Ngokwethulwa kwe-iPad entsha ngo-2017 kubonakala sengathi amahemuhemu ngemodeli entsha ancibilikile, kodwa iqiniso yilokho okucatshangwa ukuthi kungu-10,5-inch iPad Pro onomklamo omusha ongenasici usaphila, njengoba kusaphila njengoba ukukhiqizwa kwawo bekuzoqala, kodwa usuku lwayo lokuqalisa alwaziwa, yize abanye abantu abasondelene bengawulahli umqondo wokuthi ingabona ukukhanya ngokushesha nje lapho inyanga esivele isondele ka-Ephreli, yize uJuni noSepthemba isikhathi ngasinye benamaphuzu amaningi abasizayo.
Kuqale kwaba nenkulumo yokwethulwa ngenyanga kaMashi phakathi kombhalo osemqoka obekelwe ikakhulukazi le-iPad entsha, into esivele ibhekwe ukuthi ayinakwenzeka. Kamuva kukhulunywe ngomcimbi ngo-Ephreli, ngaphakathi kwe-Apple Park entsha nokuqondana nokuvulwa kwawo. Kucatshangwe futhi ukuthi i-iPad entsha ingavezwa ngaphakathi kwe-WWDC ngoJuni, noma ngo-Septhemba, kanye nokwethulwa kwe-iPhone 8 entsha. Iqiniso ukuthi alukho usuku olungenzeka ngaphandle kukaMashi olusakhishwa ngokuya ngochwepheshe noma imithombo esondele kakhulu enkampanini.
Umcimbi wango-Ephreli usengenzeka, yize usencane kakhulu, uma kubhekwa ukuthi isikhathi sesiphelile futhi ukukhiqizwa kwe-iPad entsha bekuzoqala nje, ngakho-ke kungaba nzima ukwenziwa kwale ntwasahlobo. Okunye okungenzeka ukuthi yethulwa ngo-Ephreli kepha yethulwa ngoJuni, into ebingaba njalo kuyamangaza kakhulu ngoba into enengqondo kunazo zonke kungaba ukuyethula ngoJuni ngqo, noma ukuthi ukwethulwa kuka-Ephreli kukhawulelwe e-United States nakwamanye amazwe anokutholakala okukhulu emasontweni alandelayo lapho umkhiqizo usufinyelele emazingeni afanele.
Ingqungquthela yonjiniyela ye-WWDC 2017 ingaba yindawo enhle yokwethula le-iPad entsha. Ngabe kuzoba yisikhathi sokukhuluma nge-iOS 11 ne-macOS 11? futhi mhlawumbe i-iPad kungaba umbukiso ophelele ukukhombisa izici ezintsha zohlelo olusha lokusebenza lweselula i-Apple efuna ukwethula lokhu kuwa. Kungalunga ngoba siyakhumbula ukuthi i-iPhone ngeke yethulwe kuze kube nguSepthemba, ukuze i-iPad entsha ivumele ukukhombisa izindaba ezibalulekile ngaphandle kokudalula noma yini nge-iPhone entsha ezofika ekwindla. Kepha uma ucabanga ukuthi uhla lweMac ludinga ukuvuselelwa okubanzi, mhlawumbe seluvele luningi kakhulu ukwengeza ukwethulwa kwe-iPad entsha ngomklamo ovuselelwe ngokuphelele.
Futhi ekugcineni sinesethulo se-iPhone 8, ngokuqagela ngenyanga kaSepthemba. Abaningi bethu bacabanga ukuthi yisikhathi esifanele ukwethula i-iPad entsha ngomklamo omusha. Sizoba ne-iPhone 8 entsha ngaphandle kwamafreyimu, ne-iPad Pro ngaphandle kwamafreyimu. Ukwethula i-iPad Pro ngaphandle kozimele ngaphambili kungasinikeza izinkomba mayelana ne-iPhone 8, ngakho-ke uma sifuna ukugcina okulindelwe, into enengqondo kunazo zonke kungaba ukubethula bobabili ngasikhathi sinye.
I-iPhone iyidivayisi ehamba phambili ye-Apple, futhi inkampani ngeke ifune ukuthi i-iPad yebe noma yini ekukhanyeni. Ngale ndlela, i-iPad entsha ingazuza kuzo zonke izinguquko ze-iPhone, njengokungabikho kwenkinobho yasekhaya noma inzwa yeminwe ehlanganiswe esikrinini.. Uma i-Apple ikhipha i-iPad Pro ngokushesha, ngokuqinisekile ngeke ibe nalezi zici njengoba inkampani izofuna ukuzibekela i-iPhone yayo. Beka ukubheja kwakho.