Idivayisi entsha ye-Apple engu-7,8-intshi, cishe ezokwethulwa ngokuqinisekile Okthoba kulo nyaka, izokwakhiwa phezu kobuchwepheshe be I-iPad 2. Lokhu kusobala kumakhodi kanjiniyela we-Apple lapho kuvela khona i-iPad Mini, ezinguqulweni ezimbili, ngaphansi kwelebula ethi I-iPad 2,5 y I-iPad 2,6. Umehluko phakathi kokubili, ngokusobala, ulele uhlobo lokuxhuma ukuthi ihlanganisa, kodwa kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi bazoxuba izingxenye ze-iPad 2 nezinye izingxenye ezidizayinelwe ngokukhethekile i-Mini.
UMarco ArmentUmthuthukisi we-Instapaper, uveze ukuthi ubone izihlonzi ezimbili ezintsha zokulebula uhlelo lwayo kumarekhodi e-Apple: i-iPad 2,5 ne-iPad 2,6. Lokhu kungasho izinto eziningi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, sekungeyakhe ukuqashelwa nge-Apple yobukhona be-iPad Mini. Nakuba bevela enkampanini efanayo kungenzeka ukuthi bebekhipha ulwazi, ngendlela yamahemuhemu, ukuze benze okulindelekile, bekungakaze kwenziwe. ireferensi eqondile kanye nesikhuluubukhona be-iPad Mini. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ikhodi esetshenzisiwe ikhombisa ukuthi idivayisi entsha izokwakhiwa ngesisekelo semodeli ye-iPad engaphambili.
Arment ngokwakhe ukubheja ngoba idivayisi izokhweza iprosesa ye-A5 eno-512 MB we-RAM, engeke yanele ukusekela amandla esibonisi se-Retina. Kungaba idivayisi enamandla kancane kune-Nexus 7, isibonelo, nakuba kwaziwa ukuthi i-iOS ayidingi iphrosesa eningi ukuze isebenze njengoba kwenza i-Android futhi ngeke idinge ukutshalwa kwezimali okungako ekuklameni izingxenye ezintsha ze-Apple, ezingase thengisa eshibhile. Le ndlela yokuvuselela nokukhulisa ubuchwepheshe hlangana ngokwanele nge Indlela kaTim Cook yokucabanga, obhejwayo ngale ukwandisa isabelo semakethe okwenza amanani abo afinyeleleke kalula kumthengi ojwayelekile.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, phakathi Ihlelo le-Mac, waqinisekisa ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule ukuthi ukukhokhiswa kwe- isikrini uzogijima ophethe inkampani ye-LG, okuqinisekisa ukuthi isikrini ngeke sibe uhlobo lwe-Retina, olukhiqizwa, njengoba kwaziwa, ngabakwaSamsung. Idivayisi izomenyezelwa ngo-Okthoba ozayo, bese sizokwazi ngokuqinisekile imininingwane yezobuchwepheshe, kodwa imithombo eminingana ibonisa ukuthi lo mugqa kungenzeka kakhulu.