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The Apple Watch Ultra 4 has dropped to $699.99 on Amazon, down from $799.00. This is a match of the all-time low price on the new Ultra 4, which just launched in September.

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There are three Ultra 4 models that are on sale at this price, including the Black model with Burgundy Alpine Loop (Large), the Black model with Burgundy Trail Loop (M/L), and the Natural model with Desert Alpine Loop (Medium). These are the lowest prices we've ever tracked on the brand new Apple Watch Ultra 4.

If you're shopping for a Milanese Loop model, Amazon also has a $99 discount on one of these devices. You can get the Black Apple Watch Ultra 4 with Black Milanese Loop (Large) for $799.99, down from $899.00. Most of these watches have an estimated delivery date of early November, and some are offering same-day shipping for Prime members as well.

If you're on the hunt for more discounts, be sure to visit our Apple Deals roundup where we recap the best Apple-related bargains of the past week.

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Until the end of today, Performance Knit and UltraPlush ear cushions with matching headbands for the Beats 360 are available on Apple's online store in the U.S. for $9.99 each, with customers limited to three kits per order. Lower pricing extends to other countries. Starting November 1, regular pricing of $49.99 will apply.

Broadcasts app developer Steve Troughton-Smith has shared a Halloween treat for us today: a tour of the software on Apple's upcoming HomeView smart home hub. Apple has already demoed the HomeView to selected tech reporters and content creators, but Troughton-Smith offers a closer look at several features, interfaces, and apps.

Using a virtualized HomeView created by Guilherme Rambo, Troughton-Smith provided a closer look at the home screen, Control Center, clock faces like Flow and Snoopy, and apps like Timers, Alarms, World Clock, and Settings. Note that while the virtualized HomeView shows an Ethernet menu, the device actually supports Wi-Fi only.

HomeView supports up to six users. The device has a built-in camera that can recognize people and display their personal content in apps like Messages, Calendar, Reminders, FaceTime, and Find My. Rambo and Troughton-Smith have yet to bypass this recognition requirement with the virtualized HomeView, so those apps are all locked.

Troughton-Smith revealed that the HomeView will have a Liquid Glass slider that lets you adjust how clear or tinted the interface elements look, and he also confirmed that the device's keyboard supports QuickPath swipe typing.

He also provided a closer look at the HomeView's music player, video player in both wide and square formats, and AirPlay pairing interface.

Yesterday, Rambo and our contributor Aaron Perris provided a look at the HomeView's wallpapers, "hello" setup screen, and more. All of these findings come after Apple released the HomeView's software ahead of the device's launch on Friday, November 13. Apple is currently accepting pre-orders, with U.S. pricing set at $299.

Rambo and Troughton-Smith said the HomeView's software is based on the Apple TV's tvOS.

Apple has published an EU energy label for the iPad mini 8 that reveals the device has a battery capacity of 4,900 mAh, which is slightly lower than the 5,034 mAh capacity of the previous model's battery.

Apple's website lists identical battery life estimates for both models, so it appears that the improved power efficiency of the A20 Pro chip in the new iPad mini helps to offset its slightly smaller battery. The new model is also equipped with an OLED display, which can be more power efficient than an LCD when displaying darker content, as there is no backlight and individual pixels turn off completely for the color black.

For those who prefer watt-hour figures, Apple's tech specs show the new iPad mini has an 18.9 Wh battery, down from 19.3 Wh for the previous model.

Model	Battery Capacity (mAh)	Battery Capacity (Wh)
iPad mini 8	4,900 mAh	18.9 Wh
iPad mini 7	5,034 mAh	19.3 Wh

The new iPad mini features an 8.5-inch OLED display, a new Acoustic Display audio system instead of speaker holes, Wi-Fi 7 support, a 15% thinner and lighter design compared to the previous model, and more. The device is available to pre-order now and launches on Friday, November 6, with U.S. pricing starting at $699.

One busy week after another for Apple has left our heads spinning, with this week seeing several Mac updates as well as a revamped iPad mini.

All of this week's craziness comes right on the heels of last Friday's iPhone Duo launch, not to mention all of the other products now available or still in pre-order status, so read on below for all of the details!

