Ngemuva kwamahemuhemu e-iPhone egoqekayo ngesitayela se-Samsung esengeziwe, sinawo inzwabethi ye-iPad egoqekayo. Amahemuhemu avela ku-Kuo, umhlaziyi we-Apple ophumelele kakhulu futhi ongomunye odume kakhulu kwabezindaba, ngakho akuwona umqondo omubi ukunaka la mahemuhemu futhi uwamukele njengento enhle. Uma izibikezelo zigcwaliseka, kungenzeka ukuthi sizoba ne-iPad evala ngesitayela se-clamshell eyengeziwe ngonyaka ozayo. Manje umbuzo wesigidi sedola uthi, ingabe uyayidinga ngempela into efana nalena? Impendulo ingahluka kakhulu, ikakhulukazi njengoba njengamanje sinolwazi oluncane olujwayelekile mayelana nedivayisi entsha.
Umhlaziyi we-Apple futhi ongomunye walabo abanezinga eliphezulu kakhulu lokushaywa, uKuo, udalule ukuthi maningi amathuba okuthi i-Apple yethule idivayisi entsha ngonyaka ozayo. I-iPad entsha. Njengamanje, ungase ucabange ukuthi imodeli entsha ikhishwa minyaka yonke, kodwa ngokwala mahemuhemu, i-iPad ezokwethulwa izogoqeka futhi yenziwe ngekhabhoni, akukho okunye futhi akukho okuncane.
Njengenjwayelo, ulwazi lunikezwa umhlaziyi ngokusebenzisa inkundla yokuxhumana Twitter kanye ngochungechunge lwemiyalezo yehlisa umbono wokuthi ngo-2024, i-Apple izokwethula i-iPad entsha esongwayo ene-carbon stand. Kuleyo miyalezo, uKuo usho lokho "Kuqinisekile" ukuthi izokhishwa ngo-2024 kodwa asazi ukuthi nini ngempela. Iwindi lesikhathi libanzi kakhulu, ngakho-ke sinezinsuku ezingama-365, izinyanga eziyi-12 lapho singabona khona lokho kwethulwa. Nakuba into evamile futhi njengenjwayelo ukuthi yenza kanjalo engxenyeni yokugcina yonyaka.
Manje, uma sibuyela emuva, siyabona ukuthi sekuvele kukhona umhlaziyi ochwepheshe besikrini, uRoss Young, owathi inkampani yaseMelika yayilungiselela isikrini sokugoqa esingama-intshi angu-20. Kungaba ngokuphelele i-iPad entsha. Kodwa okwenzekayo ukuthi ngeke ilunge kuze kube aunyaka wezi-2026 noma wezi-2027. Ngakho-ke sinokungasebenzi kahle okubaluleke kakhulu phakathi kwalezi zibikezelo ezimbili. Kuphakathi kokuthi azihambelani, noma eyodwa kokubili ayilungile.
Njengokuvamile, kulezi zimo, kunjalo indaba yesikhathi.
