Nakuba kubonakala sengathi kuyahlanya, uma kubhekwa ukuthi ukwethulwa kwakamuva kangakanani I-iPad 4 (yethulwa zingama-23 kuMfumfu odlule), amahlebezi aseqalile ukuvela mayelana nosuku lokufika Isizukulwane Esilandelayo. Ngokwemininingwane yakamuva ezungeza inetha, ukufika kwamamodeli amasha wethebhulethi edumile ye-Apple kungenzeka ihlobo 2013.
Esikhathini esingaphezudlwana kwesonto eledlule, abezindaba bafinyelele ukuputshuka okuphakamise ukuthi okulandelayo iPhone lizofika cishe ngoJuni wonyaka ozayo, evusa zonke izinhlobo zokuqagela mayelana nenhloso ye Apple ukufinyeza umjikelezo wokukhiqiza wamadivayisi ayo aphambili (okwaze kwaba manje osekuthathe unyaka), ukuletha izinto ezintsha ngokushesha futhi abhekane nokuncintisana emkhakheni onamandla kakhulu oneziqinisekiso ezengeziwe. Manje, amahlebezi akamuva abonakala eqinisekisa lolu shintsho lwesu yilabo abavela eCupertino, engeza ohlwini lokuqagela lezo eziphathelene nosuku lanzamiento de I-iPad 5.
Ukuthatha icala lika iPhone yakamuva, isimanga ngandlela-thile kufiphele, kodwa namanje eshaya, noma kunjalo, ukuthi nini kungakapheli ngisho inyanga lokho kwethulwa ku I-iPad 4Kungenzeka ukuthi sesivele sicabanga ngesizukulwane esilandelayo sedivayisi, ikakhulukazi uma idethi ethuthukisiwe isisondele. Uma ulwazi olushicilelwe ngu Ama-digitimes, Okulandelayo iPhone nokulandelayo iPad izokwethulwa ku ihlobo 2013, ukuze phakathi kokwethulwa kwe I-iPad 4 kanye I-iPad 5 kuzothatha cishe izinyanga eziyisi-9. Ukuvuza kuzovela kubakhiqizi beprosesa ku Taiwan okuzothatha indawo ye-Samsung njengabahlinzeki balezi zingxenye esikhathini esizayo esiseduze Apple. Nakuba ulwazi kufanele lwamukelwe ngokuqapha, iqiniso liwukuthi izindaba eziputshuzwe kwa-Digitimes emithonjeni yayo e-Taiwan, ezikhathini zamuva nje, zivame ukuqondiswa kahle, ngakho-ke sizohlala siphapheme ngolwazi olusha mayelana nalokhu.