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Everything Apple Announced This Week

It's been a busy October for Apple, and the company ended the month with a bang by introducing a number of new products even as some of the previously announced ones from earlier this month have yet to become available.

If you missed the news over the first three days of this week, we've rounded up all our coverage in one spot, so it's easy to take a look back. All of the new products are available for pre-order now, with a launch set for Friday, November 6.

Apple Announces OLED MacBook Pro With Touch Display

The headliner for the week was Wednesday's introduction of the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display. It's a mouthful, but it's the culmination of several years of rumors about a MacBook Pro with an OLED touchscreen, plus it includes several other upgrades such as lighter weights, a reinforced hinge to stabilize the display while it's being touched, a Dynamic Island instead of a notch, and even the return of an illuminated Apple logo on the lid.

The new machines are being sold alongside the previous MacBook Pro models with mini-LED displays, with the PROLED models carrying $400 price premiums over their counterparts even though they use the same M5 Pro and M5 Max chip options.

Apple Announces New 14-Inch MacBook Pro With M6 Chip

The low end of the MacBook Pro family also got an update this week, with Apple announcing a speed-bumped M6 version of the 14-inch base model.

The M6 chip in the ‌MacBook Pro‌ features a 12-core CPU with 2 super cores, 4 performance cores, and 6 efficiency cores, paired with a 12-core GPU. This is up from the M5 chip with a 10-core CPU with 4 super cores and 6 efficiency cores, paired with a 10-core GPU.

Alongside the M6 chip, the new 14-inch ‌MacBook Pro‌ now features support for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 connectivity via Apple's N1 wireless chip. It can also now drive dual external 4K displays at up to 165Hz, up from 144Hz.

Apple Announces New iMac With M6 Chip and More

The 24-inch iMac also got a speed bump this week, with Apple's all-in-one desktop moving from the M4 chip to the M6 for faster performance and adding an N1 chip with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 support, faster SSD speeds, and more.

The new iMac has the same design as the previous model, and the color options remain the same: blue, green, pink, yellow, purple, orange, and silver.

Apple Announces New iPad Mini With 8.5-Inch OLED Display, A20 Pro Chip, and More

This week wasn't all about the Mac lineup, with Apple also taking the wraps off of a redesigned iPad mini featuring a larger 8.5-inch display that uses OLED technology for the first time.

In addition, the new iPad mini features a thinner and lighter design, an A20 Pro chip, a new Acoustic Display audio system that eliminates speaker holes, IP67-rated water and dust resistance, a landscape front camera, Apple's N1 chip with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 support, and more. Altogether, Apple says this amounts to the iPad mini's "biggest update ever."

Mac Studio With M5 Ultra Now Available With 512GB RAM for $22,299

When Apple introduced the M5 Max and M5 Ultra Mac Studio back in August, it said that a high-end M5 Ultra option with 512GB of memory would become available in late October, and it's finally here for an eye-popping price of $22,299.

This configuration is obviously only intended for hungriest of power users, requiring the highest-end chip with a 36-core CPU and 80-core GPU. The memory upgrade alone to increase from the standard 96GB to 512GB costs $15,500.

Crackgate? iPhone Duo Owners Report Screens Breaking Along the Hinge

With all of the announcements this week, it's easy to forget that the groundbreaking iPhone Duo just launched last Friday, and while early adopters have been enjoying much of what Apple's first foldable phone has to offer, it hasn't been entirely smooth sailing.

At least a few users have experienced sudden interior screen breakage seemingly caused by something going wrong in the complex hinge of the device. Apple has said that it is aware of the issue affecting "a small number of iPhone Duo units" and that affected users should contact AppleCare to obtain replacement units.

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China is doing much of the heavy lifting for Apple's iPhone 18 Pro launch, with a 29% sales increase helping offset declines in the U.S. and Japan, according to Counterpoint Research.

Combined global sales of the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max rose 3.1% during their first three weeks of availability compared with the equivalent launch period last year. U.S. sales fell 4%, while Japan recorded a 27% decline.

Counterpoint attributed China's growth to better initial supply and higher prices for competing Android flagships. In the U.S., the firm said buyers perceived insufficient changes to features and design, despite additions such as the variable aperture camera.

