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Amazon's October Big Deal Days event is running through tomorrow night, offering discounts on Apple products including laptops, desktops, headphones and accessories. The Verge reports some discounts are exclusive to Prime members, while other retailers are matching or beating Amazon's prices on the same items.
Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days event has started and runs until early Thursday morning, offering significant discounts on a wide range of electronics, including headphones, home entertainment devices, Pixel 11 phones, iPad Mini with A17 Pro chip, and the M5 MacBook Air. The deals are now organized in a sortable table for easier browsing, with additional deals and category roundups to follow.
Sources indicate that Apple will introduce new products during the final week of October, following its October 13 event. The company is expected to reveal updates including new Macs and an OLED iPad mini, though details on the specific products and announcement format remain unconfirmed. This second wave of releases would follow the launch of the iPhone Duo on October 23 and Apple’s quarterly earnings report.
All of Us, a 70-minute documentary streaming on Apple TV, follows Ruby Bridges Elementary School, a public school where students with disabilities learn alongside their peers in the same classroom rather than being separated out. The film highlights how Augmentative and Alternative Communication apps running on iPads and iPhones help students with severe communication difficulties participate in lessons alongside other pupils. The school's principal and a kindergarten teacher were named Principal and Teacher of the Year in 2025.
Amazon is selling the base iPad Mini (2024 model) for around $500 as part of its Prime Day sale, the lowest price seen since late June. The tablet had frequently sold near $400 throughout 2025, making this discount less steep than earlier price dips this year.
According to a leak from MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris, Apple's upcoming budget iPad will use the A19 chip instead of the previously rumored A18, paired with Apple's N1 networking chip and C1X modem for Wi-Fi 7 support on cellular models. The device is expected to include 8GB of memory, enough to run Siri AI features but not the more advanced on-device models that require 12GB.
A comparison of Apple's foldable iPhone Duo and the iPad Mini highlights major price and spec differences. The Duo starts at $2,000 for 256GB and reaches $3,200 for 2TB, while the iPad Mini ranges from $600 to $900. The Duo has a faster A20 Pro chip, more RAM, a stronger dual-camera setup, and 120Hz ProMotion displays, but the Mini has a larger single screen, more robust multitasking software, and broader Apple Pencil support.
Samsung's Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra, priced at $1,399.99, features a 14.6-inch display and aims to excel in screen size and battery life. Apple’s iPad Pro, with a starting price of $1,499 for the 13-inch model, emphasizes processing power and display precision. Both devices target professional and creative users but differ significantly in design philosophy and ecosystem integration.
A 9to5Mac writer has been using an iPad mini, loaded with the same apps and layout as their iPhone, to simulate the experience of Apple's rumored foldable iPhone Duo. The experiment relies on an iPhone Wi-Fi hotspot for connectivity and notes that the Duo's rumored 7.6-inch interior display is only slightly smaller than the iPad mini's 8.3-inch screen. Colleague Ryan Christoffel's reporting on the Duo's screen size was cited as the basis for the comparison.
The Beaumont Independent School District's board approved an $11.19 million four-year lease to supply 14,585 Apple devices to students and teachers from pre-K through 12th grade. The deal includes over 4,000 iPads for younger students, 9,500 MacBook Neo units for grades 3-12, and 1,000 MacBook Neo units for teachers, replacing a Chromebook fleet that was costing the district nearly half a million dollars annually in repairs.
On the 9to5Mac Happy Hour podcast, hosts Chance Miller and Benjamin Mayo discuss rumors that Apple's smart display, dubbed 'HomePad,' could launch on October 13 with a small square screen. They also cover leaked photos suggesting imminent iPad mini and HomePod mini updates, reports that Apple executive John Ternus wants to make the company more nimble, and the new Apple Watch Readiness feature.
Following the M6 Mac mini launch, reports indicate Apple will bring the M6 chip to the entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro and a redesigned-color iMac this fall. A new M6 MacBook Air and M6 iPad Pro with a vapor chamber are expected in early 2027, while Pro and Max chip variants won't arrive until M7 in 2027.