Black Shark prototype 5G phone to launch in 2020

Xiaomi-backed company Black Shark’s Founder and CEO Wu Shimin said the company has developed a prototype 5G smartphone which would be launched in the first half of next year.

The company has scheduled a launch event on July 30 in China where it will launch the Black Shark 2 Pro – an upgraded version of recently launched Black Shark 2, news portal GizmoChina reported on Monday.

The upcoming device is expected to be powered by the newly-announced Snapdragon 855 Plus SoC while rest of the specifications of the device are yet to be revealed.

In India, 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.