Ngemuva kokwethulwa okuningi kwamaphilisi amasha okungenzeka ukuthi athole isihloko esifiselekayo esithi "I-iPad-Killer“Kubukeka sengathi ongagcina ehlise inkosi yasezibhebheni wumfowabo omncane. Ngokwezindaba zakamuva, Apple izobe ibambezela ukukhiqizwa kwe I-iPad 4 ngoba imfuno izobe iphendukela ku iPad mini.
Uma i iPad mini Kwakusengamahemuhemu, abanye abasangabaza ngokuba khona kwawo, abahlaziyi abaningi baqala ukuveza ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi ithebhulethi entsha ehlangene ingaba imbangi embi kakhulu yethebhulethi eyisakhiwo sodumo. Apple, futhi kubonakala sengathi isikhathi siye sabonisa ukuthi baqinisile. Inhloso eyinhloko ye iPad mini yayiqhudelana negagasi lezibhebhe Android 7-intshi, nge Nexus 7 Ngaphambili, babebangela uguquko lwangempela emkhakheni ngenxa yenani elikhulu lemali, bebeka amaphilisi anezici ezingaphezu kwezihloniphekile ngamanani anengqondo abenze bafinyeleleka kubabukeli abaningi.
Nakuba izinga elithile elithi "cannibalization" yesimangalo somfowabo omdala lalibonakala lingenakugwenywa, iPad mini Yayihloswe njengesikhali esiqondiswe ngokuyinhloko kumathebulethi abanye abakhiqizi, okungukuthi, kwakulindeleke ukuba kwandiswe izethameli Apple, noma okungenani avimbele ingxenye ethile ukuba ilahleke.
Ukuhlaziya kokuqala ngemuva kokwethulwa kwabonakala kuqinisekisa ukuthi konke kwakwenzeka ngokohlelo, kodwa kancane kancane, sibone kwenzeka ulwazi olukhomba ukuthi, ekugcineni, iPad mini ungomunye wezitha ezimbi kakhulu I-iPad 4. Enyangeni edlule sikufundile lokho ithebhulethi ehlangene ibidlula i-intshi engu-9.7 futhi, njengoba kuqoqwe ku-inthanethi, izindaba zakamuva ziyaqhubeka zikhomba ngale ndlela. Apple bekuyodingeka ukuthi kwehliswe ama-oda ayo i-retina ekhombisa a Sharp ngoba isidingo sesizukulwane esisha iPad iyehla ngokuphawulekayo, kuyilapho abahlinzeki bema iPad mini abakanikezi okwanele.
Nokho, akunjalo Nexus 10 noma i I-Kindle Fire HD 8.9 umuntu oyinhloko obhekene nesimo se iPad, ngokusho kwabahlaziyi, kodwa umfowabo omncane, olawula kakhulu isidingo samaphilisi Apple. Ingabe umkhuba uzoshintsha nezizukulwane ezilandelayo ze iPad y iPad mini?