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what's happening brian Tong here and welcome to the apple by for all the good and bad inside the world of Apple let's get to the show and it's official apple's next product launch event will happen on tuesday october the 23rd with the invitation teasing us with the tagline we've got a little more to show you you know I swear only Apple could get away with saying that right here's your stories oh okay yeah no thanks Team this is awesome sure it's cool do you need anything else oh I've got a little more to show you what I was actually going to show her my new thumb drive now the event is being held at the california theatre in san jose and no surprise one of those little things is expected to be the ipad mini the mini pad mini me or the maxi pad whatever you guys want to call it now etrade supply posted photos of what's believed to be the seven point eight five inch display for the ipad mini which still looks to retain its four by three aspect ratio like the full-size ipad now earlier rumors also suggest the resolution will be 1024 x 768 which is the same as the ipad 2 but there's no confirmation of that yet and if you guys like batteries i know you do this is an image from mac rumors that shows off the purported ipad mini battery that's about three times the size as the iphone 5s it's one-third the size of the current iPads battery but that could also indicate this will not have a Retina display since it typically requires more power now the mini isn't the only ipad we're expecting to see 9to5 mac receive the list of ipad skews that shows apple could be set to launch 24 models of the new device now 24 skews just for the ipad mini seems a little aggressive this could point to the scoop we told you about two months ago from our own sources that apple would be releasing a revamp full-size ipad with a lightning connector before the end of the year now the current ipad has 12 configurations that's two colors three capacities and two versions with Wi-Fi as one and Wi-Fi + cellular as the other the ipad mini would most likely follow this same formula so we could see 12 new iPad skews and 12 new iPad Mini skews but we'll wait to find out on the twenty-third iPads aren't the only hardware we expect to see as well unofficial reports have come out that the anticipated macbook pro 13-inch with retina display will debut at the apple event that will be based off of the 15-inch retina design with no specs revealed at this point and i know many of you have been holding out for this model new mac minis are also expected to be announced and available immediately after the event in two configurations and an OS 10 server version as well but what about the new iMacs it's been over five hundred and thirty days since the last refresh and it makes sense to release them for the holidays now a new rumor from website way phone com that includes an image of the internals of the purported new imac says the design will be thinner sporting a new curved teardrop shaped outer shell and will be announced alongside of the new ipad there's still no real Intel if they'll include a Retina display and this is one of the few Apple products these days that still remains pretty much under wraps 9to5 mac also has a list of what appears to be four new iMacs cues for the 21 inch and 27 inch models and says they'll either be available the day after the event or a few weeks later but we'll see how that all shakes out and Mac Pro fans I'm sorry you'll still have to wait until 2013 so that's a wrap up of what we expect to see at this next event and we'll get the word straight from the apples mouth on Tuesday now in some other stories are you one of the people still waiting in line for an iphone 5 at an apple store trust me it's happening people with first world problems I've been complaining about the product shortage and part of the reason is because of the complicated assembly process just like seeing its own Josh savage in this Saturday Night Live skin joining me today are Josh savage from cnet thanks for having me Josh we'll start with you what are your complaints about the iphone 5 well Kaitlyn everyone knows that Apple maps has been a total disaster and since there is no Google app yet I've been forced to use google maps in my browser which is significantly slower oh no talk about Apple map it not work right it took it to wrong place you want Starbuck I take you to dunkin donut that must be so hard for you it's a tough life we live guys now an unnamed Foxconn official told the Wall Street Journal that the iPhone 5 is the most difficult device Foxconn has ever assembled to make it light and thin the design is very complicated now earlier in October that were up to 4,000 employees who stopped production to protest over the unrealistic quality control expectations from Foxconn and apple now the foxconn official says practice makes perfect and their productivity has been improving day by day but I can assure you Chinese people work fast like really fast but they can't all do cool ironing tricks alright guys and before we go some apples announcing iPads let's do an iPad accessory giveaway of our own thanks to my good friends at Kensington it's the multi-angle folio and keyboard that's a combo bluetooth keyboard and case for the new iPad worth 99 bucks so guess what it could be any of you the Apple biters that wins this all you have to do is send me an email to the apple byte at cnet com or tweet me at brian Tong and tell me what I should ask Jamie to get her attention and we'll try them out for you on camera and the winners get the cases all right and Kensington is also going to hook you up with the promo code cnet 24 a discount off of everything on the website twenty percent off until November the ninth alright guys that's going to do it for this week's show email us about anything and everything i'm brian Tong thanks for watching I will catch you guys next time for another bite of the Apple you