Zohebkaka said:

Hey guys, I'd like to know the long term review of BLACK SHARK 4PRO and 5PRO. What are the problems faced and mainly how is the battery life. As I confused which one to buy?

I'm using BS4Pro [CN ROM 16/512GB]

Pros::-

System:
* Faster & Stable System
- Frequent update for system patches
- System consumes almost 4.5GB RAM [no appz] & 6.0 GB [with appz]

Software:
- G-apps are working
* MIUI Battery Optimization
- Second space feature and more
- Security & permission in-depth per app
* Dynamic Theme feature/battery are well-optimized

Hardware:
* Well-optimized gaming & emulation
* RL triggers are programmable
* Clean/quality sound speaker
* 3.5mm Jack Audio port
* OTG USB/SSD
* HDMI-Out (Cable/Docking)
* Fast Transferbit (R/W 2.9/2.1GB)
* Fast Response Finger-Unlocking
- 64MB-shot camera quality is acceptable.
* Document-shot (A4 page) is accurate edge compared to galaxy note.

Battery:
* Fastest charger (within 17min) with auto-discharge feature
* Well-optimized per appz. (Xiaomi feature)

Cons ::-

System:
Up to Android 11/Joy 12.8
[so far, No Android 12, unlike OnePlus/Huawei/samsung]

Software:
- No full-ROM update
- No full-ROM available officially to download
- No BL unlock feature permission yet
- No root dev support
- 16GB/512GB [still in CN language for recovery mode]

Hardware:
- Lighting-effect feature is average looking & battery consumable.

Battery:
- Too much heat (49C) during hyper-charge 120W [for 17min only, then it gradually drop-out].

Final score.
85/100 [due to no root & Official frequent full-ROM to download]

Zohebkaka said:

Thank you so much for your wonderful detail reply KSBWINGS. Really appreciate it. How long have you been using it? And I so wish they had 512gb for international version as well.

One thing that I have noticed is that ANDROID software updates on Gaming phones are very slow. As at the moment I am using ASUS ROG 1 which is still on Android 9. But the system is stable, I hardly recall when I got the security or any update last time. But still the games and apps are working fine.

I'm using it for 1yr for now.


FYI, android's new version is RAM-demand [Let's say 700MB-1GB to occupied]... & cheapest gaming phone starts from 8GB (which is not enough after 4 months of usage). However, the manufacturer is supposed to provide a Full ROM update for gaming phones with higher RAM such 12/16Gb as a feature, which is also good for their business income, I presume.


As for the slowness on phone generally, whether you are using ROG/BS/RM .. etc. You need to tweak your permission per app & battery optimization to preserve some free RAM if Andriod 9 allows it. Otherwise, better to root an older phone, to get complete control of your setting and remove bloatware / autostart / permission per app.