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GSM Arena
12-08-2025
- GSM Arena
OnePlus 15 to be very, very black
The OnePlus 15 has already been rumored to go through a significant redesign compared to its predecessor, with the big round camera island being replaced with a rectangular one that will be left-aligned at the top of its rear. But that's not all. Apparently, OnePlus is testing a "SuperBlack" colorway, which will be the blackest black we've ever seen on a smartphone, so black in fact that it will resemble a black hole. According to tipsters who have seen the prototype, it's "far better looking than imagined", for what it's worth. OnePlus 13 The OnePlus 15's 6.78-inch display will get a resolution downgrade to "1.5K", but might boast a higher refresh rate, and will come with extremely tiny and symmetrical bezels on all sides. They will be significantly smaller than on the OnePlus 13. The phone also has "upgraded multi-function buttons", whatever that means, and the display's quality is said to be excellent despite the lower resolution, with amazing brightness and detail levels and lower power consumption. As you may have gathered, OnePlus is skipping the number 14 due to the presence of "4" which is considered bad luck in Chinese culture. The OnePlus 15 will be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, which is getting official in late September. It's expected to sport a 7,000 mAh battery and a triple rear camera system with a 50 MP main snapper and a periscope zoom camera as well. Source 1 (in Chinese) | Source 2 (in Chinese)
GSM Arena
12-08-2025
- GSM Arena
OnePlus 15 to be very, very black
Vlad, 12 August 2025 The OnePlus 15 has already been rumored to go through a significant redesign compared to its predecessor, with the big round camera island being replaced with a rectangular one that will be left-aligned at the top of its rear. But that's not all. Apparently, OnePlus is testing a "SuperBlack" colorway, which will be the blackest black we've ever seen on a smartphone, so black in fact that it will resemble a black hole. According to tipsters who have seen the prototype, it's "far better looking than imagined", for what it's worth. OnePlus 13 The OnePlus 15's 6.78-inch display will get a resolution downgrade to "1.5K", but might boast a higher refresh rate, and will come with extremely tiny and symmetrical bezels on all sides. They will be significantly smaller than on the OnePlus 13. The phone also has "upgraded multi-function buttons", whatever that means, and the display's quality is said to be excellent despite the lower resolution, with amazing brightness and detail levels and lower power consumption. As you may have gathered, OnePlus is skipping the number 14 due to the presence of "4" which is considered bad luck in Chinese culture. The OnePlus 15 will be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, which is getting official in late September. It's expected to sport a 7,000 mAh battery and a triple rear camera system with a 50 MP main snapper and a periscope zoom camera as well. Source 1 (in Chinese) | Source 2 (in Chinese)
The Advertiser
10-07-2025
- Automotive
- The Advertiser
Nissan GT-R returns to Australia
Nissan has added a colour from its legendary GT-R – which was discontinued this year – to the options list of its Z sports car, one of three new paint choices in Australian showrooms for the 2025 model year. The Nissan Z is produced in the same factory in Kaminokawa, Tochigi, Japan where every Nissan Skyline GT-R plus the most recent R35 GT-R, which dropped the Skyline name, has been made since 1969. Bayside Blue is a colour first used on the wild-looking 1995 R33 Skyline GT-R LM, which was a road-going homologation special designed to compete at the famous Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race. The colour was named after the Bayshore Highway in Tokyo, Japan – a prominent road in the city's underground car culture, made famous in countless racing video games. 100s of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. It was also used on the next-generation R34 Skyline GT-R, introduced in 1999, and made a comeback on the R35 GT-R in 2019 for a 50th anniversary of the GT-R nameplate. For the 2025 model year, the blue GT-R paintwork is available on the standard Z coupe – but not the high-performance Nismo version – at no extra cost. It's one of three new colour choices for the 2025 Z, with a Super Black roof option added for the existing Ivory Pearl and Plasma Red exteriors, offered on both Z and Z Nismo coupes. A Super Black roof was already offered with Brilliant Silver across the lineup, and with the Nismo-exclusive Slate Grey. Other exterior finishes include Black Diamond on both the standard and Nismo coupes, with the standard coupe also offered in Gun and Rosewood metallic finishes. Pricing for the Z is unchanged, with the standard Z ringing up at $76,140 before on-road costs and the Nismo priced at $94,605 before on-roads. The Z is now Nissan's only sports car, and is powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre V6 engine producing 298kW of power and 475Nm of torque, with the Nismo upping those outputs to 309kW and 520Nm. The standard coupe is offered with either a six-speed