Ngaphandle kwento yokuba abafana abavela eCupertino bahlala bezama ukuvuselela i-iPad phantse minyaka le, imakethi ayizimisele ukuvuselela esi sixhobo minyaka le. Ngapha koko, baninzi abasebenzisi abathi Abasivuseleli isixhobo kude kube semva kweminyaka emithathu okanye emine, xa iqala ukubonisa iimpawu zobuthathaka. Ukusukela oko kwasungulwa i-iPad, abavelisi abaninzi bazamile ukumilisela izixhobo ezinokufikelela kumanqanaba okwoneliseka kunye nemveliso asinika yona, kodwa akukho mntu uphumeleleyo. Ubuncinci ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, kunye nophando lwamva nje lwabasebenzisi beethebhulethi eMelika abathi iSurface sesona sixhobo silungileyo salo.
Oko kwasungulwa iinguqulelo zokuqala zoPhezulu, iMicrosoft iye yaphucula ngokuthe ngcembe kungekuphela kwethebhulethi yayo / i-hybrid, kodwa nokusebenza kwayo kunye nobomi bebhetri. Ukongeza, ukuguquguquka okusinika ukuba sikonwabele Inkqubo yokusebenza epheleleyo esuka kwiCandy Crush iye kwiAdobe Photoshop Olunye lweempawu zalo eziphambili, ezilungileyo ezibeke phezulu kwinqanaba lokusebenza kunye noyilo, ukogqitha i-Apple iPad okokuqala.
Ngokokuhlelwa okwenziwe nguJD Poers, Umphezulu ufumene amanqaku angama-855 kumanqaku ayi-1000, ngelixa i-iPad, ebikwindawo yesibini, ifikelele kumanqaku angama-849. Isamsung, ngokwenxalenye yayo, isondele kakhulu kule minyaka idlulileyo kwaye inamanqaku ama-2 ngasemva kwe-Apple's iPad, ngamanqaku angama-847. Ukuvala udidi sifumana i-Asus, Acer, LG kunye neAmazon. Olu phando lwenziwe phakathi kwabantu abangama-2.238 abathenga isixhobo solu hlobo kunyaka ophelileyo kwaye amanqaku abawanikileyo ahlulwa ngokwamacandelo alandelayo: intsebenzo, ukusebenziseka lula, iimpawu, isimbo kunye noyilo kwaye ekugqibeleni ixabiso.