Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule sishilo ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi i-Apple ifake umkhiqizo wesine kuhlu lwayo lwe-iPad, lo mkhiqizo uzoba yi-iPad engu-10,5-intshi, usayizi ophakathi nendawo phakathi kwalezi ezimbili ezitholakala manje ku-Apple Store kepha mhlawumbe hhayi ushintsho olukhulu ngokwanele ukufakazela ukubukeka nokugcinwa kwayo. Kodwa-ke, ngokusho kokuvuza kwamuva, lolu sayizi nokusebenza kwalo sekuqala ukuzwakala, kusukela Ngendlela esebenzayo eqondiswe emkhakheni wezobuchwepheshe nezemfundo, ukuthengisa kungakhula. Kodwa-ke, singagcina sesiyibona incane noma incane kune-giant 12,9-inch iPad.
Ithimba le- DigiTimes uthi unolwazi oluyimfihlo mayelana ne-iPad entsha i-Apple ecabanga ukuyethula ezinyangeni zika-Ephreli nangoMashi wonyaka ozayo, futhi ukuthi le iPad ibizoba nayo usayizi wamasentimitha ayi-10,5, into engakaze ibonwe enkampanini yaseCupertinoNgaphezu kokuthi izobandakanya ubuchwepheshe be-AMOLED noma i-OLED okokuqala esikrinini sedivayisi enkulu ye-Apple, siyakhumbula ukuthi isikrini se-Apple Watch sesivele sifaka ubuchwepheshe be-LED bokuthuthuka kwayo kakhulu ezimeni zokukhanya kwemvelo okuningi. Nakhu akubikile Isikhathi se-DigiTimes:
I-Apple yethula i-iPad engu-10,5-inch ngoba amaphilisi ayi-10-intshi aseyaziwa kwezemfundo nakwezamabhizinisi kulo lonke elase-United States of America. Kukhona i-iPad engu-9,7-intshi, kepha ibonakala incane kakhulu, kuyilapho i-iPad engu-12,9-intshi ibonakala ibiza kakhulu kulolu hlobo lomsebenzisi.
Ngenkathi i-iPad 9,7 ingenakho ukuncintisana ngokwamadivayisi we-AndroidIqiniso ukuthi amaphilisi amancane ngokuvamile ayindawo ye-Android. Inkinga ukuthi i-Apple ayikaze ibe yinkampani enikezwe nokwahlukaniswa kwemikhiqizo yayo, futhi eminyakeni embalwa edlule seyiphenduka inamba engapheli yayo.