Apple raised starting prices by $100 in the U.S., bringing the Pro to $1,199 and the Pro Max to $1,299. Counterpoint pointed out that exchange rates compounded price increases in Japan.

The Pro Max model's share of sales slipped from 57% to 56%, with growth in India and Southeast Asia favoring the smaller model.

The tracking period predates the iPhone Duo's launch on October 23. Counterpoint is watching whether Apple's first foldable iPhone brings in additional buyers or diverts purchases from the Pro Max.

Apple today released HomeView Software 27.2, which is the software that runs on the upcoming HomeView device set to launch on November 13.

The HomeView was announced earlier in October, but the early software release gives us a look at features like wallpapers and reveals a few tidbits we didn't previously know.

Wallpapers

There are 20 default wallpapers to choose from on HomeView, with a range of colors. Users will also likely be able to set their own photo wallpaper. The HomeView uses faces, but the wallpapers may be shown on the Home Screen.

Face Editing

Guilherme Rambo shared an image of the HomeView's face editing interface, where users can choose the design they want to use on the HomeView's Lock Screen.

Hello Screen

At startup, the HomeView will show the familiar "Hello" text.

Control Center

A HomeView setup animation shows Control Center on the HomeView.

Light and Dark Mode

As with other Apple devices, the HomeView will have Light Mode and Dark Mode options, with the device able to swap between modes automatically based on time of day.

Snoopy

The HomeView has a bunch of different Snoopy animations if you pick the Snoopy face.

Launcher

Unlike iOS, HomeView doesn't use SpringBoard. It has a new launcher called BreadBoard, and the process for its Control Center UI is called CupBoard.

iOS 26

There is a hidden HomeView Software 26 graphic in the update, which adds to evidence that Apple wanted to release the HomeView earlier but had to wait on Siri AI. Apple also appears to have been testing the interface on a sixth-generation iPad mini before launch.

The HomeView is priced at $299, and it can be pre-ordered from Apple's website. It will launch alongside the fourth-generation Apple TV 4K on November 13.

In a memo shared with Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers this week, and later obtained by MacRumors, Apple provided technicians with guidance on how to diagnose and address the iPhone Duo's inner display cracking issue.

If a customer reports the issue, Apple advised technicians to inspect the iPhone Duo and repair or replace it in accordance with their standard procedures. While the instructions themselves are straightforward, the fact that Apple issued an internal memo suggests the issue is widespread enough to warrant official guidance.

Apple's memo said the issue affects a small number of iPhone Duo units, which is consistent with what it said in a public statement on Monday.

"We are aware of an issue impacting the inner display on a small number of iPhone Duo units," said Apple, in a statement shared with MacRumors. If users experience issues with their iPhone Duo display, they should contact AppleCare for a replacement." You can get support on Apple's website or by calling 1-800-APL-CARE in the U.S. and Canada.

Apple said most iPhone Duo units are not susceptible to this issue and that impacted units appear to exhibit the defects rather quickly after usage.

Apple said there is no iPhone Duo recall, and the company has yet to launch a public-facing repair program on its website for this issue.

Almost immediately after the iPhone Duo began arriving to customers a week ago, a handful of early adopters reported that the device's inner display had cracked, resulting in lines appearing down the middle and towards the right side of the screen.

The electronics repair website iFixit completed an iPhone Duo teardown and said that the issue is likely related to a defective hinge on affected units. However, Apple has yet to comment on the underlying cause of the issue.

Apple's website in China says iOS 27.3 will enable some Apple Intelligence features in China, such as Writing Tools, Genmoji, Clean Up, Notification Summaries, Priority Notifications, Visual Intelligence, and Live Translation with AirPods. Select features will not be available, including Siri AI and Image Playground.

The features will be limited to the iPhone 15 Pro and newer until Apple receives approval to launch them on the iPad, Mac, and other devices in China. Apple said the first iOS 27.3 beta will be available next week. The update will be released in December.

Apple today announced that the first iOS 27.3 developer beta will be released next week and enable some Apple Intelligence features in China.

