{"id":947501,"date":"2026-10-31T11:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T11:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/947501\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T11:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T11:02:23","slug":"deals-iphone-17-series-on-sale-oled-packing-ipad-mini-and-touch-enabled-macbook-pro-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/947501\/","title":{"rendered":"Deals: iPhone 17 series on sale, OLED-packing iPad mini and touch-enabled MacBook Pro launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple launched the iPhone Duo last week and unlike most of its releases, it hasn\u2019t been smooth sailing<\/a>. So, let\u2019s look at the non-folding iPhones instead, plus the two new releases from this week \u2013 the theme this week was \u201cOLED\u201d.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll start with a nice middle ground \u2013 the Apple iPhone 17. The vanilla 18 isn\u2019t coming out for a few more months, so this is the current offering. We rarely see discounts on Apple products, but this vanilla model is \u20ac180 off for the base 256GB variant. The upgrade to 512GB storage is crazy expensive, though.<\/p>\n


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The Apple iPhone Air is from the same generation as the 17. It has a larger 6.5\u201d display (vs. 6.3\u201d), but in some ways it is smaller \u2013 it\u2019s thinner (5.6mm vs. 8mm) and lighter (165g vs. 177g). It\u2019s around 3mm wider, though (74.7mm vs. 71.5mm), so it\u2019s up to you to decide whether you want more screen size or easier one-handed use.<\/p>\n

With a tiny 3,149mAh battery, the Air doesn\u2019t last as long as the vanilla phone \u2013 12:44h vs. 14:59h Active Use Score. It uses a version of the Apple A19 Pro chipset that gives it slightly more performance in some tests. Note that the Air has only one camera, a 48MP 1\/1.56\u201d wide module, while the vanilla iPhone 17 also has a 48MP 120\u00b0 ultra-wide. The Air costs less than the vanilla model, especially if you need more storage, so it\u2019s worth comparing the two.<\/p>\n


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There\u2019s also the iPhone 17 Pro. It brings multiple upgrades<\/a> over the vanilla model, including a proper A19 Pro chipset (with a 6-core GPU, not a 5-core one like the Air), more RAM and a 48MP telephoto camera with a 4x\/100mm lens plus pro-grade video tools. The new iPhone 18 Pro offers relatively few upgrades<\/a> over the 17 Pro, the big one being the powerful A20 Pro chipset.<\/p>\n


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The iPhone 17 Pro Max is still around too for those who want a 6.9\u201d screen instead of a 6.3\u201d one. Note that the new iPhone 18 Pro Max feels like a bigger upgrade<\/a> over the 2025 model, which may make it easier to justify the extra cost of the new model.<\/p>\n


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Here are the prices for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. There\u2019s a small \u20ac70 discount on the 512GB Pro, but in general they are selling at MSRP.<\/p>\n


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Moving on, Apple refreshed the iPad mini. The previous mini came two years ago. The new model is the first mini with an OLED display<\/a> and, even better, there is a nano-texture glass option for the 8.5\u201d panel (up from 8.3\u201d for the old LCD model). This does cost extra, though. Early Geekbench results<\/a> suggest that the new Apple A20 Pro chipset with 12GB of RAM tops the iPad Pros in the single-threaded test (by 8%), but having fewer cores means that the Pros still win the multi-threaded test (by a whopping 53%). But the Pros have M5 chips \u2013 the M4-powered Air tablets lose on both the single- and multi-threaded tests.<\/p>\n


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Apple iPad mini (2026)<\/a>
\n coming November 6, 8.5″ OLED, Apple A20 Pro, Wi-Fi
\n nano-texture glass available on 256GB and 512GB versions for \u20ac130 more<\/p>\n

You can still buy the old iPad mini (2024). It\u2019s cheaper, though we\u2019re not sure that the savings are worth it. The new model is slimmer (5.4mm vs. 6.3mm) and lighter (255g vs. 293g), while losing only a bit of battery capacity (4,900mAh vs. 5,078mAh). We expect that the chipset will easily make up the difference \u2013 the A20 Pro is a 2nm part, while the 2024 mini uses a 3nm A17 Pro. Note that the OLED display on the new mini still runs at 60Hz, so you\u2019re not getting a high refresh rate either way. One thing you do lose if you go with the old model is that the 2026 mini is rated IP67, while the 2024 mini lacks an official water resistance rating.<\/p>\n


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We mentioned the iPad Airs and they are worth a look \u2013 the 11\u201d model from earlier this year is cheaper than the new mini. It has an IPS LCD instead of an OLED panel (60Hz, of course).<\/p>\n


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The other new release this week is the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display<\/a> \u2013 this is not only the first OLED display on a MacBook (a 120Hz Tandem OLED at that), it\u2019s also the first touch-enabled display on a MacBook. The notch is gone, replaced by a Dynamic Island \u2013 there is no Face ID hiding inside, it\u2019s only a camera. Impressively, these M5 Pro and M5 Max powered laptops are 200-300g lighter than non-touch MacBook Pros, depending on the exact models you are comparing. They are also quite a bit more expensive too.<\/p>\n


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