Blackview Shark 8 Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Blackview Shark 8 is a serious bid for success

The Chinese company Blackview has been delighting its fans with good smartphones in the low and mid-price segments for ten years now. However, the brand does not have many truly balanced and functional phones that are ready to win competition from Xiaomi, Realme and Honor products due to financial and other restrictions. But sometimes the developer gathers his strength and releases models like the hero of today’s review, which can find hundreds of thousands of satisfied customers.

The appearance of the new product is interesting and relevant. We definitely want to praise the designers for the original colors of the rear panels, the beautiful dual camera unit, the side-mounted fingerprint scanner, and the fairly narrow display frames. The 16-megapixel selfie camera at the top of the screen also looks nice. Among the shortcomings, we note only the questionable quality of the plastic of the case. The material gets scratched quickly without a cover. The 6.78-inch IPS panel lags far behind its AMOLED counterparts in terms of maximum brightness, but its use is explained by the modest price tag of the phablet. Other parameters evoke positive emotions. The picture is smooth enough at a 120 Hz refresh rate, and clear at a resolution of 2460x1080 pixels.

The role of technical characteristics is given to the MediaTek Helio G99 processor, 8GB of RAM and the Mali G57MC2 video adapter. The combination provides performance in the region of 350,000 AnTuTu points, which is an excellent result for an inexpensive device. Android 13's UI rendering speed is impressive, and it can run the vast majority of Android games. True, it’s possible to count on comfortable gameplay in the very resource-intensive Genshin Impact and Undecember only with minimal graphic presets. But with Call Of Duty Mobile and World Of Tanks Blitz everything is decent even with higher graphics settings. 128/256GB of ROM is the amount of built-in memory that will be enough for 99% of users. For the rest, there is a slot for MicroSD cards.

The issue of autonomy is closed by using a 5000 mAh battery. You will have to charge the battery once every day and a half, and a 33W charger should reduce your time at the outlet (100% of the capacity is gained in 100-110 minutes). NFC contactless payments are present, but the manufacturer had to save on stereo sound and 5G support. But the photo capabilities of 64- and 2-megapixel photomodules are good. Daytime shots are replete with small details, noise only appears when the lighting deteriorates. Thus, the device is devoid of critical disadvantages and has no chance of becoming an international hit.