Nangona kubonakala ngathi kuyaphambana, kunikwe indlela yakutsha nje ukuqaliswa kwe iPad 4 (ethiwe thaca nge-23 ka-Okthobha ophelileyo), amarhe sele eqala ukuvela malunga nomhla wokufika Isizukulwana esilandelayo. Ngokolwazi lwamva nje olujikelezayo kwinethiwekhi, ukufika kweemodeli ezintsha zethebhulethi eyaziwayo ye-Apple kungenzeka ihlobo le-2013.
Kwisithuba esingaphezu kweveki edlulileyo, amajelo eendaba afikelele ekuvuzeni okucebisa ukuba okulandelayo iPhone liza kufika malunga noJuni wonyaka olandelayo, ivuselela zonke iintlobo zentelekelelo malunga nenjongo ye iapile ukwenza mfutshane imijikelo yemveliso yezixhobo zayo eziphambili (esele ithathe unyaka wonke), ukuhambisa iinguqulelo zayo ngokukhawuleza kwaye ijongane nokhuphiswano kwicandelo eliguqukayo kakhulu elineziqinisekiso ezingaphezulu. Ngoku, amahemuhemu amva nje abonakala eqinisekisa olu tshintsho kwisicwangciso ngabo baseCupertino, bongeza kuluhlu lweengqikelelo malunga nomhla we. qalisa de iPad 5.
Ukuthatha ityala lika iPhone kutshanje, ukumangala ngandlel' ithile, kodwa isabetha, nangayiphi na imeko, ukuba nini hayi nenyanga edlulileyo eyathi thaca iPad 4Sisenokuba sele sicinga ngesizukulwana esilandelayo sesixhobo, ngakumbi xa usuku oluphambili lusondele. Ukuba ulwazi olupapashwe ngu Digitimes, Okulandelayo iPhone kunye elandelayo iPad iyakuboniswa kwi ihlobo le-2013, ukuze phakathi kokuqaliswa kwe iPad 4 kwaye leyo iPad 5 babeza kulamla malunga neenyanga ezili-9. Ukuvuza kuya kuvela kubavelisi beprosesa kwi Taiwan eya kuthatha indawo ye-Samsung njengababoneleli bezi nxalenye kwixesha elizayo iapile. Nangona ulwazi kufuneka lufunyenwe ngononophelo, inyaniso kukuba iindaba ezikhutshwe kwi-Digitimes ezivela kwimithombo yazo eTaiwan, kumaxesha amva nje, zithande ukuqhelaniswa kakuhle, ngoko ke siya kuhlala siluphaphele ulwazi olutsha kulo mba.