Le 2023 kube ngeyokuqala selokhu kwethulwa i-iPad yokuqala ngo-2010 lapho i-Apple ingazange ivuselele noma iyiphi imodeli yohlu lwe-iPad. ngenxa yezinkinga zokukhiqiza nokubambezeleka. Futhi lokho kusenza silindele izinguquko eziningi zonyaka ozayo. Futhi nakakhulu uma uMing-Chi Kuo, umhlaziyi ochwepheshe ochungechungeni lokukhiqiza lwe-Apple, esho njalo.
UMing-Chi Kuo wethemba ukuthi abafana abavela eCupertino bazokwenza uhla lwe-iPad lukhohlwe kulo nyaka ngombala omhlophe kakhulu futhi ngokushesha nje ngo-2024. U-Kuo uthemba ukuthi Lonke uhla lwe-iPad luzoba nokuvuselelwa ngo-2024, kuhlanganise entsha I-iPad Air enesikrini esikhudlwana esingu-12,9-intshi, a I-iPad Pro enesikrini se-OLED (ekugcineni), buyekeza ku-iPad Mini kanye nokuvuselelwa kwe-iPad (?sizobona nesiphetho senkinobho ethi Ikhaya ku-iPad njengoba kulindelekile nge- Ukuvuselelwa kwe-iPhone SE 4?).
Naphezu kwakho konke lokhu kulungiswa, UMing-Chi Kuo akanalo ithemba elikhulu ngenani lokuthengisa elingazuzwa yi-Apple. Ilindele inani lokuthengisa elilinganiselwa ezigidini ezingama-52-54, okuwukukhuphuka okuncane uma kuqhathaniswa nezigidi ezingama-50 ezithengiswe kulo nyaka futhi liphansi kakhulu kunenani eliphakeme lokuthengisa lango-2022 lama-iPads ayizigidi ezingama-63 athengisiwe.
Uma sikhuluma ngezinsuku zokuhamba, u-Kuo uthemba lokho I-iPad Air izovuselelwa ngekota yokuqala ka-2024, okuhlanganisa nokukhishwa kwemodeli yesikrini entsha engu-12,9-intshi enobuchwepheshe be-LCD. Ngekota yesibili, i-iPad Pro enobuchwepheshe besikrini se-OLED ingase yethulwe, okufanele ihlanganise i-chip ye-M3 kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwekhwalithi nokusebenza kahle kwesikrini. Okusho ukuthi, amandla angenakuqhathaniswa nokusebenza kwebhethri. Ekugcineni, I-iPad Mini ne-11? (imodeli yokungenela), izobonakala engxenyeni yesibili yonyaka, cishe ukuthobelana nezinsuku i-Apple esezisebenzise ukuzivuselela kuze kube manje.