In a press release shared on the Apple Newsroom website in China, Apple said the beta will be released on Wednesday, November 4, but that likely means Tuesday, November 3 in the U.S. due to time zone differences. Apple said iOS 27.3 will then be released to the public in December, but it did not provide a specific date.

iOS 27.3 will enable some of the earlier Apple Intelligence features on the iPhone 15 Pro and newer in China, such as Writing Tools, Genmoji, Clean Up, Notification Summaries, Priority Notifications, Visual Intelligence, and Live Translation with AirPods.

Siri AI and other Apple Intelligence features announced at WWDC 2026 will not be available in China on iOS 27.3, according to Apple.

Image Playground will also not be available in China.

Apple also said it has partnered with Alibaba to add support for its AI assistant Qwen within Siri, Writing Tools, and Visual Intelligence.

Both the iPhone and Siri language will need to be set to English and Chinese (Simplified).

Apple Intelligence features will not be available on the Mac, iPad, or other devices in China until Apple receives the necessary approvals, it said.

The Wall Street Journal's Rolfe Winkler this week reported that flash storage suppliers once "bullied" by Apple have been "getting their revenge" on the company over the past year due to a severe memory chip shortage, which stems from AI companies building out massive data centers that utilize significant amounts of flash storage and RAM.

As the iPhone took off, Apple became the world's largest buyer of flash storage, and naturally that gave the company a lot of leverage in negotiations.

The report goes into detail about some of the hardball tactics that were employed by Apple and its former head of procurement, Tony Blevins.

"After ordering flash at rock-bottom prices, Apple would refuse delivery at times if flash prices were falling," the report said. "That left suppliers holding piles of unsold chips, including ones custom-made for Apple. Kioxia executives joked they felt like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football—with Lucy always pulling it away."

Based in Japan, Kioxia was previously known as the Toshiba Memory Corporation.

Apple is also said to have "bullied flash makers into opening their books so it could monitor sales, making sure no one else got a better deal."

The report shared another example involving flash storage supplier Sandisk. Apple's other suppliers, such as SK Hynix and Samsung, were not mentioned.

"Around the end of 2015, Sandisk refused Apple's requests to send additional supply because it already had customers willing to pay more," the report said. "Blevins threatened a Sandisk salesman with retaliation, saying he would have Sandisk's chief executive, Sanjay Mehrotra, 'crawl on his knees' back to Apple, according to a person familiar with the call."

Things changed when the AI era arrived.

"Two years ago, Apple bought nearly twice the flash storage of Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Google combined, according to TechInsights estimates," the report said, citing a research firm. "Hyperscalers are now buying double Apple's share."

Much of the "revenge" has been passed on to customers, as Apple has raised prices on more than a dozen products this year, including iPhones, iPads, Macs, HomePods, the Apple TV, and more, with the company attributing these increases to the memory chip shortage. Apple's former CEO Tim Cook said price increases were "unavoidable."

Apple is not completely immune, though. Higher prices could result in lower demand, and the report said its profit margins on storage upgrades have been impacted. For example, TechInsights estimated that Apple makes a gross profit of $134 when a customer spends $200 to upgrade an iPhone 18 Pro from 256GB to 512GB of storage, down from $185 when a customer opted for the equivalent upgrade for the iPhone 17 Pro last year.

"We've worked with many of our suppliers for decades, and we deeply value their partnership over the years," an Apple spokesperson told The Wall Street Journal. "We look forward to continuing our important work together."

On an earnings call this week, SK Hynix forecasted that the memory chip shortage will persist through 2030, so the pendulum may not swing back in Apple's direction for at least four more years. Eventually, though, it probably will.

Apple released iOS 27.2 on October 26, bringing enhancements to Siri AI, adding Suggestions in Messages, and sneaking in a string of smaller additions across Photos, Podcasts, Games, Apple TV, and FaceTime.

iOS 27.2 is available to download to your device now via Settings ➝ General ➝ Software Update. Note that some features may not be available in all regions or on all iPhone models. Apple maintains a feature availability list with all the details.

Ask Siri About Past Conversations

Siri AI can now recall your past conversations, so you can ask it about something it told you before, like the restaurants it recommended last week. Siri AI features require an iPhone 16 model or later, or an iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Get Answers From More of Your Personal Context

Siri AI can now draw from more sources when answering, including photos attached in Messages, Calendar event attendees, and your voicemails. Apple says you'll also get better results from Safari history and Reading List.

