Black Shark 2 Pro with Snapdragon 855+ to launch in China on 30 July

Xiaomi-backed Black Shark recently announced the second generation of its gaming smartphone — Black Shark 2 —in India (which was Black Shark’s debut in the Indian market). Black Shark 2 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset. However, now, Black Shark is launching another variant of the device — Black Shark 2 (first impressions) — which will feature the latest Snapdragon 855+ chipset. Black Shark confirmed the same in a teaser , which suggests that the new variant will launch in China on 30 July.

We also reached out to Black Shark and a company spokesperson told us that the new variant of the Black Shark 2 will soon be launched in India as well. We are yet to get a timeline for the launch, but the company said that the wait will not be as long as it was for the Black Shark 2 earlier this year.

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This news follows Asus’ announcement that the ROG Phone 2 will feature the new Snapdragon 855+ chipset , and then nubia announcing the same for Red Magic 3 .

What’s new in Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ SoC?

Earlier this month, Qualcomm  took the wraps off of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus which aims to be nothing more but a minor upgrade to the original Snapdragon 855.  According to Qualcomm , the new chip is aimed at delivering better 5G, mixed reality, as well as better AI computing power along with better mobile gaming experience.

The chipset brings a few performance tweaks to the Snapdragon 855. On the inside, not a lot has changed. The original Snapdragon 855 offered a Kryo 485 CPU with a clock speed of 2.84 GHz, while the Snapdragon 855 Plus steps things up to a so-called Kryo 485 Prime CPU, which offers a clock speed of 2.96 GHz. The Snapdragon 855 Plus also features an Adreno 640 GPU that Qualcomm says has been tuned to offer a 15 percent performance boost over the Adreno 640 GPU on the original Snapdragon 855.