Xiaomi Black Shark 4 listing suggests the gaming phone could launch soon
But with some odd specs
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TheXiaomi Black Shark 4might be the nextgaming phoneto launch, and it could be here very soon. It’s shown up inGoogle’s Play Console, an app developer tool created by Google and that suggests it’s coming sooner rather than later.
This was spotted by websitePriceBabaand the BlackShark4 listing also includes some specs and features that we can expect to see in the upcoming phone, although some of them are a little curious.
The Black Shark 4 isn’t expected to be the nextXiaomi phoneout - theXiaomi Mi 11is due to get a global launch on February 8 - but we could see the Chinese company’s gaming sub-brand launch its next handset soon after that.
What do the specs say?
Apparently the Xiaomi Black Shark 4 will have a 1080 x 2400 pixel resolution screen, 8GB RAM, and will runAndroid 11software.
Curiously, the listing mentions the phone has the Snapdragon 835 chipset, which was a top-end processor back in 2017, but doesn’t really compare to most gaming phones now.
Presumably, that’s a mistake. Either that, or this is just a version of the phone intended for testing that won’t be released. Processing power is one of the most contested battlegrounds for gaming phones, and the Black Shark 4 would enter that gun-fight with a spud gun if it used the Snapdragon 835 processor.
Instead, we’d expect the phone to get Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon 870 orSnapdragon 888, or perhapsSamsung’s Exynos 2100, as rumors suggest Xiaomi is considering using Samsung’s processors in some of its 2021 smartphones.
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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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