Use Siri in More Languages

Siri AI now supports French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish, in addition to English. Just keep in mind that, as things stand, it's not available in the EU or mainland China.

Control Which Apps Siri and Search Can Access

A new settings menu has been added that lets you choose which apps Siri, Search, and suggestions can access, all from one list. You can find it in Settings ➝ Siri ➝ Excluded Apps.

Copy Just Part of a Siri Response

Granular text selection lets you select and copy only the part of a Siri response you need, rather than the whole reply.

Act on Suggestions in Messages

The new Suggestions in Messages feature aims to help you take quick actions based on the context of a conversation, like adding a Calendar invite for a dinner or saving a Reminder. The feature appeared during iOS 27 beta testing but was held back from the initial release, so its arrival has been a good while coming.

Manage Shared Albums More Easily

Shared Albums in Photos gain three additions. You can now edit captions and comments, the app can avoid adding duplicate photos, and it can display a reminder before an album expires so participants can save important photos and videos.

Spot AI-Generated Images

iOS 27.2 supports SynthID watermarking, which aims to help you identify whether an image was generated or modified with generative tools in Photos and Image Playground.

See What Your Friends Are Playing

In the Games app, the Friends tab now provides context around friend suggestions, plus it shows you any recent games your friends have played on their player pages.

Create Apple TV Profiles for Your Household

If you have an Apple TV, you can now create profiles in the account settings section on iPhone and iPad. All you need for a profile is a name, plus whether it's for an adult or a child. Creating a profile for a child limits content to a PG rating by default, but there's a customize option for finer control. You can select age ratings for TV shows and movies that are appropriate for the child based on their age.

Stream FaceTime From Front and Rear Cameras

Dual Capture is now available in group ‌FaceTime‌ calls, so you can stream ‌FaceTime‌ video content from the front and rear cameras at the same time. On a compatible device running ‌iOS 27‌.2, flipping the camera while on a ‌FaceTime‌ call automatically turns on Dual Capture.

Dual Capture is available on the iPhone 17, ‌iPhone 17‌ Pro, ‌iPhone 17‌ Pro Max, iPhone Air, iPhone 18 Pro, ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max, and ‌iPhone Duo‌.

Watch Several Live Sports Streams at Once

Multiview has been expanded in the Apple TV app to the iPhone, so you can now watch up to four live sports streams at the same time. Multiview works for sports events that come with an ‌Apple TV‌ subscription, so that's Major League Soccer (MLS), Formula 1 (F1) in the U.S., and Friday Night Baseball doubleheaders during the Major League Baseball season.

iPhone Duo Edge Light and Apple Pencil Support

iOS 27.2 adds Apple Pencil USB-C support to the ‌iPhone Duo‌. It also includes support for the Edge Light feature that first appeared in macOS to illuminate your face during video calls.

Be Reminded of a Contact's Anniversary on a Call

A new feature of Call Context reminds you that it's your anniversary when you call that special person – as long as you've added the date in the Contacts app. To add an anniversary to a contact, open the Contacts app and select their name. Tap "Edit" in the corner, then tap "add date," and the first suggestion under date is anniversary. Do it now. It could save your marriage...

It's been a week since the iPhone Duo was released, and MacRumors videographer Dan Barbera wanted to revisit his review since he's been able to use the Duo for a longer stretch of time.

You've probably seen images of iPhone Duos with a bright white line running across one side of the inner display. There is a defect affecting some users, but Apple says it's a problem limited to a small number of units.

None of us at MacRumors have had a display crack, and we've seen some AI photos floating around, so it's hard to tell just how many people are actually having problems. iPhone Duos with the hinge issue that causes the display to crack seem to get damaged shortly after purchase, so if you've had an ‌iPhone Duo‌ for the last week and it's still fine, it's not likely to have this defect.

The outer display is small, but Dan finds it useful for checking notifications, replying to messages, and scrolling through apps and websites. He unfolds it for multitasking or longer messages, and is a fan of using the ‌iPhone Duo‌ unfolded in portrait mode for watching videos and using an app at the same time.

