Le yenye yeendaba ekufuneka sizithathile ngenxa yokuba ingekho semthethweni kwaphela, ke kwangoko chaza ukuba ngamahemuhemu avela kwicandelo lokubonelela nge-Apple, apho bacacisa ukuba ukuthengisa kwe-iPad kuya kuqala ihlobo lalo nyaka. Inyaniso yile Akukho nto inokwenzeka ukuba i-iPad ibinokulibaziseka okungaphezulu kokulindelweyo, okuza kuba kule nyanga izayo kaMatshi, kodwa konke oku kufanelekile ngakumbi.
Ngokwenyani umjikelo wokuhlaziywa kwe-iPad yokugqibela eyenziweyo ayidibanisi kwaye yiyo loo nto Imodeli ye-intshi eyi-12,9-intshi yasungulwa ngo-Septemba ophelileyo ngo-2015 kwaye iPro-9,7-intshi Pro yafika ngoMatshi wonyaka ophelileyo. Kucacile ukuba le mihla inokuba yomibini kwaye ikukupapashwa kwangaphambili kwe-iPad (ngaphandle kweyokuqala eboniswe nguMsebenzi ngoJanuwari 2010) sele isekwe phakathi kwenyanga kaSeptemba, Matshi no-Okthobha.
Kungenxa yoko le nto, njengoko i-DigiTimes medium isitsho koku kuvuza, Iimodeli ezintsha ze-iPad zolu 2017 zihletyelwa ukuba zi-3 Banokuthengisa ngexesha lenyanga kaSeptemba njengoko kunjalo nge-12,9-intshi iPad Pro. Akukho mntu uthandabuzayo ukuba kunjalo, kodwa ukufumana umhla ngokuchanekileyo kunokuba "lula" ukuba sithathela ingqalelo imbali yeemodeli ze-iPad, sibona ukuba I-mini mini ye-iPad yasungulwa ngo-Okthobha kunye nezinye iimodeli phakathi kuka-Matshi noSeptemba. Iinkcukacha ezithe kratya malunga nezi iPads ezintsha ziyafika kwaye siqinisekile ukuba ziya kuqhubeka zisanda njengoko iintsuku zihamba.