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I-Apple iqale ukuthengisa i-iPad mini yayo entsha ngoNovemba 2, 2012. Eminyakeni emibili ngemva kokwethulwa kwe-iPad evamile, ngisho nalabo ababize ithebhulethi enosayizi wesikrini esincane bagcine beyitholile indlela yabo. Ngaphezu kwesibonisi esincane, isizukulwane sokuqala se-iPad mini siphinde saletha intengo ephansi kancane.

I-iPad mini bekuyi-iPad yesihlanu ngokulandelana ukuphuma ku-workshop ye-Apple. Ngasikhathi sinye, bekuphinde kube yithebhulethi yokuqala enesibonisi esincane - idayagonali yayo ibingu-7,9″, kuyilapho ukuboniswa kwe-iPad ejwayelekile kunomugqa ongu-9,7″. I-iPad mini ithole impendulo eqondile ngokushesha, kokubili kubathengi nakochwepheshe, abancome i-Apple ngokukhipha umkhiqizo othengekayo kodwa osezingeni eliphezulu. Kodwa-ke, i-iPad encane entsha nayo yagxekwa ngokuntula kwayo isibonisi se-Retina. Isixazululo se-iPad mini display sasingu-1024 x 768 pixels no-163 ppi. Kulokhu, i-iPad mini yasala kancane ngemuva komncintiswano - ngaleso sikhathi kwakungenzeka ukuthola, isibonelo, i-Nexus 7 noma i-Kindle Fire HD ene-pixel density ye-216 ppi, isibonisi se-iPad yesizukulwane sesine sinikeze ukuminyana ngisho 264 ppi.

Ngesikhathi esifanayo, inguqulo encane yethebhulethi ye-apula iphinde yaphawula ukuqala kwemizamo ye-Apple yokuncintisana nezinye izinkampani ngokukhiqiza amadivayisi anosayizi wesikrini omncane kanye nenani eliphansi lokuthenga. Ochwepheshe abaningi babheke ukufika kwe-iPad encane (kanye nama-iPhones amakhulu eminyakeni embalwa kamuva) njengomphumela wenkambiso okufanele i-Apple ivumelane nayo, hhayi ngenye indlela. Kodwa lokhu akumele neze kusho ukuthi i-iPad mini iyithuluzi "eliphansi" noma "elingabalulekile kangako". Inguqulo eyehlisiwe yethebhulethi ye-Apple ibukeke iyinhle ngempela, ilula kakhulu futhi izacile kunenqwaba yezimbangi zayo, futhi abathengi nabo babenethemba ngokwakhiwa nombala wayo. I-iPad mini ibitholakala kunguqulo eyisisekelo (16 GB, Wi-Fi) ngo-$329, imodeli engu-64 GB enoxhumo lwe-4G LTE ibize abasebenzisi u-$659.

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