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Imiphumela yakamuva yezezimali kuqinisekisiwe umkhuba omubi wokuthi u-Apple akakakwazi ukuqalisa ukuthengisa kwe-iPad futhi. Nakuba ama-iPhones ehlala ephula amarekhodi futhi engamandla okushayela enkampani, ama-iPads awa ngekota nekota. Esinye isizathu ukuthi abasebenzisi abayidingi ithebhulethi entsha cishe njalo.

Kusukela ngo-2010, i-Apple yethule ama-iPads ayishumi nambili, lapho i-iPad yokuqala ilandelwa ezinye izizukulwane, kamuva ne-iPad Air kanye nokuhluka okuncane ngendlela ye-iPad mini. Kodwa noma i-iPad Air 2 yakamuva noma i-iPad mini 4 iyizingcezu ezinhle zehadiwe futhi inobuchwepheshe obungcono kakhulu i-Apple enabo, ishiya abasebenzisi bebanda.

Inhlolovo yenkampani yakamuva I-Localytics wabonisa, ukuthi i-iPad 2 ihlala iyi-iPad ethandwa kakhulu ngisho nangemva kweminyaka engaphezu kwemine emakethe Idatha eqoqwe ivela kuma-iPads angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-50, lapho ingxenye eyodwa kwesihlanu yayiyi-iPad 2s kanye namaphesenti angu-18 kwakuyi-iPad minis. Zombili zingamadivayisi aneminyaka engaphezu kwemithathu ubudala.

I-iPad Air, obekuwushintsho olubalulekile empilweni ye-iPad yasekuqaleni, iqede ngemuva kwayo ngamaphesenti ayi-17. Nokho, i-iPad Air 2 yakamuva kanye ne-iPad mini ithatha amaphesenti angu-9 kanye namaphesenti angu-0,3 emakethe, ngokulandelana. I-iPad yokuqala kakhulu kusukela ngo-2010 yathatha amaphesenti amathathu.

Idatha engenhla iqinisekisa kuphela inkambiso yesikhathi eside yokuthi ama-iPads awalandeli umjikelezo ofana nowama-iPhone, lapho abasebenzisi bavamise ukufaka amafoni abo kanye njalo eminyakeni emibili, kwesinye isikhathi ngisho nangemva konyaka owodwa. Abasebenzisi abanaso isidingo esinjalo sama-iPads, isibonelo ngenxa yokuthi ngisho nedivayisi eneminyaka embalwa ubudala yanele kubo ngokusebenza nokuthi ama-iPad amadala avame ukushibhile kakhulu. Imakethe yesibili isebenza kangcono kakhulu lapha.

I-Apple iyasazi lesi simo, kodwa kuze kube manje ayikwazanga ukuthola iresiphi yokuphusha ama-iPads akamuva ukuqeda amakhasimende. Izici ezintsha, njengephrosesa esheshayo, amakhamera athuthukisiwe noma umzimba omncane ozacile, abantu abazazisi njengakuma-iPhone, lapho imigqa engapheli imelela amamodeli amasha minyaka yonke.

Kungaba nezizathu eziningana. Ukuthengwa kwe-iPhone entsha kuvame ukuhlotshaniswa nenkontileka nomsebenzisi, ophela ngemva konyaka noma emibili, okungenjalo nge-iPad. Abasebenzisi abaningi baphinde basebenzise i-iPhone kaningi kune-iPad, ngakho-ke bazimisele ukutshala imali kuyo kaningi, ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuthuthukiswa kwe-hardware kuvame ukubonakala kakhulu ocingweni uma kuqhathaniswa nezizukulwane ezedlule kunamathebulethi.

Ngama-iPhones, ngokwesibonelo, kuyaziwa ukuthi ikhamera ithuthukiswa minyaka yonke, futhi inkumbulo yokusebenza ephezulu enephrosesa esheshayo izovumela ukusetshenziswa okulula. Kodwa i-iPad ivamise ukuba sekhaya futhi isetshenziselwa ukusetshenziswa kokuqukethwe kuphela, okungukuthi, ukuphequlula i-inthanethi, ukubuka amavidiyo, ukufunda izincwadi noma ukudlala imidlalo ngezikhathi ezithile. Ngaleso sikhathi, umsebenzisi akadingi ama-chips anamandla kakhulu nemizimba emincane kakhulu. Ikakhulukazi uma engadingi ukuthwala i-iPad noma kuphi futhi isebenza nayo kusofa noma embhedeni.

Isimo esingesihle kufanele manje silungiswe yi-iPad Pro, yona izoqala ukudayisa ngoLwesithathu. Okungenani lelo wuhlelo lwe-Apple, ekholelwa ukuthi i-iPad enkulu kunazo zonke emlandweni izokhanga ingxenye enkulu yabasebenzisi nokuthi ukuthengisa nenzuzo evela kusigaba sethebhulethi kuzokhuphuka.

Izoba okungenani i-iPad, i-Apple engakabi nayo ekunikezeni kwayo. Noma ubani ofisa kangaka ithebhulethi enesikrini esikhulu, cishe esingamayintshi ayishumi nantathu nokusebenza okukhulu, okungeke kukwenze kungabi nankinga ukuvula amathuluzi ezithombe adingeka kakhulu futhi ngokuvamile ekugcineni asebenzise ama-iPad ekudaleni okuqukethwe okubalulekile, kufanele afinyelele i-iPad Pro.

Ngasikhathi sinye, i-iPad enkulu izobiza kakhulu kunama-iPads amancane, ngokwentengo izohlasela iMacBook Airs futhi ngokulungiselelwa okubizayo (ikakhulukazi ngezindleko ezengeziwe Ikhibhodi Ehlakaniphile noma Ipensela ye-Apple) ngisho ne-MacBook Pros, ngakho-ke uma iphumelela ngabasebenzisi, i-Apple izothola imali eyengeziwe. Ngokujwayelekile, nokho, kuzoba okubaluleke kakhulu kuye ukuthi akwazi ukukhiqiza intshisekelo eyengeziwe kuma-iPads kanjalo futhi akwazi ukuqhubeka nentuthuko yawo esikhathini esizayo.

Ikota elandelayo kufanele isitshele ngempumelelo noma ukwehluleka kwe-iPad Pro.

Photo: Leon Lee
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