![]() An intense battle in PUBG might push the hardware to its limits, giving you an edge if you’re running a game on a maxed-out Black Shark 2, but in most cases you’d be hard pressed to notice a difference. ![]() I’m not sure why this is, and I’d be interested in exploring the technical side of this in the future, but for now, the reality is that many games don’t benefit a whole lot by going all-out with performance tweaks. However, the same isn’t true for the Razer Phone 2, which seems to override these limitations and crank up the frame rate on most games without any issue. Many smartphone games cap their FPS anyway, so if you’re playing something like Pokemon Go or Asphalt 9 on the Black Shark 2 it’s going to run at 30 fps regardless of what performance settings you tweak. What I found odd about this - aside from the fact that some of the menu prompts are still in Chinese - is that cranking up the performance has little impact on the frame rate of each game. It worked quite well in my testing and unlocked rapidly with very few errors. Unlike the Razer Phone 2, the Black Shark 2 opts for an in-display fingerprint sensor. ![]() It’s undeniably easy to grip and doesn’t feel like it’s going to slip from my grasp even during a long gaming session. It looks… weird, but Black Shark says its design is meant to be more comfortably gripped while gaming. It’s incredibly unique, with a slightly raised bump extending along its back, flanked by a single piece of glass that loops around the entire back of the device. The Black Shark 2 is, well, I don’t even know how to describe the design. The all-glass back facilitates wireless charging, which was something the original Razer phone regrettably lacked. Buttons on either side of the device are centered for easy access, and the in-button fingerprint display is fast and responsive. Like the original Razer Phone, the Razer Phone 2 sticks with a large, blocky form factor that allows its two booming front-facing speakers to be heard loud and clear when watching a movie or playing a game. The phones aren’t just polar opposites in their approach to mobile gaming they’re also dramatically different in their designs. What we’re left with, then, is the Black Shark 2 with top-of-the-line internals paired with an ultra-sensitive display that runs at 60 Hz, and the Razer Phone 2 with ever-so-slightly less impressive specs tucked behind a display that makes every game look like pure eye candy. In practice, it’s difficult to actually notice a huge difference, but sometimes the difference between winning and losing is milliseconds, and the Black Shark 2 definitely takes the gold in that regard. That’s a serious advantage to have when you’re playing online games, and if you’re a Fortnite or PUBG Mobile fan it could be a serious game changer. According to Black Shark, it’s the world’s lowest latency touchscreen on a smartphone, with a response time of under 44 milliseconds.įor gamers, faster input means you might get a shot on your opponent a fraction of a second before they can pull the trigger. The phone pairs the more powerful processor with a display that has a 240 Hz touch report rate, lowering the response time of input to truly imperceptible levels. Now that doesn’t mean the Black Shark 2 doesn’t have some bragging rights of its own. It’s a joy to use, and for gaming, the experience can be head and shoulders above any other smartphone. ![]() Everything is slick and smooth, and even something as simple as web browsing just feels more fluid when you’ve got twice as many updates flowing across the screen. If you’ve ever used one of Apple’s new iPads, which also features a 120 Hz refresh rate, you’ll know how dramatically different the experience can be. But that AMOLED screen still tops out at 60 Hz and it’s hard not to wish Black Shark had gone the same route as Razer. Since we’re talking about AMOLED vs LCD here, colors are going to pop a lot better on the Black Shark 2, and you just won’t get the same kind of contrast on an LCD. The Black Shark 2’s 6.4-inch 1080-by-2340 AMOLED screen is lovely. There’s just nothing like it in the smartphone world at the moment, and it’s incredibly hard to beat. Just like its predecessor, Razer’s second smartphone is equipped with an absolutely glorious 5.7-inch 1440p display running at a buttery-smooth 120 Hz. More power almost always means a better gaming experience, and the Black Shark 2 would take the crown and we’d all go home.īut that’s definitely not the case, and the Razer Phone 2 has a pretty stunning trick up its sleeve when it comes to its display. If everything else about these phones was identical, this would obviously be the end of the discussion over which smartphone is better for gaming. ![]()
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