Apple debuted three new home products today, but the October announcements aren’t over yet. Reportedly there will be another "event" on October 27, plus we’re still waiting on the iPhone Duo. Here’s everything we’re expecting to see launch or be announced in October.
October 16 – ‌iPhone Duo‌ pre-orders start. October 27 – OLED touchscreen MacBook Pro, M6 14-inch ‌MacBook Pro‌, M6 iMac, ‌OLED‌ iPad mini October 30 or before – iOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, macOS 27.2, and other 27.2 updates launch. October 30 – HomePod mini 2 launch, ‌iPhone Duo‌ launches in more countries.
Late October – Mac Studio with 512GB of RAM comes out. Apple may be holding content creator sessions in Los Angeles on October 27 and October 28 to show off the new Macs and ‌OLED‌ ‌iPad mini‌. As with the "Welcome Home" announcement, we may hear about the new devices via press release, with an in-person event for content creators and members of the media to get some hands-on time with the new products.
Apple unveiled the iPhone Duo, its first foldable smartphone, at its September launch event alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. The company will start taking pre-orders for the iPhone Duo on October 16, which is this coming Friday.
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Shipping will then start on October 23, exactly one week later. Since the iPhone Duo should be available in rather limited quantities at first, if you really want one, then you should use Apple’s Get Ready service, which has just been made available for the iPhone Duo pre-orders.
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With Get Ready, you can select your iPhone Duo’s color and storage capacity, as well as pick your carrier status, choose any accessories you want to buy, pick an AppleCare+ plan, select a trade-in, add your payment information, and set your shipping and billing addresses. Then you just hit the "Pre-order" button on Friday and you should be set.
Get Ready is available on the Apple website and in the Apple Store app.
The new Macs will debut in October, but won’t ship to customers until November. With an October 27 announcement, pre-orders could happen that same day and a launch could follow as soon as November 6.
Apple’s ‌OLED‌ ‌MacBook Pro‌ is the product to watch because it will be Apple’s first touchscreen Mac and the first redesign of the ‌MacBook Pro‌ since 2021. The new ‌MacBook Pro‌ will be lighter than the current version, and it will use M5 Pro and M5 Max chips.
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