Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

Black Shark, one of the brands under Xiaomi is all set to introduce a new smartphone in China on July 30. Qualcomm recently announced a new variant of Snapdragon 855 chipset, namely, the Snapdragon 855 Plus and the upcoming Black Shark phone, termed as Black Shark 2 Pro will make use of the latest gaming chipset from Qualcomm. Notably, Asus ROG Phone II will also come with a new chipset and it’s launching on July 23, so officially it will be the first phone to feature the Snapdragon 855 Plus SoC. The Black Shark 2 Pro might reach the Indian market as well since the company recently launched the Black Shark 2 in the Asian sub-continent starting at Rs 39,999.

Black Shark 2 Pro Launching on July 30: What You Need to Know
After the launch of its second-generation gaming smartphone – Black Shark 2 – in India, Xiaomi-backed company Black Shark will launch its gaming phone – Black Shark 2 Pro in China on July 30, media reports said on Friday. Black Shark 2 Pro is expected to be powered by the newly announced Snapdragon 855 Plus SoC while the rest of the specifications of the device are yet to be revealed.
The new Snapdragon 855 Plus features refreshed specs, including the new Qualcomm Kyro 485 Prime CPU cores with improved clock speeds of up to 2.96 GHz which is expected to deliver a 15% speed boost.
The Snapdragon 855 Plus comes with an integrated multi-gigabit Snapdragon X24 LTE 4G modem also supports 5G connectivity using the X50 5G modem and Qualcomm Technologies’ RF Front-end solutions to deliver best-in-class cellular performance, superior coverage and all-day battery life in premium 5G devices.