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• iPad & iPad Air refreshes are coming, but not until 2027

  16-07-2026 16:28 via appleinsider.com
  
  While a new iPad mini is expected before the end of 2026, a new report says you'll need to wait longer for updates to the entry-level iPad, iPad Air, and iPad Pro.
  The whole iPad range is scheduled for updates.
  The most recent rumors of the first update to the iPad mini since October 2024 have claimed that it will be released with an OLED screen before the end of 2026. Now according to Bloomberg, this update is the first of several iPad model refreshes.Specifically, the report claims that Apple
  
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• Four more chip plants promised as TSMC teases a further $100 billion US expansion

  16-07-2026 16:22 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple's main processor supplier TSMC has announced another increase in US investment, saying its new plants will include ones making its most advanced chips.
  TSMC plant in Arizona - image credit: Christopher Payne
  In May 2026, TSMC announced an additional $20 billion investment in its Arizona plants. Now according to the Financial Times, the company has revealed plans to build four more plants, costing a total of $100 billion.Howard Lutnick, US commerce secretary, said that the extra investment
  
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• iPad mini with OLED release imminent, pricing unclear

  16-07-2026 16:04 via appleinsider.com
  
  While the rumor that the next iPad mini would have an expensive OLED screen is not new, what is, is that in all likelihood it will ship very shortly after the iPhone 18 Pro release.
  iPad mini 7 running Assassin's Creed
  The unit, said to be codenamed J510, is very late in the development process. While Thursday's report by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman doesn't explicitly say that it is in mass production, it will have to be by now to make Apple's rumored timetable for release.A release for the new unit
  
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• Mass production of folding iPhone vapor cooling system has begun

  16-07-2026 13:46 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple has reportedly increased the number of vapor chamber coolers it has ordered from its suppliers, with the company likely to use them in its first foldable iPhone as well as the 20th-anniversary celebration model.
  The iPhone 17 Pro uses a vapor chamber for cooling purposes - Image Credit: iFixit
  The report doesn't go into detail, but it's claimed that Apple has "significantly increased" the total vapor chamber cooling plates on order. It's thought that the first phone to benefit from the new
  
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• Four more chip plants promised as TSMC plans a further $100 billion to the US

  16-07-2026 13:38 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple's main processor supplier TSMC has announced another increase in US investment, saying its new plants will include ones making its most advanced chips.
  TSMC plant in Arizona - image credit: Christopher Payne
  In May 2026, TSMC announced an additional $20 billion investment in its Arizona plants. Now according to the Financial Times, the company has revealed plans to build four more plants, costing a total of $100 billion.Howard Lutnick, US commerce secretary, said that the extra investment
  
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• Apple's Back to School offers have started, but you can do much better

  16-07-2026 11:46 via appleinsider.com
  
  Apple has launched an unusually limited Back to School series of deals and they are not to be dismissed, but there are far greater discounts to be had from other resellers.
  Apple's lates Back to School offer is now live - image credit: Apple
  Even when it isn't raising prices, it is a rule with Apple that it will never actually have sales on its products, except for certain regular promotions in China. So for this latest deal, it is again falling back on offering Apple gift cards alongside select
  
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• Eager to Install the iOS 27 Public Beta? Here's How to Go Into It With Open Eyes

  16-07-2026 02:01 via cnet.com
  
  The first public beta of the iPhone's next system is now available, but with prerelease software, it's still good to be cautious.
  
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