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9to5Mac published a roundup of weekend deals on Apple products, including discounts on the Apple TV 4K, a MacBook Pro listed $900 off, the USB-C Apple Pencil, and AirPods Pro 3, among other items. The deals are being offered by third-party retailers rather than Apple directly.
Apple has scheduled a 'Pro and tell' event for October 28th at 1PM ET in Los Angeles, widely expected to introduce the company's first touchscreen, OLED MacBook Pro. The event may also bring M6 chip updates to the MacBook Pro and iMac, plus a possible OLED refresh for the iPad Mini.
The Verge reviewed Lenovo's Yoga 9n, a 16-inch convertible laptop built on Nvidia's Arm-based RTX Spark processor, which pairs an OLED touchscreen with a magnetic stylus that can also be used on its haptic trackpad. The reviewer highlighted this trackpad-stylus functionality as useful for tasks like photo retouching in Lightroom Classic and Photoshop.
9to5Mac released its October 23, 2026 daily podcast episode covering recent rumors about an upcoming MacBook Pro and discussion of apps for the rumored iPhone Duo device. The episode is distributed via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play and RSS feed, and is sponsored by Backblaze.
In the latest episode of 9to5Mac Overtime, Jeff Benjamin interviews Fernando Silva about his first day using Apple's iPhone Duo, a foldable device that departs from the standard iPhone form factor. The discussion covers the device's performance as both phone and tablet, comparisons to the iPad mini, the visible crease, and whether Fernando intends to use it as his daily driver.
Apple is expected to unveil a redesigned MacBook Pro at an October 28 event, featuring a new industrial design, OLED touchscreen display, Dynamic Island and no notch. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the laptop will keep the same M5 Pro and M5 Max chips released earlier this year rather than offer a performance upgrade, as Apple reportedly skipped M6 chips to focus on M7 Pro and Max for 2027.
A review of the ASUS ProArt P16 laptop equipped with NVIDIA's RTX Spark chip and 128GB of RAM found strong GPU, NPU and AI benchmark performance, outperforming a MacBook Pro with M5 Max in Geekbench 6 GPU tests and UL Procyon AI benchmarks. However, the system scored lower than a Snapdragon X2 Elite-powered ASUS A16 in PCMark 10 and single-threaded CPU tests. The laptop reportedly ran large local AI models like Qwen3.8 27B alongside demanding games such as Cyberpunk 2077 without performance slowdowns.
Counterpoint Research's Q3 2026 report shows global PC shipments fell 21% year-over-year to 57 million units, with every major vendor except Apple and ASUS seeing sharper declines. Apple's shipments dropped 11% to 5.6 million units, lifting its market share to 9.8% from 8.7% a year earlier, with Counterpoint crediting the MacBook Neo for cushioning the decline.
On the Happy Hour podcast, host Chance Miller shared a week-long hands-on account of Apple's rumored foldable iPhone Duo, covering its hinge positions, software maturity, Touch ID versus Face ID, and battery performance. The episode also discussed Apple's newly announced 'Pro and Tell' product event and covered a HomePod Sound Glow feature test plus Apple's explanation that its new Apple Music logo was 'built by sound'.
Amazon is selling Apple's 16.2-inch MacBook Pro configured with an M5 Max chip, 36GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD for $3,499, a $900 reduction from its original price. This marks the lowest price yet recorded for this particular configuration.
Apple is preparing to unveil its first MacBook Pro redesign in five years, reportedly retaining the current M5 Pro and M5 Max chips but reengineering the internal layout to make the laptop notably lighter. The redesign is also expected to introduce an OLED display with touchscreen support, a departure from the current Liquid Retina XDR panel, plus a notch-free screen design.
Amazon is currently selling the Apple Pencil (USB-C) for $69, down from its $79 list price, ahead of its support for the new iPhone Duo foldable. AirPods Pro 3 are also discounted to $199, a $50 reduction from their $249 price. Separately, a 36GB M5 Max MacBook Pro is listed at a $900 discount, described as its lowest price yet, alongside other deals on refurbished MacBook Neo units and USB-C cables.