Apple may have more than its October 13 smart-home launch on the calendar. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that the company could hold another event late in the month, potentially on October 27, with new Macs and iPads reportedly among the products planned.
An iPad mini display upgrade with a higher price
For tablet buyers, the notable rumor is an iPad mini that trades the current display technology for OLED. The switch could give Apple’s smallest tablet deeper blacks and potentially stronger contrast for video, games, and reading in dark interfaces, but it may also push the price above the reported $600 cost of the current model.
- OLED display
- An unchanged external design
- An A18 or A19 processor upgrade
- 8GB of RAM
Those details remain unconfirmed, including which chip Apple would use and how much more an OLED-equipped iPad mini might cost in the United States. No U.S. price or release date has been reported.
A touchscreen MacBook could be the larger shift
The same report says Apple could introduce its first MacBook with a touchscreen at the late-October event. It is said to pair an OLED panel with a substantially lighter chassis, a Dynamic Island-like screen area, and a current-generation processor. Such a device would mark a meaningful change for Apple’s laptop lineup, which has long kept macOS Macs separate from touch-first iPads.
Gurman’s report also points to possible MacBook Pro and iMac updates powered by M6 chips. Until Apple announces an event and its hardware lineup, however, the touchscreen MacBook and OLED iPad mini should be treated as rumors rather than confirmed products. If they arrive together, the iPad mini would target buyers seeking a more premium compact tablet, while the MacBook could test a new approach to portable Mac interaction.
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