Xiaomi Black Shark 4 gaming phone is launching soon, with super-fast charging
Confirmed by the CEO
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One of the next big phone launches could be theBlack Shark 4, as the upcominggaming phonefrom the Xiaomi sub-brand has been confirmed, with a few details on the handset teased too.
This comes from BlackSharkCEO Luo Yuzhou, who posted onWeibo(the Chinese social media platform) teasing the upcoming phone with a poster. As well as telling us the Black Shark 4 is ‘coming soon’, some specs of the phone are revealed.
The most important thing the poster does is confirm the name as the ‘Black Shark 4’ - although it’s the successor to theBlack Shark 3, so such a name seems obvious, Chinese companies sometimes skip the number ‘four’ due to its pronunciation being similar to ‘death’ in Mandarin (many buildings skip fourth floors too).
A full charge in 15 minutes
The Black Shark 4 will come with super-fast 120W charging and a battery size of 4,500mAh, and according to the poster, this charging speed will power the phone from empty to full in under 15 minutes.
That’s incredibly fast charging, a spec few phones match and none beat. As with other gaming phones with fast charging, it’s likely we’ll see this powering achieved with multiple USB-C ports to plug in the device, though technically it’s possible with just one.
We don’t know anything more about the Xiaomi Black Shark 4 just yet, and the poster doesn’t detail a release date. Yuhzou’s Weibo post mentions ‘Black Shark products’, which could be a reference to a Pro model, or gaming accessories, or just a machine translating error.
The Xiaomi Black Shark 3 launched in March 2020, so we’re expecting to see the Black Shark 4 around March 2021 - this tease seems a bit early in that case, but maybe it’ll come along sooner.
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Tom Bedford was deputy phones editor on TechRadar until late 2022, having worked his way up from staff writer. Though he specialized in phones and tablets, he also took on other tech like electric scooters, smartwatches, fitness, mobile gaming and more. He is based in London, UK and now works for the entertainment site What To Watch.
He graduated in American Literature and Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. Prior to working on TechRadar, he freelanced in tech, gaming and entertainment, and also spent many years working as a mixologist.
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