Umehluko oyisisekelo we I-iPad Mini Mayelana ne-iPad entsha, ingahle ingabhekiseli kangako kusayizi wesikrini, njengoba ibilokhu igcizelela kuze kube manje, kodwa esisindweni sedivayisi. Kusukela kumahemuhemu amaningi mayelana ne-iPad Mini kanye negama eliqondile i-Apple elizogcina liyinikile, kubonakala sengathi i-blogosphere ikhetha kancane kancane. iPad Air, futhi kuwumbono ongekho kude kakhulu ngokusho kokuqagela okuthile nezindaba esizazi kamuva nje mayelana nedivayisi.
Steve Jobs yake yakhokhiswa amaphilisi angu-7-intshi kulokho okubonakala kuwukuvikela okuphelele kwe-iPad, kanye nezilinganiso zayo. Umsunguli we-Apple wachaza ukuthi 10 amayintshi kwaba usayizi omncane ukuthi kufanele ibe nesisetshenziswa ukuze abantu abadala bayisebenzise ngokukhululeka. Eqinisweni, ngezwi elithile elihlekisayo washo lokhu okulandelayo mayelana nezikrini ezincane: “Azinamsebenzi ngaphandle uma zifaka i-sandpaper (…) ukuze abasebenzisi bakwazi ukusebenzisa iminwe yabo ingxenye yesine yobukhulu bazo ukuze bazisebenzise”. Nakuba kamuva, ngokusho kuka-Eddy Cue ku-imeyili kwabanye abaphathi be-Apple, Imisebenzi yamukele umbono we yenza ithebhulethi encaneKubonakala sengathi izilinganiso zedivayisi ngeke zibe yisici esihlukanisayo ngempela, ngakho-ke imibono kaSteve Jobs ngabe iphumelele ekwakhiweni kwethebhulethi i-Apple ezoyethula.
Ngezinyathelo ngokusobala ezincane kunezo ze-iPad entsha, i i-peso kungaba, nokho, isici esichazayo kumqondo wedivayisi entsha. Eqinisweni, asikho isizathu sokwenqaba i-hypothesis enjalo, ngokuphambene nalokho: iPad Air Ngeke kube yidivayisi yokuqala lapho i-Apple idlala khona lelo qhinga: khumbula, isibonelo, iMacBook Air. Kukhona nezinye izimpawu okufanele sizikhumbule, ukuthi i-iPad Inside iqala kanjani. Ochwepheshe abaningana babeka isisindo sethebhulethi entsha kusuka ku-250 kuya ku-300 amagremu, futhi abanye baze bazame ukunikeza inani eliqondile: I-256 amagremu, okungenza umehluko omkhulu kubancintisana nabo abafana ne-Nexus 7 enesisindo esingu-340.
Idivayisi yakamuva yakha kabusha ezanda ku-inthanethi, empeleni, zigcina le nkolelo ngezinga elithile, njengoba umehluko wosayizi abawuphakamisayo maqondana ne-iPad entsha awuqisi futhi ukhombisa isikrini esibanzi kakhulu kune-Nexus 7. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i amahemuhemu mayelana namasentimitha, bayibeka eduze kuka-8 ''kuno-7''. Kodwa uma kungekho mehluko omakwe ngempela phakathi kosayizi wesikrini se-iPad Entsha kanye ne-iPad Mini, kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi kukhona ngokwesisindo: i I-iPad entsha, enamagremu angu-652, izoba nesisindo esingaphezu kokuphindwe kabili kwezilinganiso ze-iPad Mini. Impahla "yokuphatheka" okukhulu kwe-iPad Mini izoba khona lapho: ithebhulethi ukukhanyaKodwa ngesikrini esikhulu ngokwanele ukusekela izinhlelo zokusebenza uSteve Jobs athi zinengqondo nge-iPad. Kuzofanele siqaphele uSepthemba 12 ukuze siqede ukungabaza.