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Archive From the archive of The Apple Rumor Mill
This is an archive page with the Apple rumors of Saturday 24 October 2026, as they stood that day. The summaries have not been updated since; rumors may have been confirmed or overtaken by now. Today's news is on The Apple Rumor Mill.
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The iPhone Duo is showing teething problems (display, hinge, cramped Safari, scarce stock) while Apple teases its 'Pro and tell' event on October 28.
Apple is teasing a press event in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 28 under the 'Pro and tell' tagline. Leaks say the MacBook Pro gets a new, lighter design with an OLED touch screen and Dynamic Island, but keeps the same M5 Pro and M5 Max chips. Entry pricing could land around $2,999, and an OLED iPad mini, an M6 iMac and an M6 entry 14-inch MacBook Pro are also expected.
Apple is slowly reopening pickup reservations for the iPhone Duo, including in Australia, China, Japan and South Korea, yet time slots are scarce. Apple calls demand extraordinary, and online orders now wait until late January. Shoppers in the US, Canada, UK and Singapore are told to check again on Saturday.
Photos on Reddit and forums show Duo displays with a bright pixel line or a crack by the inner hinge, and one Australian buyer got a swap at an Apple Store on the spot. How common it is remains unknown. Ordinary use is covered by the one-year warranty.
In YouTuber JerryRigEverything's durability test, the outer screen layer turns out to be plastic and scratches little. Grit in the hinge makes the phone creak and close badly, and bending it the wrong way leaves permanent green lines and a broken display.
Apple seeded a refreshed watchOS 27.2 RC that brings a broader Siri AI (it can recall earlier chats and tap more personal sources) and a setting to exclude apps. Five more languages arrive, though not in the EU. MacRumors expects release in the week of October 26.
Apple's Jen Simmons says in a WebKit blog post that Apple is looking at ways for websites to use the iPhone Duo's outer screen more fully. Pages currently can't extend behind Safari's right-aligned controls. The simple viewport-fit approach could hide content, so Apple is asking developers for ideas.
A video shows Calif customizing a Duo's home screen hours after launch. Researcher Stefan Esser says no tool for ordinary users will appear, and many of the underlying bugs are reportedly closed in iOS 27.2.
Seven French Apple Stores, including all three in Paris, stay shut on October 24 because more demonstrations are planned after last week's unrest. The Paris stores reopen Sunday with limited hours, noon to 6 p.m.
Next up: Wednesday October 28: 'Pro and tell' event in Los Angeles; iOS 27.2 and watchOS 27.2 are expected the same week.
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Everything here is speculation or based on rumors, not an official Apple announcement. The label (Certain, High, Medium, Low) is my estimate of how reliable the source is. The summaries are in my own words; read the article itself for the details (the star marks the leading source). Sources: leading Apple sites.
