligently remind the player of the charging state; there are more life scenes waiting for the player to dig. In the game, Shark Sauce transforms into the game's intelligent assistant, always reminding the player of the state of the game.
In addition, designs such as smart cubes, video assistants, and live assistants are also useful for gamers.
Of course, JOYUI13 is also optimized exclusively for SLG games. For the problem of repetitive operations in SLG games, it provides efficient one-click functions, such as one-key wild, one-key recruitment, one-key sliding and other Rubik's cube functions; for SLG games to wait more time, provides the function of hovering timer, when the game exits, automatically starts the timer of the specified time, and automatically returns to the game interface when the time comes; there is also a game window, the function of game hang-up, so that players who want to play SLG games can also play while playing small windows or full-screen movies, vibrato and other time-killing functions.
It is worth noting that the Black Shark 5 RS is also a built-in JOYUI 12.8 operating system (which can of course be upgraded to JOYUI13). It fully inherits most of the functions of MIUI12.5, including the light cone animation aesthetics, synaesthesia visual design, super wallpaper, system natural notification sound and sound from natural species, as well as new features such as privacy protection and notes. It includes a package of basic experience optimizations such as grapefruit light cone animation and synaesthesia visualization design, super wallpaper, privacy protection, and intimate small functions.
In terms of image configuration, the Black Shark 5 series still maintains a three-camera scheme, but there are still obvious differences. Black Shark 5 Pro adopts 108 million pixels ultra-high pixel main camera, combined with the industry's new generation of polar night algorithm, significantly improving the camera effect in extremely dark scenes; it also introduces a night scene algorithm for the first time under the video super function, adapting to various complex environments of different scenes and different brightness, and also introducing a night portrait algorithm, whether it is a landscape shooting or portrait shooting can have a good video effect. As for various camera algorithm functions such as beauty, LivePhoto, and filters, these are routine arrangements and do not need to be discussed in detail.
The Black Shark 5 Standard Edition and the Black Shark 5 RS both use a 64-megapixel main camera, and the latter's three-camera scheme is basically the same as the previous Black Shark 4S Pro, and the former has a slightly lower configuration of two secondary lenses.
In terms of front-facing images, the Black Shark 5 Standard Edition and Black Shark 5 Pro Edition are 16-megapixel lenses, and the Black Shark 5 RS is a 20-megapixel lens. The actual experience is not obviously different, and it is also a suitable choice.
Finally, a few more details. The Black Shark 5 series supports mobile phone NFC function, full-featured NFC, which is to be expected. In terms of vibration motors, the Black Shark 5 and Black Shark 5 Pro were upgraded to X-axis linear motors, while the Black Shark 5 RS continued to use Z-axis linear motors consistent with their predecessors.
EF reviews
The competition situation in recent years has basically not changed. In the eyes of the Black Shark, the most important opponent is the Red Devils, as for the Lenovo Savior and Asus ROG game mobile phone, it is good enough but the audience is not large enough to pose little threat for the time being. Therefore, Black Shark has also been emphasizing the core design idea of "calm". The high-end model of the Black Shark 5 series focuses on the heat dissipation component based on reverse gravity double VC liquid cooling to improve the performance of the flagship game, the so-called fun has its own advantages, essentially stemming from this "calm and magical".
From the details, the black shark 5 series is still clear in terms of parameters. The standard 120W lightning charge and the proud disk array system (Pro version and RS version) are very competitive features, and they are basically unchanged or even improved compared to the previous generation. In addition to the new standard of 120W super flash charge, this time Black Shark also made a new generation of screen dual-zone pressure and magnetic power shoulder buttons are still a new standard, in the details can not be faulted, to achieve "fun has its own advantages".
In terms of experience, the size and weight of the Black Shark 5 series are further moving towards "thin and light" (horizontal in the field of game phones), which will be more friendly to the user's commuting experience. We believe that the Black Shark 5 series still continues to emphasize the high-quality game esports experience, while conducting a new audience refinement analysis of the market, maintaining the usual sober mind. The two customized models of the "Chinese Aerospace Edition" also have a very clear audience preference positioning, which is in line with current affairs.
Of course, when it comes to buying advice, our views are still very realistic. On the one hand, if you have the Black Shark 4S series, especially the Black Shark 4S Pro, then the Black Shark 5 RS really has no choice. And the Black Shark 5 standard version is even less. Therefore, as a fan of the Black Shark, it is feasible for the Black Shark 4S Pro to upgrade to the Black Shark 5 Pro, but there is only one option.
On the other hand, if you did not have the Black Shark 4S series or the Black Shark 4 series before, then from the perspective of comprehensive experience, black shark 5 RS is a very good recommendation. It meets the high standards of current gaming phones in several important ways, and the blessing of the reverse gravity dual VC liquid-cooled heat dissipation system makes it more stable than the previous game in terms of "continuous combat".
As for the standard version of the Black Shark 5, the official definition of it as "the most balanced game phone", and we hope that you will treat it as a "very good game" commuter model (JOYUI 13 itself is becoming more and more "commuting"), cutting down into the market of each 2,000 yuan level model, but also the tactical requirements of the Black Shark on the Black Shark 5.