# Xiaomi Black Shark 5 and 5 Pro will launch globally on the 8th of June

URL: https://technosports.co.in/xiaomi-black-shark-5-and-5-pro/  
Published: 2022-05-29  
Updated: 2022-05-29  
Author: Raunak Saha

One of [Xiaomi’s](https://technosports.co.in/?s=Xiaomi)popular sub-brands, [Black Shark](https://technosports.co.in/?s=Black+Shark) involves itself in making the most powerful smartphones with unique designs that make them stand out and are exclusively targeted toward the mobile-gaming community, the brand most recently released the [Black Shark 5 Series](https://technosports.co.in/?s=Black+Shark+5+Series) in China nearly two months ago, now this Series is finally making its way to the global markets and will launch in Malaysia first.

## Xiaomi Black Shark 5 Series specifications:

The new devices are set to be launched on the 8th of June at 7 PM Malaysia Time or 4:30 PM IST. The brand will announce the pricing and the dates for pre-ordering the devices on the day of the launch itself. The unveiling of the phones will be live-streamed via the official Black Shark Malaysia’s official social media channels on[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/BlackSharkMalaysia/)and TikTok.

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Coming to the phones themselves, the global variants will carry the same set of specifications that the Black Shark 5 and 5 Pro were launched in China on the 30th of March.

The Black Shark 5 and 5 Pro arrive with a 6.67″ FHD+ AMOLED display with a resolution of 2400 x 1080 pixels with variable refresh rates of up to 144Hz, the display is Samsung’s E4 AMOLED panel with 1300 nits of peak brightness, DC dimming, HDR10+ support, and 100 percent coverage of the P3 color gamut. In addition to this, the phones also arrive with a 720Hz touch sampling rate and a dual-zone pressure-sensitive screen that improves the gaming experience for the user.

In terms of performance, the 5 Pro is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen1 chipset and it has been paired with 16GB LPDDR5 RAM with 512GB UFS 3.1+SSD storage. This combination of UFS and SSD storage is something that Xiaomi has dubbed Disk Array 2.0 technology, owing to this, the read and write speeds for the 5 Pro have gone up by 55% and 69% respectively.

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The vanilla version of the Black Shark 5 is powered by the Snapdragon 870 chipset paired with 12GB LPDDR5 RAM and 256GB UFS 3.1 storage. Both devices flaunt a 4,650mAh battery with support for 120W fast charging support. The company claims that the device will go from 0 to 100 within just 15 minutes. Both phones run on Android 12-based Black Shark JoyUI 13.

Stay tuned for more updates on the launch of the Black Shark 5 Series in other markets!

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