Communication History Serial 118 - Gaming eSports Phones Red Magic - History of Black Shark
1. Red Devils, 2018 - Present
Early 2018: Nubia announced its entry into the eSports gaming phone field
2018 4 March 19: Nubia released the Red Magic brand. Released , the first-generation Red Devils e-sports phone , with original competition keys and a 16.8 million color RGB light strip on the back. It is the designated mobile phone for the 2018 Tencent TGA Grand Prix. Sales exceeded 10,000 units in 37 seconds. November Red Devils Mars
December 2018: RNG e-sports club selected Red Devils Mars e-sports mobile phone as a global strategic partner, and the Red Devils brand became the first brand in the industry to cooperate with all clubs and teams.
June 2019: Red Devils Mars The e-sports mobile phone has become the official partner mobile phone of 019 League of Legends professional league .
2019: 4, , Red Magic 3, introducing 90Hz high refresh screen for the first time. September Red Magic 3S
2020: March Red Magic 5G. July Red Magic 5S
January 26, 2021: Red Magic gaming phone and Tencent Game launched an in-depth strategic cooperation.
2021: March Tencent Red Magic 6. May Tencent Red Magic 6R. September Tencent Red Magic 6S Pro
September 2021: Red Magic established a VR product department to develop VR equipment.
January 20, 2022: announced Red Magic Metaverse concept
January 25, 2022: Red Magic officially announced the industry’s four major launch features
February 17, 2022: Red Magic 7 and 7 Pro
April 19, 2022: Red Devils brand 4th anniversary . Nubia President Ni Fei: Red Devils is about to enter the field of e-sports monitors , e-sports routers, gaming keyboards and mice, XR and other equipment
June 30, 2022: Red Devils gaming mobile phone official Weibo announced that it will hold new products in July At the press conference, it is expected to launch the Red Devils gaming phone 7S Pro equipped with Snapdragon 8+Gen1 chip. According to @digitalchat.com, in addition to new gaming phones, the Red Devils will also launch a variety of e-sports peripherals such as 4K 160Hz + Mini LED + 60GHz millimeter wave wireless projection e-sports monitors.
2. Black Shark, 2018-present
August 9, 2017: Nanchang Black Shark Technology Co., Ltd. was registered and established. Founder/CEO Wu Shimin and co-founder Luo Yuzhou , former Huawei employees.
Early February 2018: was exposed by netizens on social platforms
March 21, 2018: Black Shark became the first gaming mobile phone product to deeply cooperate with JD.com .
April 13, 2018: Black Shark’s first gaming phone, Domestic industry’s first gaming phone . August: Black Shark gaming phone Helo
2019: 3 Black Shark 2. July Black Shark 2 Pro
2020 1 July 20: Tencent Games and Black Shark announced a strategic partnership
2020: 3 Tencent Black Shark 3. July Black Shark 3 S
2020: Black Shark mobile phone sales increased by 50%. In terms of market share of professional gaming mobile phone brands in 2020Q1, Black Shark gaming mobile phone has a market share of 71.61%, ranking first.
March 2021: Black Shark 4 and Black Shark 4pro.October Black Shark 4S
January 2022: Tencent officially entered the Metaverse, acquiring Nanchang Black Shark Technology from Nanchang ZF Ventures for 3 billion
January 28, 2022: Chinese Government Procurement Bidding Network Display Nanchang Black Shark Technology Co., Ltd. About 26.5975% of the company's equity was transferred
November 2021 to February 2022: Black Shark Technology applied to register multiple trademarks related to Metaverse : "Yuan Black Shark", "Black Shark Metaverse", "Black Shark" META”, “Multiverse” and “Black Shark Multiverse” etc. The international classification involves advertising sales, education and entertainment, etc., and the trademark status is "awaiting substantive review".
March 2022: Black Shark 5, Black Shark 5Pro, Black Shark 5Rs
April 2022: Black Shark Technology’s equity structure
Xiaomi Group’s investment entity Tianjin Venus Venture Capital Co., Ltd. holds 46.44% of the shares, which is Black Shark's largest shareholder
May 12, 2022: Internet news, Tencent has given up the acquisition of Black Shark Technology
2020-2021: Black Shark Technology's financial