He finds the Touch ID fingerprint sensor easy to find, and says Apple Watch unlock is similar to Face ID. The cameras are just okay, and someone who zooms in a lot is probably going to miss having a telephoto lens.

Battery life is between an iPhone 18 Pro and a Pro Max, and for most people, it's likely going to last a full day. Not all apps have been updated for the Duo layout yet, but it's getting better. There's an extension called Wider that extends the Safari window to the edges of the ‌iPhone Duo‌'s outer display, and it's a big improvement. We may see other accommodations in the coming months as developers and users get used to the new layout.

Dan says the ‌iPhone Duo‌ is the most excited he's been about an iPhone in a long time, and he plans to keep using it even though he misses having a telephoto lens.

Did you get an ‌iPhone Duo‌? What do you think now that you're a week into using it? Let us know in the comments below.

Samsung this week launched an advertising campaign mocking the display issues some people have had with the iPhone Duo.

In an Instagram post on its Canadian account, Samsung shared several images showing a bright line through the spot where ‌iPhone Duo‌ models have been experiencing display problems.

There are three images, each with different text:

• Folding is nothing new to us
• Folding. We know a thing or eight.
• Switch to Galaxy Z Fold8

A Samsung spokesperson said it's a "playful new campaign" that taps into the conversation about the "growing rivalry in foldables and how experience plays in the category."

The first Galaxy foldable smartphone came out in September 2019, and the company introduced its eighth-generation Galaxy Z Fold8 three months ahead of when the ‌iPhone Duo‌ debuted.

Shortly after the ‌iPhone Duo‌ launched, some customers ran into hinge issues that caused cracks in the inner display. Affected devices seem to break in the same spot, with a bright line appearing on the OLED screen.

Apple said it is aware of the issue and that only a small number of ‌iPhone Duo‌ units have a problem. Customers who have a faulty device will see the issue early on, and users with a broken ‌iPhone Duo‌ should contact Apple for a replacement.

The response to iPhone Duo from early users has been incredibly positive, and we are seeing exciting things from developers who are rapidly updating their apps to take advantage of its unique form factor. We are aware of an issue impacting the inner display on a small number of iPhone Duo units. If users experience issues with their iPhone Duo display, they should contact AppleCare for a replacement.

The ‌iPhone Duo‌ is backordered until January for online orders, though Apple has had some in-store stock available sporadically. There do not appear to be supply issues for the Galaxy Z Fold8, with many colors and capacities delivering on November 3.

Apple's ‌iPhone Duo‌ is priced starting at $1,999 for 256GB of storage, while Samsung is charging $1,899 for the same capacity.

On this week's episode of The MacRumors Show, we discuss Apple's newly announced OLED MacBook Pro, iPad mini with A20 Pro, and M6 versions of the iMac and entry-level 14-inch ‌MacBook Pro‌.

The MacBook Pro gains a tandem ‌OLED‌ display with touch support for the first time. Available in 14- and 16-inch sizes, the "PROLED XDR display" offers up to 2,000 nits of peak HDR and SDR brightness, a 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio, and Adobe RGB support alongside P3. Touch input enables gestures such as scrolling, pinching to zoom, and dragging content, with a reinforced hinge and camera stabilization designed to accommodate interaction with the screen.

A Dynamic Island replaces the notch, providing access to Live Activities, Siri AI, and more. The enclosure is thinner and lighter, with the 14-inch model weighing 3 pounds and the 16-inch model weighing 4 pounds. The larger model's display grows to 16.3 inches, and the iconic illuminated Apple logo returns.

The new models retain the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips introduced earlier this year, but add a redesigned thermal architecture and upgraded speakers with 50% deeper bass and dedicated tuning for closed-lid playback. Maximum storage doubles to 16TB. Pricing starts at $2,899 for the 14-inch model and $3,399 for the 16-inch model, a $400 premium over comparable mini-LED configurations.

The new ‌iPad mini‌ moves from an 8.3-inch LCD to an 8.5-inch ‌OLED‌ display, with thinner borders, up to 1,200 nits of peak HDR brightness, and a nano-texture option on the 256GB and 512GB configurations. It is thinner and lighter at 5.4mm thick, and becomes the first iPad with an official IP67 water and dust resistance rating. The display remains limited to 60Hz, with no ProMotion support.

