None of the shots captured with the front camera in low-light amounted to anything. You’ll have download the stock firmware to rely on a bright source of light to get something out of it or settle for super fuzzy images. The 5MP macro camera is a real piece of work, which is probably why Xiaomi buried it deep within the camera app. Once you do find it, you’ll realize that your efforts were in vain. It is utterly useless and honestly, I don’t see the need to include it for any reason whatsoever. As you can see in the sample below, the Black Shark 4 Pro’s macro sensor fails to capture the finer details of my e-reader’s leather cover. The Black Shark 4 Pro has a dedicated Night mode for low-light scenes.
The Xiaomi Black Shark 4 Pro USB Driver is 100% free since the Xiaomi community officially releases it for Xiaomi Mobile users. Xiaomi Black Shark 4 Pro Smartphone is powered by Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G Chipset. It’s important to note that it may not always be 100% correct. Factors such as missing information from the manufacturer or third-party sources, differences in how information is reported, and human error during data collection can impact accuracy. To exit the bootloader mode on your Xiaomi Black Shark 4 Pro using the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons to highlight Reboot System Now and then press the Power button.
Meanwhile, the volume rocker is at the bottom edge while gaming in landscape orientation, which often leads to accidental presses. At the core, there’s nothing wrong with the concept of gaming phones. They’re thicker than your average flagship phone due to bigger batteries, a heat sink, and several other components that you probably won’t find in phones made by Google, Apple, or Samsung. They’re proofs of concept that you can get laptop-tier specs into a pocket-sized device. If only a company made a device with more focused software that doesn’t feel so pressured to lean (in Black Shark’s case, very awkwardly) into the stereotypical lane of what it thinks a gamer wants in phone software. If you’re using an iPhone, you should get the excellent Backbone One controller to attach to your phone. I recognize that there’s an audience of mobile gamers who rely solely on touch controls.
That’s with heavy social media browsing, an hour or two of YouTube, music streaming, and of course, gaming. With heavy gaming, which you’ll likely do if you’re reading this review, expect to get about three hours of usage before needing to charge up the phone. Smartphone cameras have come a long way over the last decade. More than ever, we rely on these mobile gadgets to capture and relive our best moments, so having a reliable camera system is a must. The Black Shark 4 Pro fields a triple camera setup at the rear, with a 64MP main camera, 8MP ultra-wide, and a 5MP macro. For a majority of your photo and video endeavors, the 64MP main will be your weapon of choice.
- This is markedly bigger and heavier than the RedMagic 6R (6.4 x 3 x 0.3 inches, 6.6 ounces), and just slightly smaller but heftier than the RedMagic 7 (6.7 x 3 x 0.4 inches, 7.6 ounces).
- The internal memory of Xiaomi Black Shark 4 (6 GB) cannot be expanded.
- The only problem you might face is popping the triggers when you don’t mean to.
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Combined with that high 720Hz pressure-sensitive screen, it actually gave me more precision and comfort compared to using an Xbox controller. While I don’t think I’m as good using this phone compared to my PC controls, it’s by far the second closest thing. I’m reviewing the base version which includes the Qualcomm 870, 6GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage.