Izindaba ziyaqhubeka nokuvela mayelana nokuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthi i-Apple yethule imikhiqizo emisha kule ntwasahlobo, futhi uma ngaphambi kokuthi sikhulume ngokuqabuleka kwama-iPads ayo ngoMashi ngaphandle kwesethulo esisemthethweni, manje I-DigiTimes iqinisekisa ukuthi lokhu bekungeke kube njalo, nokuthi ekuqaleni kuka-Ephreli singaba ne-Apple Keynote lapho sizonikezwa khona izinhlobo ezintsha ze-iPad, kufaka phakathi i-10,5-inch, nokuthi izokwenzeka e-Apple Park, ikhampasi entsha ye-Apple ezovula iminyango yayo ngayo kanye leyo nyanga.
Imininingwane iyadida futhi kwesinye isikhathi iyaphikisana, kepha konke kukhomba entweni ejwayelekile: ama-iPads amasha entwasahlobo. Imvamisa usuku okuvuselelwa ngalo amaphilisi e-Apple, futhi uma kubhekwa ukuthi i-iPad yenkampani yanamuhla isivele ifinyelele onyakeni owodwa ubudala, kunzima ukucabanga ukuthi ukuvuselelwa kwayo kuzobambezeleka ngokwengeziwe. NgoMashi noma ngo-Ephreli, kubonakala kucace ngokusobala ukuthi kuzoba nama-iPads amasha. Ukulungiswa kwangaphakathi kuphela noma amamodeli amasha? Lapho kwathiwa ngeke ube khona umcimbi futhi kuzoba ukuvuselelwa "buthule", into enengqondo kakhulu ukuthi bekuwukuvuselelwa okuncane nje, ngama-processor angcono nokunye okuncane, kepha uma kuqinisekiswa ukuthi kuzoba nomcimbi ngo-Ephreli, ukwethulwa kwe-iPad entsha kunengqondo.
I-iPad enamafreyimu ambalwa, usayizi ofanayo nowamanje ongu-9,7-intshi kodwa isikrini esikhudlwana esingafinyelela kuma-intshi angu-10,5, futhi esingaba yithebhulethi “Ephezulu” yakwa-Apple, ngisho nangaphezulu kwemodeli engu-12,9-intshi., XNUMX inches. Le modeli kunamahemuhemu okuthi ingahle yethulwe cishe ehlobo ngenxa yezinkinga ekukhiqizeni, kepha ngokusho kweDigiTimes izobe isilungele ukwethulwa okuseduze. Ngaphezu kwalokho, imodeli engu-9,7-intshi izohlala iyimodeli eyisisekelo engabizi kakhulu, futhi ukungabaza ukuthi i-iPad mini engu-7,9-intshi izohlala noma inyamalale kukhathalogi.