Isikhathi esithile manje, kubonakala sengathi i-Apple ifuna ukushintsha indlela esisebenzisa ngayo i-iPad yethu. Konke lokhu kwaqala ngokwethulwa kwe-12,9-inch iPad Pro, idivaysi ehlangene ne-Apple Pencil isiphenduke into ebaluleke kakhulu kubasebenzisi abaningi, ikakhulukazi labo abazinikele ekudwebeni, ekwakhiweni kwezakhiwo, ekwakhiweni ... leyo niche yemakethe, kepha kunabasebenzisi abaningi asebevele baqala ukuyibuyisela nge-laptop yabo ejwayelekile kusukela lapho isivumela ukuthi senze cishe noma yimuphi umsebenzi ikhompyutha, Ngaphandle kokuthi umsebenzisi adinge ukusebenzisa izinhlelo ezithile esingasoze sazithola ku-ecosystem ye-iOS, noma ngabe i-Apple izama kangakanani futhi ayiyeki ukwethula izikhangiso ezintsha ukuzama ukusenza sikholwe.
UMing-Chi Kuo ungenye yamakhosi amahlebezi, ngenxa yokuxhumana kwakhe nolayini bezokukhiqiza athi unabo. UKuu ube ngomunye wabahlaziyi isikhashana manje uguqula ukubikezela akwenzayo, kilahlekelwe ukuthembeka okuningi ebikutholile kuze kube manje. Izitatimende zakamuva ezivela kulo mhlaziyi zithi i-Apple ingaqala i-iPad entsha engu-10,5-intshi, usayizi ongenza imodeli yakudala ye-iPad engu-9,7-intshi inyamalale emakethe. Noma mhlawumbe kuyimodeli yeMini enyamalalayo emakethe? Ngonyaka ozayo sizokuqeda ukungabaza.
Ngokusho kukaKuo, i-Apple izokwethula izinhlobo ezintathu ze-iPad ngo-2017: i-12,9-intshi, i-9,7-intshi nosayizi omusha we-10,5-intshi. Iphinde iqinisekise ukuthi ukwethulwa kosayizi omusha wesikrini se-iPad akuhloselwe ukuthengiswa kwale divayisi ukuthi kukhule kepha kunalokho ufuna ukugxila emikhakheni ehlukahlukene yezimakethe, efana nemfundo nezentengiselwano. Uma ekugcineni lezi kuyizinhloso ze-Apple, akunakwenzeka ukuthi enkulumweni elandelayo u-Apple azokwethula imodeli entsha ye-iPad noma ukuvuselelwa kwanoma yimaphi amamodeli akhona emakethe.