Two Apple stories worth your time today: the first teardowns of the foldable iPhone Duo are out, with good and bad news for anyone who repairs phones, and Apple has confirmed its October 28 “Pro and Tell” event in Los Angeles, with the announcements possibly arriving a day early.
iPhone Duo Teardowns Reveal Two Batteries and a Mixed Repair Picture
The first teardown videos of Apple’s foldable phone, from REWA Technology and Phone Repair Guru, show two battery cells inside: a larger one rated at 2,962 mAh and a smaller one at 1,921 mAh, for a combined 4,883 mAh. Both cells are held in with electrically released adhesive, the same approach Apple has been moving toward on recent iPhones, and it makes battery replacement far less of a fight than the old pull-tab glue strips.
The logic board carries Apple’s A20 Pro chip and its C2 cellular modem, and the phone is eSIM-only worldwide, with no physical SIM tray in any market. The USB-C port is fully modular, which is good news for repairs, since a worn or damaged port can be swapped on its own instead of taking other parts with it.
The harder parts are where a folding phone was always going to be hard. The Touch ID button can technically be removed, but the teardown channels describe it as a difficult job. The inner folding display took about an hour to pry free, and displays on foldables are the part most likely to need service in the first place. Apple has published its official iPhone Duo repair manual, and iFixit is expected to post a full teardown with its usual repairability scoring in the coming days.
Apple Confirms October 28 “Pro and Tell” Event, With New Macs Possibly Announced a Day Early
Apple has locked in an in-person, hands-on media event in Los Angeles on October 28, starting at 10 a.m. Pacific. Reports suggest the actual announcements could arrive online a day earlier, on October 27, through press releases or prerecorded videos, with the Los Angeles event giving the press time with the hardware. No public livestream has been announced so far.
The headline rumor is a redesigned MacBook Pro: possibly Apple’s first touchscreen Mac, with an OLED display, lighter 14-inch and 16-inch models, a Dynamic Island in place of the notch, and M5 Pro and M5 Max chips. There is also talk of a base 14-inch MacBook Pro and a 24-inch iMac running a new M6 chip, plus a new iPad mini with an OLED screen and an A20 Pro chip. This would be Apple’s second October launch, following the October 13 “Welcome Home” event for its home products. If Apple follows its usual pattern, anything announced this week could go on sale in early November.
Watch Apple Newsroom on October 27 and 28 for the official word. Treat everything above as rumor until Apple posts it.
Sources: MacRumors, “iPhone Duo Teardowns Reveal Two Batteries and More,” October 24, 2026 (https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/24/iphone-duo-teardown-videos/) and Softonic, “Apple confirms October 28 ‘Pro and Tell’ event: new Macs may arrive a day early,” October 24, 2026 (https://en.softonic.com/articles/apple-confirms-october-28-pro-and-tell-event-new-macs-may-arrive-a-day-early)
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Update, October 27
Apple has confirmed one piece of this story. The company announced a new 14-inch MacBook Pro with its M6 chip, starting at $1,999 with 16GB of memory and 1TB of storage. It adds Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6, keeps the HDMI port, MagSafe 3, three Thunderbolt 4 ports, SD card slot, and headphone jack, and includes a 12MP Center Stage camera.
Preorders open October 28, with availability November 6, in silver and space black. The M5 Pro and M5 Max models stay on sale for now. The redesigned touchscreen OLED Pro models are still unconfirmed ahead of the October 28 hands-on event.