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Launches, prices and announcements from phone and tablet makers worldwide. Each article lists the sources its facts were checked against.

Launches Oppo Find X10 goes global at EUR 1,300, Pro Max at EUR 1,800, India a day later Oppo took the Find X10 series global on 21 October 2026 at an event in Mallorca, Spain, and the prices are now known: EUR 1,300 / GBP 1,100… Prices Antigravity A1 360 drone drops to $799 with wearable controls, 351g catch Antigravity, the drone brand co-engineered by Insta360, put its 8K 360-degree A1 on sale on 20 October 2026 in a Follow Me Bundle at $799 in the US… Industry Oppo’s OnePlus is finished in the West: the CNY 5,999 OnePlus 16 skips the UK, US and Europe OnePlus announced the 9,000mAh, Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 OnePlus 16 in China on 12 October 2026, and it will not be sold through official channels in… Launches NVIDIA RTX Spark laptops go on sale worldwide from $2,599 NVIDIA said on 16 October 2026 that RTX Spark laptops were available globally that day from ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and MSI, starting at $2,599. Each machine… Launches iPhone Duo sells out in under 30 minutes; new orders slip to 2027 Apple opened pre-orders for its first foldable iPhone at 5 a.m. PT on 16 October 2026, and launch-day allocation was gone within minutes. By 5:30 a.m. PT every… PricesReported Sony a7 IV body reported at $1,998, $500 off the $2,498 list price Daily Camera News reported on 15 October 2026 that the full-frame Sony a7 IV body had fallen to $1,998 at B&H Photo on a $500 instant rebate, with… Launches Apple unveils $299 HomeView smart display, $299 Apple TV 4K with A19 and $149 HomePod mini 2 Apple's 13 October 2026 "Welcome home" announcements rebuilt its smart home line around Siri AI, led by HomeView, a $299 hub with a 7-inch Liquid Retina display and… Software One UI 9 (Android 17) widens to Galaxy S24 series and Galaxy A57 in Europe and India Samsung's Android 17-based One UI 9.0 moved past the S26, S25 and Z Fold 7 generations in the second week of October 2026, reaching the Galaxy S24, S24+,… LaunchesReported OnePlus 16 sells over 70,000 units in its first hour on sale in China OnePlus China president Li Jie says the newly unveiled OnePlus 16 moved more than 70,000 units in the first hour after it went on sale in China on… PricesReported Great Indian Festival vs Big Billion Days: iPhone 17 at Rs 84,999 India's two biggest festive sales overlapped from 8 October 2026, with Amazon's Great Indian Festival opening that day and Flipkart's Big Billion Days running early access from midnight… Launches Amazon’s new Alexa Tablets run Android with Google Play: 8, 11 and 12 Pro start at $229.99 Amazon announced the Alexa Tablet line on 8 October 2026, a new tablet range that runs Android with access to the full Google Play Store rather than Fire… Launches Galaxy Tab S12+ and Tab S12 Ultra go on sale in the US from $1,199.99 Samsung put the Galaxy Tab S12+ and Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra on sale in the United States on 7 October 2026, a week after announcing them, at $1,199.99… Software vivo brings OriginOS 7 to India with updates through February 2027, shows Vision MR headset vivo introduced OriginOS 7 in India on 6 October, shipping it on the new X Fold6 and V80 with updates for older phones scheduled through February 2027, and…