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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 Bloomberg report, Apple will unveil a new smart home lineup on October 13, including a square six-inch smart display (code-named J490/J491), an updated HomePod mini, and a faster Apple TV 4K. The display reportedly uses facial and voice recognition and runs software blending elements of iPadOS, watchOS, and iOS's StandBy mode, with the whole lineup built to showcase Apple's revamped Siri.
A review of Samsung's Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra highlights its 14.6-inch OLED screen, 1,600-nit peak brightness, 120Hz refresh rate, and an under-display fingerprint sensor, all housed in a 5.1mm-thick, 692-gram aluminum body. The reviewer notes the tablet has only a single USB-C port, calling it a limitation for a device positioned as a laptop replacement.
Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced the discovery of a 3,400-year-old cuneiform tablet fragment from the Treaty of Kadesh at the ancient Hittite capital of Hattusha. The fragment contains text concerning the treatment of refugees, part of the broader accord signed around 1269 B.C. by Ramesses II and Hattusili III to end a long war between Egypt and the Hittite Empire.
Leaker Evan Blass posted new high-resolution images of an unreleased Lenovo Googlebook 2-in-1, showing a tablet-style design with a kickstand, detachable slim keyboard, a Bluetooth toggle switch, and a rear camera with the lineup's signature glow-bar. This device was reportedly among several Lenovo Googlebook models planned but not included when Google launched five Googlebook laptops earlier in the week.
Amazon has cut the price of TCL's NXTPAPER 11 Plus tablet to $239.98, down from its $369.99 list price, a 35% reduction. The tablet features an 11.5-inch matte NXTPAPER 4.0 display with glare-reducing eye-comfort modes, a 2.2K 3:2 screen, and AI tools for voice-to-text, note-taking and translation.
Amazon has discounted its latest Fire HD 10 tablet to $72.99, a 53% cut from its $154.99 list price, as part of an early Prime Big Deal Days promotion. The tablet features a 10.1-inch Full HD display, a MediaTek MT8186A octa-core processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB or 64GB storage with microSD expansion up to 1TB, and up to 13 hours of battery life. The discount is only available to Amazon Prime members, though new users can access it via a free 30-day trial.
The TCL TAB A1, an 11.1-inch Android tablet, is currently discounted to $179.99 on Amazon, down $40 from its $219.99 list price. That 18% cut ties the device's lowest recorded price. The tablet ships with Android 16, a promised upgrade to Android 17, and Gemini integration.
Google recently pulled the Pixel Tablet and its entire tablet section from its online store, and reports indicated a follow-up model had been scrapped. Yet multiple current Google Careers postings, including roles for Pixel Core USB and Pixel Display engineering, explicitly mention work spanning Pixel phones, foldables, and tablets, including references to 'upcoming' tablet hardware.
An Android Authority writer detailed how his family, after briefly trying an iPad, ended up adopting Walmart's Onn tablet lineup, including the Onn Core 7-inch and Onn 11 Pro models. He found the devices, priced between roughly $97 and $388, offer aluminum builds and solid performance rarely seen in that budget range from other unbranded competitors.
A developer's Open Headunit app, priced under $4 on Google Play or free via GitHub, lets an aging Android tablet impersonate an Android Auto head unit, giving cars without built-in support a large touchscreen for navigation, calls and media. Testing found the setup imperfect but functional as a way to repurpose tablets that can no longer run modern apps well.
E Ink tablets rely on reflective displays rather than backlit or emissive screens, making them easier on the eyes and far more readable outdoors than most iPads, aside from the high-brightness iPad Pro. Devices like the reMarkable Paper Pro also offer longer battery life and lighter builds because their screens only draw power when content changes, unlike an iPad's continuously lit display.