The A20 Pro chip brings GPU Neural Accelerators and increased memory bandwidth to the device, with Apple claiming up to 60% faster CPU performance, 2.7 times faster graphics, and 4.5 times faster AI performance than the previous generation. The 512GB configuration has an additional CPU core and a second 16-core Neural Engine compared with the 128GB and 256GB models.

An all-new Acoustic Display speaker system eliminates external speaker holes, while the front camera moves to the landscape edge and the rear camera gains an Adaptive True Tone flash. Other additions include fast charging, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, Thread, Apple's C2 modem on cellular models, and extended external display support with iPadOS 27.2. The ‌iPad mini‌ starts at $699 in Midnight or Starlight, with a new $79 TechWoven Smart Folio available separately.

The M6 iMac replaces the M4 model, adding two CPU and GPU cores to both the two-port and four-port configurations. It also gains GPU Neural Accelerators, dual 16-core Neural Engines, up to twice as fast SSD storage, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, Thread, and 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet. Pricing starts at $1,499, with the four-port model starting at $1,699.

The entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro moves from M5 to M6, with a 12-core CPU and 12-core GPU, dual 16-core Neural Engines, and upgraded wireless connectivity. Memory bandwidth increases to 170GB/s on 24GB and 32GB configurations, while the 16GB model remains at 153GB/s. Its $1,999 starting price and battery life of up to 24 hours carry over from the outgoing model.

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Apple on Wednesday unveiled new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with touch-enabled OLED displays, and more details about them continue to be shared by tech reporters who were invited to Apple's hands-on experience in Los Angeles.

Nicolas Lellouche of the French website Numerama shared 15 details about the new MacBook Pro models in an article and a social media post. Some of this information has already surfaced, but he provided a useful summary:

• Apple said the keyboard and trackpad remain the primary input methods, with touch input available as an additional option for those who want it.
• Apple said there is now a generation of young creators who grew up using touchscreens, so it felt the timing was right to bring the functionality to the Mac.
• Apple said music creators prefer touch over trackpads for controlling virtual instruments.
• "Traffic light" controls in the top-left corner of macOS windows expand when pressed.
• Items in a list become more spaced out when touched.
• A swipe up from the bottom of the screen brings up the Dock.
• A swipe down from the top of the screen brings up Spotlight/Siri AI.
• A long press is equivalent to a right click.
• Holding a window and quickly moving it left or right triggers Split View.
• If you close your Mac while your finger is touching the display, touch input is temporarily deactivated to prevent accidental touches.
• The camera is stabilized so it does not shake on video calls when you touch the screen.
• You cannot wake the MacBook Pro by touching the screen.
• Multi-touch supports up to 10 fingers at the same time. No word yet on toes (kidding).
• Live Activities from iPhone apps can appear in the Dynamic Island.
• There are settings that allow you to turn off touch input and the illuminated Apple logo on the MacBook Pro's lid.

The new MacBook Pro models can be pre-ordered now and launch Friday, November 6.

Apple faces Russian data retention and disclosure requirements after being added to the country's state surveillance registry, Bloomberg reports.

Russia's communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, listed Apple and Microsoft on October 2 as "organizers of information dissemination," a classification that carries obligations to preserve communications and make data available to Russian security agencies.

Those obligations cover correspondence and messages containing audio or video. Companies must also keep information identifying users and recording the transmission of their communications within Russia for three years. Businesses that fail to meet the requirements risk fines and, ultimately, restrictions on their services.

Apple and Microsoft join other services on the registry, including WhatsApp, Telegram, and Snapchat. Google and its Meet video calling service were listed in January.

The designation follows Russia's December 2025 block on FaceTime. Roskomnadzor justified that restriction by alleging the service was being used to facilitate terrorism, recruitment, and fraud. Russia had already restricted calling through WhatsApp and Telegram and blocked Signal and Viber.

Apple suspended sales in Russia in March 2022 following the invasion of Ukraine, in addition to stopping exports into its Russian sales channel and limiting Apple Pay.

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