Ku-21st Apple isinikeze i-iPad ebiza kakhulu ekhishwe kuze kube manje, ngenkathi futhi isethula nge-iPhone eshibhile emlandweni. Kodwa-ke, iqiniso lokuthi kubiza kakhulu, esimweni se-iPad, kufanele lithethelelwe ngandlela thile, ngakho-ke i-Apple ibifuna ukukwenza, kufaka phakathi ubuchwepheshe obunqamulelayo kwezobuchwepheshe bayo kule-iPad ethinta ama-euro angama-700 ku imodeli yokungena. Ngaphezu kwalokho, Sibonile ukuvela kwe-Apple SIM futhi, ikhadi elihlose ukuhlanganisa bonke futhi lilondoloze umsebenzisi isidingo sokwethula uhlelo lomzimba ngaphakathi kwedivayisi ukuthola ukuxhumana kwakho okujwayelekile kwedatha.
Lobu buchwepheshe ikhethwe yi-Apple emuva ngo-2014, bayethule njenge-Apple SIM. Ngayo, abanikazi bamadivayisi adinga i-SIM ukuthi isebenze, bangakhetha ezinkampanini ezahlukahlukene ngaphandle kokushintsha ama-SIM khadi abo ukuze benze kusebenze idivayisi futhi bayenze isebenze. Ekuqalisweni kwayo ibixhaswe yi-Sprint, i-AT & T, T-Mobile ne-EA, futhi kusukela lapho isikhule saba nokuxhaswa ngabaningi abasebenza kakhulu, kufaka phakathi ama-opharetha amaningi.
I-Apple ifake lobu buchwepheshe kuma-intshi we-iPad Pro 9,7, avumela ukuxhumana okukhulu ngaphandle kwesidingo sokulinda ukuthi i-SIM khadi yethu ifike. Noma kunjalo, Ngaphandle kwe-United States noma i-United Kingdom, akunakwenzeka ukuthi sizothola opharetha abasivumela ukuthi sisebenzise lolu hlelo i-Apple ifuna ukuthandwa. Okucacile ukuthi iyindlela yokusixwayisa ngalokho okulindelwe ngokuzayo, i-Apple ifuna ukuqeda ama-SIM khadi futhi kungenzeka ukuthi izothatha isinqumo sokufaka le Apple SIM kwi-iPhone 7 yayo elandelayo ukuqala lokho okuzoba ukwehla kwamakhadi osebenza ngokomzimba.