Introducing the Black Shark 5 RS: Was it necessary?

This year, the Black Shark series started to fall into repetition slowly as it made its fifth appearance before the players. While the Black Shark 5 Pro raises the bar as it should, the Black Shark 5 and Black Shark 5 RS remind of last year.

Black Shark 5 RS features and price

• 6.67 inch AMOLED display
• Snapdragon 888/888+ options
• 8GB/12GB LPDDR5 RAM
• 256GB hybrid storage
• 64MP+13MP+5MP rear camera
• 20MP front camera
• 4500mAh battery
• 120W fast charge
• from $520

Black Shark 5 RS model offers Snapdragon 888 chipset for 8GB RAM, Snapdragon 888+ chipset for 12GB RAM. The screen again has a refresh rate of 144Hz and a touch rate of 720Hz. SSD+UFS 3.1 unified storage is also available on this model. There are features such as double-sided steam rooms, 1300 nits brightness, 2 1.5 cc speakers, Hi-Res Audio support. It is similar in most respects to last year’s Black Shark 4S Pro and Black Shark 4 Pro models. It seems that storage options have been reduced this year.