Apple has begun inviting selected media to an all-day product launch in Los Angeles on October 28, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Teams timing Mac refreshes get a date, but the announcements could come beforehand.
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Apple's French regulatory site lists an unreleased Smart Folio for iPad mini, model A3632, in a document dated September 8, 2026. The mini 6 and 7 share one folio, so a new number is a first hint that today's cases may not fit the next mini.
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Apple will launch its first touchscreen OLED MacBook Pros on or around October 27, according to Bloomberg. For teams due a MacBook refresh, that puts a three-week hold on the table for a machine whose price and ship date are still unknown.
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Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple's OLED iPad mini will start near $799, $200 above the current $599 model. Any budget that assumes $599 for the next mini will come up $200 short on each unit.
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Images in Apple's own code, found by MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris, show an A20 Pro iPad mini 8, a HomePod mini 2 and a fourth-generation Apple TV 4K. Apple has set no date, so tablet buyers and app teams can plan on the hardware details sooner than on the October window the reports expect.
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Apple's own code describes an A20 Pro iPad mini that Bloomberg's Mark Gurman expects to launch by the end of October. Anyone about to buy the current A17 Pro model should wait those few weeks, unless the purchase has a deadline that lands first.
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Apple's software chief agrees the iPhone Duo can fill an iPad mini owner's space
Craig Federighi told MKBHD the iPhone Duo can often fill the space an iPad mini filled for its owner. The only usage he cited was his own over the past few months.
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Apple's $2,000 Duo copies the iPad mini's job at nearly three times the price
Gizmodo argues the Duo's 7.6-inch inner screen and the iOS 27 dock leave Apple's 8.3-inch tablet nowhere to go. For the person buying either one, the decision still turns on a $1,300 gap and a missing magnet.
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Gurman's October window puts the OLED iPad mini outside next month's iPhone event
The report relayed by 9to5Mac says the redesigned mini should be on sale by the end of October, which hands accessory makers and fleet buyers a dated window for a new panel and a shell nobody has measured.
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Gurman says Apple built and tested a shorter Pencil that clipped to the side of its foldable, then dropped it because that edge is where the hinge and your hand already are. That settles how to scope apps for it.
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