Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, abahlalutyi beBarclays bakhuphe ingxelo yabo yamva nje enxulumene nokulindelwe ngabafana beCapeeetino. Le ngxelo yamva nje ithi I-Apple inokumilisela i-iPad entsha kunyaka olandelayo, ngaloo ndlela eqinisekisa oko uMing-Chi Kuo, umhlalutyi we-KGI Securities, wabhengeza kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo. Ngokwengxelo yakutshanje yeBarclays efikelelwe yi-Business Insider, iApple inokumilisela i-iPad entsha eyi-10,9-intshi enokuxhasa iimodeli ze-9,7 kunye ne-12,9 eziyinxalenye yoluhlu lwePro, njengoko le modeli intsha ingena kuluhlu olufanayo.
Kodwa kuyacaca ukuba ayizukuphela kwento entsha enokusizisela le iPad intsha, kodwa iya kuba nobukhulu obulinganayo be-9,7-intshi ye-iPad kodwa isebenzise uninzi lwangaphambili unikeze isikrini esingenamda kumacala ama-3 kumacala amane.
Kule iPad intsha, iApple iya kuqhubeka nokukhetha izikrini ze-LCD endaweni ye-OLED, ukumiliselwa kwayo kucwangciselwe i-2018 kwaye okokuqala kwi-iPhone, bekuya kubonakala sele befika kwi-iPad. Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo iFoxconn ithathe indawo yokwenza umenzi wescreen, ngokuhamba ukuzama ukuhlangabezana nokulindelweyo kwe-Apple kwixa elizayo Ngale ndlela, nangona okwangoku kubonakala ngathi i-Samsung kunye ne-LG baneebhalothi ezininzi zokuthatha indawo ekwenziweni kwezikrini ze-OLED ezizayo.
Ukusuka kwimodeli yokuqala ye-iPad, inkampani esekwe eCupertino ibingathandabuzi ukwazisa i-iPad enkulu, kude kube ngunyaka ophelileyo xa yayisungula i-Pro Pro ye-iPad. i-iPad eneempawu ezintle Apho iApple ifuna siyeke ukusebenzisa iikhompyuter kwaye senze konke ngale iPad, umbono onokuba luncedo kubantu abaninzi kodwa kwabo bachitha usuku phambi kwekhompyuter akunakwenzeka.
Ngokukodwa ayenzi ngqondo iApple ukumilisela ifomathi entsha ye-10'9-intshi ye-iPad inyuswe nge-intshi enye ubungakanani be-iPad Pro, nangona isixhobo sihlala silingana. Gcina ukhumbula ukuba iApple isungule iimodeli zePro ukuzama ukunika intengiso yethebhulethi ukushukuma, kuba kuthengiswa iiyunithi ezimbalwa ngelixa ukuthengiswa kwePC kunyuka kwakhona. Kubonakala ngathi ixesha le-post-PC lidlulile ukuze libe lixesha lepilisi.