Apple announced the biggest iPad mini update ever: 8.5-inch OLED, A20 Pro, 5.4 mm body, IP67 and under-display speakers. UAE pricing starts at AED 2,849 (Wi-Fi) and AED 3,449 (Cellular); pre-orders October 28, availability November 6. Apple also teased a full week of launches.
Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter (Bloomberg) lays out Apple’s next month: iPhone Duo on Friday, October 23; HomePod mini 2 on October 30; the first touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro likely on November 6, backed by a "big floor reset" at Apple Stores on the night of November 5; then HomeView and Apple TV 4K on November 13. Announcements are expected October 27 or 28. The laptop keeps the current M5 Pro/Max chips and is "significantly lighter".
Per Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is inviting journalists to an all-day "launch experience" on October 28 in Los Angeles instead of a keynote. Expected: a touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro, a 14-inch MacBook Pro and iMac on M6, and an OLED iPad mini, which Apple’s own regulatory site just hinted at with a new Smart Folio.
