Malinga ndi deta ya analytical company Strategy Analytics Kugulitsa kwa iPad kudakweranso kotala lachinayi la 2018. Zowonadi, kuchokera ku 13,2 miliyoni iPads ogulitsidwa nthawi yomweyo mu 2017, chiwerengerochi chinakwera kufika pa 14,5 miliyoni, zomwe zikuyimira kuwonjezeka kwa pafupifupi 10%.
Strategy Analytics ikuyerekeza mtengo wapakati wa iPad pa $463, yomwe ndi $18 kuposa chaka chatha. Izi sizodabwitsa, komabe, popeza Apple idakulitsa mtengo wa iPad Pros mu 2018. Mu 2017, mtundu wotsika mtengo kwambiri udawononga $649, pomwe 2018 iPad Pro imayamba pa $799. Apple idakali patsogolo pamapiritsi ogulitsidwa, popeza mpikisano wake wamkulu Samsung idagulitsa mapiritsi pafupifupi 7,5 miliyoni, yomwe ndi theka la chiwerengero cha kampani ya apulo.
Ponena za makina ogwiritsira ntchito, Android ndiye mtsogoleri pano, akuphimba 60 peresenti ya msika wonse wa piritsi. Koma nambalayi ndiyomveka, chifukwa mapiritsi okhala ndi Android amatha kupezeka kwa mazana angapo, pomwe iPad yotsika mtengo kwambiri imawononga zikwi zisanu ndi zinayi. Ndalama zonse za iPad zidakwera mpaka $ 6,7 biliyoni, kuwonjezeka kwa 17% kuposa 2017.
Chifukwa chake iPad imachita bwino, zomwe sitinganene za iPhone. Kugulitsa kwake kudatsika ndi pafupifupi 2018 miliyoni kotala lomaliza la 10, komwe ndi kutayika kwakukulu kwa Apple, komwe iPads mwina ikuyenera kuyipezanso chaka chino.
Ndakhala pa mpanda za iPad kwa nthawi yayitali. Sindinamvetsetse cholinga cha chipangizocho. Ndinkada nkhawa kuti zinali zabwino kwa masewera okha. Mnzanga anali ndi iPad Pro kwa zaka zambiri ndipo ndimaganiza kuti kugwiritsa ntchito kwake kunali kokayikitsa. Tsopano ndinagula iPad 2018 128GB kumapeto kwa December. Nthawi yomweyo ndinagula kiyibodi ya ZAGG yowunikiranso korona wa 2600. Patadutsa mwezi umodzi, ndasangalala. Ndili ndi Mawu athunthu ndi Excel mmenemo, amagwira ntchito ngati pa PC. Ngati sindimasewera kapena kuwonera TV, masiku atatu atha. Sindinagwiritsepo ntchito laputopu yakale ya Linux kuyambira pamenepo. Kuntchito, ndinalumikiza chosindikizira ndi scanner kudzera pa wifi. Kiyibodi ya ZAGG nayonso ndiyabwino. Ndamva kale kuti anthu ambiri amagwiritsa ntchito kusintha laputopu. Ndili ndi Mac yopangira mapulogalamu ndi iPad ya china chilichonse. Modabwitsa mafoni, nthawi yomweyo wokonzeka kugwira ntchito. Sindinong'oneza bondo ngakhale korona imodzi. Kuonjezera apo, ndinagula pogulitsidwa kwa 3. Android pa mtengo umenewo amapereka makina abwino pamapepala, koma iPad imangogwira ntchito bwino. Mafoni a Android ndi abwinoko, koma mapiritsi ayi. Ndipo popeza ndimachita chilichonse pa iPad, SE yaying'ono ndiyabwino kwa ine.
Ndi zimenezotu. IPad ndi "kiyi" chipangizo kwa ine. Ndikadasankha chida chimodzi chololeza amuna kugwiritsa ntchito, iPad ikapambana. Ikadali yoyenda ndipo nthawi yomweyo idachita zinthu zambiri bwino pamenepo.