manual or nine-speed automatic transmission, both available for the same price, but the Nismo is auto-only. The flagship Z continues to offer various mechanical and aesthetic enhancements, in addition to the bump in power and torque. The R35 GT-R bowed out of Australian showrooms in October 2021 – one of a number of sports cars axed due to tougher safety regulations – with 993 sold here since its introduction in April 2009. Orders for the R35 closed in Japan in March 2025 ahead of the last examples set to be delivered to customers there by October. Despite widely publicised financial challenges – which forced a change of global CEO – Nissan says it remains committed to sports cars, and has previously indicated it plans on a new-generation 'R36' GT-R which may be an electric vehicle (EV). The GT-R made a huge impact in Australia when the R32 Skyline GT-R dominated Group A touring car racing from its arrival in 1990, winning the Australian Touring Car Championship three times and two Bathurst 1000 races. It was the first Japanese car to win the Bathurst race and remains so to this day, but that position is under threat as Toyota will enter Supercars with its Supra sports car in 2026. The R32 was the first road-going GT-R offered in Australia, despite the GT-R being made in Japan since 1969, with Nissan offering only 100 units here. The follow-up R33 and R34 Skyline GT-R models weren't sold here but have a cult following on our roads as grey (private) imports. MORE: Everything Nissan Z MORE: Everything Nissan GT-R Content originally sourced from: Nissan has added a colour from its legendary GT-R – which was discontinued this year – to the options list of its Z sports car, one of three new paint choices in Australian showrooms for the 2025 model year. The Nissan Z is produced in the same factory in Kaminokawa, Tochigi, Japan where every Nissan Skyline GT-R plus the most recent R35 GT-R, which dropped the Skyline name, has been made since 1969. Bayside Blue is a colour first used on the wild-looking 1995 R33 Skyline GT-R LM, which was a road-going homologation special designed to compete at the famous Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race. The colour was named after the Bayshore Highway in Tokyo, Japan – a prominent road in the city's underground car culture, made famous in countless racing video games. 100s of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. It was also used on the next-generation R34 Skyline GT-R, introduced in 1999, and made a comeback on the R35 GT-R in 2019 for a 50th anniversary of the GT-R nameplate. For the 2025 model year, the blue GT-R paintwork is available on the standard Z coupe – but not the high-performance Nismo version – at no extra cost. It's one of three new colour choices for the 2025 Z, with a Super Black roof option added for the existing Ivory Pearl and Plasma Red exteriors, offered on both Z and Z Nismo coupes. A Super Black roof was already offered with Brilliant Silver across the lineup, and with the Nismo-exclusive Slate Grey. Other exterior finishes include Black Diamond on both the standard and Nismo coupes, with the standard coupe also offered in Gun and Rosewood metallic finishes. Pricing for the Z is unchanged, with the standard Z ringing up at $76,140 before on-road costs and the Nismo priced at $94,605 before on-roads. The Z is now Nissan's only sports car, and is powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre V6 engine producing 298kW of power and 475Nm of torque, with the Nismo upping those outputs to 309kW and 520Nm. The standard coupe is offered with either a six-speed manual or nine-speed automatic transmission, both available for the same price, but the Nismo is auto-only. The flagship Z continues to offer various mechanical and aesthetic enhancements, in addition to the bump in power and torque. The R35 GT-R bowed out of Australian showrooms in October 2021 – one of a number of sports cars axed due to tougher safety regulations – with 993 sold here since its introduction in April 2009. Orders for the R35 closed in Japan in March 2025 ahead of the last examples set to be delivered to customers there by October. Despite widely publicised financial challenges – which forced a change of global CEO – Nissan says it remains committed to sports cars, and has previously indicated it plans on a new-generation 'R36' GT-R which may be an electric vehicle (EV). The GT-R made a huge impact in Australia when the R32 Skyline GT-R dominated Group A touring car racing from its arrival in 1990, winning the Australian Touring Car Championship three times and two Bathurst 1000 races. It was the first Japanese car to win the Bathurst race and remains so to this day, but that position is under threat as Toyota will enter Supercars with its Supra sports car in 2026. The R32 was the first road-going GT-R offered in Australia, despite the GT-R being made in Japan since 1969, with Nissan offering only 100 units here. The follow-up R33 and R34 Skyline GT-R models weren't sold here but have a cult following on our roads as grey (private) imports. MORE: Everything Nissan Z MORE: Everything Nissan GT-R Content originally sourced from: Nissan has added a colour from its legendary GT-R – which was discontinued this year – to the options list of its Z sports car, one of three new paint choices in Australian showrooms for the 2025 model year. The Nissan Z is produced in the same factory in Kaminokawa, Tochigi, Japan where every Nissan Skyline GT-R plus the most recent R35 GT-R, which dropped the Skyline name, has been made since 1969. Bayside Blue is a colour first used on the wild-looking 1995 R33 Skyline GT-R LM, which was a road-going homologation special designed to compete at the famous Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race. The colour was named after the Bayshore Highway in Tokyo, Japan – a prominent road in the city's underground car culture, made famous in countless racing video games. 