El iPad mini iyaqhubeka ukuba nemfuno ephezulu kakhulu kune iPad isizukulwana sesine kwaye nangona singaphakathi iapile babanga ukuba bangazikhathazi malunga nomba wokudliwa kwabantu phakathi kweemveliso zabo, inyaniso kukuba umda wenzuzo yethebhulethi yabo edibeneyo iphantsi kakhulu. Mhlawumbi kungenxa yesi sizathu, inkampani yama-apile ityhala abasasazi bayo ukuba bakhuthaze ukuthengiswa kweapile. Ithebhulethi ye-intshi eyi-9,7 phambi kokubonelela ngemveliso efunwa kakhulu ngabathengi.
Nangona bengafuni ukuyiqonda, iapile inokuba nengxaki enkulu kunye nempumelelo engalawulekiyo ye iPad mini kwaye kukuba, njengoko sele siphawule kwiveki ephelileyo, ukuthengisa ezona mveliso zinexabiso eliphantsi kunye nomda ophantsi wenzuzo, inokuthi izenze ivakale kwinzuzo yenkampani yeCupertino. Okwangoku imfuno ye iPad mini ibetha isizukulwana sesine ngo-3 ukuya ku-1, iyenza ibe yeyona thebhulethi ibiza kakhulu iapile isemsila kwiintengiso kwaye kukuba nesizukulwana sesibini sale tablet sithengiswa ngexabiso eliphezulu.
Njengoko kuchaziwe i-idonlowloblog, i-apula izama ukulawula oku kungalingani ngokubeka iimeko ezithile kwiivenkile ezinikezela ngeemveliso zayo, zombini kunye ne-intanethi. Ukufumana iimpahla ezintsha iPad mini, abathengisi kufuneka kwakhona bathenge iikopi ze iPad 4. Sicinga ukuba ngale ndlela iapile ufuna ukubanyanzela ukuba benze okungakumbi ukuthengisa isitokhwe sabo sethebhulethi eyi-9,7-intshi.
Como siphawule izolo, imodeli yamva nje ebhengeziweyo ye iPad kule veki (kunye 128 GB yokugcina), eza kufika ezivenkileni ukusuka nge-5 kaFebruwari, ilinge lokulungisa le meko. Ukutyiwa kwe iPad mini bekungayi kuba yingxaki ukuba i-tablet ye-intshi eyi-9,7, ngokulandelayo, i-cannibalizes these Pro. Nangona kunjalo, kwisizukulwana sesihlanu se-franchise yayo ethandwayo siya kubona utshintsho olumandla ukuba mhlawumbi baya kufumana oko iPad 4, eziveliswe ngokumangalisayo nangaphandle kweendaba ezibaxiweyo, ayikhange iphumelele.