Noma iPad Iseyinkomba eyinhloko emakethe yamathebulethi, naphezu kokulahlekelwa kwayo okuqhubekayo kokuba khona okulinganiselwe, amaphilisi ahlangene asendleleni yokuba izindlovukazi ezintsha zalo mkhakha. With amaphilisi like Nexus 7 futhi I-Kindle Fire HD njengenhloko yomkhonto, isabelo semakethe samadivayisi angu-7-intshi ngokuphindwe kathathu phakathi kwekota yesibili neyesine yonyaka odlule, kanye nempumelelo emangalisayo iPad mini kubonakala kuwukusekela lo mkhuba ngonyaka ozayo.
Sesike sakhuluma ezikhathini eziningi ngempumelelo ye iPad mini kanye nokudliwa kwakhe kwezidingo iPad de 9.7 amayintshi futhi empeleni, njengoba sesinitshelile, ithebhulethi ehlangene evela Apple ubambe umfowabo omdala kusenesikhathi kunobekulindelekile. Kodwa-ke, akuyona inkinga ethile yalabo beCupertino: ngokusho kwedatha ye-IDC eshicilelwe ngu I-CNET, isabelo semakethe samathebulethi ahlangene senyuke sisuka 12,6% engxenyeni yesibili yonyaka odlule ngo 41,2% kwikota yesine, ngenkathi leyo yamaphilisi angama-intshi angu-10 iwile 67,3% al 40,6%.
Idatha yakamuva ye-NPD, esiqoqe kuyo I-9to5GoogleNakuba zihluke kakhulu ngemvelo, zikhomba ohlangothini olulodwa. Ngokusekelwe esidingweni sezikrini zobukhulu obuhlukahlukene kanye nokuvela kwayo phakathi kokuphela konyaka odlule nasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, i-consultancy idwebe isithombe esenza lo mkhuba ucace kakhulu. Njengoba ubona kugrafu, ngenkathi ukuthunyelwa kwesikrini kwe 7 amayintshi (usayizi wesikrini ojwayelekile wamathebulethi ahlangene Android) no- 7.9 amayintshi (okuhambisana nezikrini ezenzelwe i- iPad mini, ikakhulukazi), gcina izinga lokukhula elihle, ezinkulu zibonakala zintengantenga, ikakhulukazi lezo ze 9.7 amayintshi (ikakhulukazi lezo ze iPad), ebhekana nokuwohloka okukhulu.
Izizathu zokwanda kokuthambekela kwabasebenzisi kumathebulethi ahlangene zisobala, futhi zaziwa kahle: ngaphezu kwentokozo enkulu yokuwaphatha nokuyihambisa, angamadivayisi athengekayo kakhulu. Kulo mbiko we-NPD, nokho, basalokhu benokungabaza mayelana nokuthi lesi simo singashintsha noma cha esikhathini esizayo ngokufika kwe- ama-phablets, amadivayisi anezikrini ezingu-5 noma ezingu-6-intshi angenza amathebulethi angu-7-intshi angabi usizo kangako. Uma kubhekwa ukwanda kwakamuva kwalezi "hybrids", kunoma yikuphi, sisazolinda izinyanga ezimbalwa okungenani ukuze sikwazi ukuba nedatha engase ikuqinisekise noma ingakuqinisekisi lokhu.