100s of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. It was also used on the next-generation R34 Skyline GT-R, introduced in 1999, and made a comeback on the R35 GT-R in 2019 for a 50th anniversary of the GT-R nameplate. For the 2025 model year, the blue GT-R paintwork is available on the standard Z coupe – but not the high-performance Nismo version – at no extra cost. It's one of three new colour choices for the 2025 Z, with a Super Black roof option added for the existing Ivory Pearl and Plasma Red exteriors, offered on both Z and Z Nismo coupes. A Super Black roof was already offered with Brilliant Silver across the lineup, and with the Nismo-exclusive Slate Grey. Other exterior finishes include Black Diamond on both the standard and Nismo coupes, with the standard coupe also offered in Gun and Rosewood metallic finishes. Pricing for the Z is unchanged, with the standard Z ringing up at $76,140 before on-road costs and the Nismo priced at $94,605 before on-roads. The Z is now Nissan's only sports car, and is powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre V6 engine producing 298kW of power and 475Nm of torque, with the Nismo upping those outputs to 309kW and 520Nm. The standard coupe is offered with either a six-speed manual or nine-speed automatic transmission, both available for the same price, but the Nismo is auto-only. The flagship Z continues to offer various mechanical and aesthetic enhancements, in addition to the bump in power and torque. The R35 GT-R bowed out of Australian showrooms in October 2021 – one of a number of sports cars axed due to tougher safety regulations – with 993 sold here since its introduction in April 2009. Orders for the R35 closed in Japan in March 2025 ahead of the last examples set to be delivered to customers there by October. Despite widely publicised financial challenges – which forced a change of global CEO – Nissan says it remains committed to sports cars, and has previously indicated it plans on a new-generation 'R36' GT-R which may be an electric vehicle (EV). The GT-R made a huge impact in Australia when the R32 Skyline GT-R dominated Group A touring car racing from its arrival in 1990, winning the Australian Touring Car Championship three times and two Bathurst 1000 races. It was the first Japanese car to win the Bathurst race and remains so to this day, but that position is under threat as Toyota will enter Supercars with its Supra sports car in 2026. The R32 was the first road-going GT-R offered in Australia, despite the GT-R being made in Japan since 1969, with Nissan offering only 100 units here. The follow-up R33 and R34 Skyline GT-R models weren't sold here but have a cult following on our roads as grey (private) imports. MORE: Everything Nissan Z MORE: Everything Nissan GT-R Content originally sourced from: Nissan has added a colour from its legendary GT-R – which was discontinued this year – to the options list of its Z sports car, one of three new paint choices in Australian showrooms for the 2025 model year. The Nissan Z is produced in the same factory in Kaminokawa, Tochigi, Japan where every Nissan Skyline GT-R plus the most recent R35 GT-R, which dropped the Skyline name, has been made since 1969. Bayside Blue is a colour first used on the wild-looking 1995 R33 Skyline GT-R LM, which was a road-going homologation special designed to compete at the famous Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race. The colour was named after the Bayshore Highway in Tokyo, Japan – a prominent road in the city's underground car culture, made famous in countless racing video games. 100s of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now. It was also used on the next-generation R34 Skyline GT-R, introduced in 1999, and made a comeback on the R35 GT-R in 2019 for a 50th anniversary of the GT-R nameplate. For the 2025 model year, the blue GT-R paintwork is available on the standard Z coupe – but not the high-performance Nismo version – at no extra cost. It's one of three new colour choices for the 2025 Z, with a Super Black roof option added for the existing Ivory Pearl and Plasma Red exteriors, offered on both Z and Z Nismo coupes. A Super Black roof was already offered with Brilliant Silver across the lineup, and with the Nismo-exclusive Slate Grey. Other exterior finishes include Black Diamond on both the standard and Nismo coupes, with the standard coupe also offered in Gun and Rosewood metallic finishes. Pricing for the Z is unchanged, with the standard Z ringing up at $76,140 before on-road