The Xiaomi-backed company Black Shark recently launched Black Shark 2 in India. Now the smartphone will go on sale in India for the first time today at 12:00 PM via Flipkart. Black Shark 2 comes in Shadow Black and Frozen Silver colours.
Black Shark 2 is priced at Rs 39,999 for the 6GB RAM + 128GB storage variant while the premium variant is priced at Rs 49,999, which comes with a 12GB RAM and 256GB storage. As for the launch offers, there is no-cost EMI and 10 percent banking discount for Axis Bank Buzz credit card users.
The phone features Liquid Cooling 3.0, which includes a liquid-cooled plate along with liquid-cooled tube that cover all the heat-generating components of the CPU. Liquid Cooling 3.0 is claimed to be 20 times more efficient in heat dissipation. This brings down the core temperature by up to 14-degree C.
The smartphone also comes with a Magic Press pressure-sensing technology to enable customisation of pressure sensitivity on the display. There is an X-style Antenna that provides better reception along with hidden press sensitive buttons for the display.
Black Shark 2 features a 6.39-inch Full HD+TrueView Display with a screen Resolution of 2340 x 1080 pixels along with 19.5:9 aspect ratio, 403ppi of pixel density. The gaming phone is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Processor along with Adreno 640 GPU which is backed by up to 12GB of RAM and up to 256GB of internal storage.
The Black Shark 2 has an in-display fingerprint sensor. It is backed up by a 4000mAh battery with 27W Fast charging support that offers 30 minutes of gaming with just 5 minutes of charging. On the camera front, it is equipped with a dual-camera setup, which comes with a combination of 48-megapixel primary lens with f/1.75 aperture, 0.8-micron pixel size along with a 12-megapixel telephoto lens with f/2.2 aperture, 1.0-micron pixel size, 2x lossless zoom and LED flash. For the front, the phone features a 20-megapixel selfie camera with f/2.0 aperture. On the software front, the phone runs on Android 9.0 Pie.
Connectivity options for the phone include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS/ A-GPS, and USB Type-C port. The phone measures 163.61 x 75.01 x 8.77mm.