costs and the Nismo priced at $94,605 before on-roads. The Z is now Nissan's only sports car, and is powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre V6 engine producing 298kW of power and 475Nm of torque, with the Nismo upping those outputs to 309kW and 520Nm. The standard coupe is offered with either a six-speed manual or nine-speed automatic transmission, both available for the same price, but the Nismo is auto-only. The flagship Z continues to offer various mechanical and aesthetic enhancements, in addition to the bump in power and torque. The R35 GT-R bowed out of Australian showrooms in October 2021 – one of a number of sports cars axed due to tougher safety regulations – with 993 sold here since its introduction in April 2009. Orders for the R35 closed in Japan in March 2025 ahead of the last examples set to be delivered to customers there by October. Despite widely publicised financial challenges – which forced a change of global CEO – Nissan says it remains committed to sports cars, and has previously indicated it plans on a new-generation 'R36' GT-R which may be an electric vehicle (EV). The GT-R made a huge impact in Australia when the R32 Skyline GT-R dominated Group A touring car racing from its arrival in 1990, winning the Australian Touring Car Championship three times and two Bathurst 1000 races. It was the first Japanese car to win the Bathurst race and remains so to this day, but that position is under threat as Toyota will enter Supercars with its Supra sports car in 2026. The R32 was the first road-going GT-R offered in Australia, despite the GT-R being made in Japan since 1969, with Nissan offering only 100 units here. The follow-up R33 and R34 Skyline GT-R models weren't sold here but have a cult following on our roads as grey (private) imports. MORE: Everything Nissan Z MORE: Everything Nissan GT-R Content originally sourced from:
Miami Herald
24-06-2025
- Automotive
- Miami Herald
Nissan Armada Nismo Unveiled As Most Powerful Armada Ever
The all-new Nissan Armada arrived for the 2025 model year, and it's a comprehensive improvement over the previous model. Now, for 2026, Nissan has injected the rugged Armada with even more power and capability, thanks to the introduction of the new Armada Nismo. Yes, the Nismo name now finds itself on a big SUV, not a compact sports car. This is the most powerful Armada yet and the first-ever Armada Nismo, so let's get into all the juicy details. We'll start here, since any Nismo-badged model simply has to prioritize performance. The 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 in the Armada Nismo produces 460 horsepower and 516 lb-ft of torque. That's the same torque as other Armadas, but the Nismo gets a 35-hp boost when running on premium gas. Different engine programming and fine-tuning of valve clearances have enabled the higher output for this model, which is more powerful than rivals like the Chevrolet Tahoe, Jeep Wagoneer, and Ford Expedition. A new exhaust system creates a meatier exhaust note, and an Active Sound Enhancement system further amplifies the V6's roar for the full enjoyment of occupants. A nine-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters is equipped, but the Nismo doesn't have the electronic locking rear differential of the focused Pro-4X. As with other Armadas, the towing capacity is 8,500 lbs, but ground clearance drops from up to 9.9 inches in other models to 8.9 inches here, underlining the on-road focus of this model. To go with its extra grunt, the Armada Nismo gets special tuning for the power steering and Adaptive Electronic Air Suspension. We doubt Nissan has been able to perform miracles here - this is still a four-wheel-drive SUV weighing over 6,100 pounds - but the Nismo should be a little more responsive. If there is the same improvement in driver appeal that we saw between the normal Nissan Z and that car's Nismo derivative, the Armada Nismo should be quite a blast to drive by full-size SUV standards. The Armada Nismo looks a lot meaner than other trims. The front/rear fascias, grille, rear spoiler, and side steps were all given a redesign. Fender flares and massive 22-inch forged wheels more than hint at this model's increased performance, while the high-performance all-season tires promise improvements in handling, acceleration, braking, and steering. The most striking color is Nismo Stealth Gray with an available Super Black roof, which works well when combined with various red accents around the body. Black Diamond Pearl and Everest White Pearl with or without a Super Black roof are also available. The racy vibe continues inside, where this model gains Nismo-specific quilted leather seats in a combination of charcoal and red. Multicolor ambient lighting, adjustable side bolsters for the front seats, and aluminum pedals are also added. This is also the only trim other than the Platinum Reserve to get front massaging seats. Pricing for the new Nissan Armada Nismo hasn't been released yet, but we expect it to cost in the vicinity of the range-topping Platinum Reserve, which starts at $76,990 for the 2025 model year. The 2026 Armada range will reach dealers this fall. Copyright 2025 The Arena Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
