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Dzulo zolengeza zachuma Apple yapanga mitu yosiyanasiyana kotala yapitayi. Kampani yaku California idapeza ndalama zambiri m'mbiri yake, idagulitsa ma iPhones ambiri, komanso idachita bwino pamawotchi ndi makompyuta. Komabe, gawo limodzi likupitilirabe kupuma pachabe - ma iPads adagwa kwa chaka chachitatu motsatizana, kotero momveka mafunso ambiri amawapachika.

Ziwerengerozi zimadzilankhula zokha: m'gawo loyamba lazachuma la 2017, Apple idagulitsa iPads 13,1 miliyoni kwa $ 5,5 biliyoni. Idagulitsa mapiritsi 16 miliyoni chaka chapitacho m'miyezi itatu yatchuthi yamphamvu kwambiri, 21 miliyoni pachaka m'mbuyomu ndi 26 miliyoni chaka chatha. M'zaka zitatu, chiwerengero cha ma iPads ogulitsidwa mu kotala la tchuthi chinadulidwa pakati.

IPad yoyamba idayambitsidwa ndi Steve Jobs zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zapitazo. Chogulitsacho chimangoyang'ana malo aulere pakati pa makompyuta ndi mafoni, omwe poyamba palibe amene adakhulupirira zambiri, adakumana ndi kukwera kwa meteoric ndikufikira pachimake zaka zitatu zapitazo. Nambala zaposachedwa za iPad sizabwino, koma vuto lalikulu ndilakuti piritsi la Apple lidachita bwino mwachangu kwambiri.

Apple ingasangalale ngati ma iPads atakhala ma iPhones achiwiri, omwe malonda ake akupitilira kukula ngakhale patatha zaka khumi ndikuyimira Tim Cook ndi co. pafupifupi magawo atatu mwa anayi a ndalama zonse, koma zenizeni ndi zosiyana. Msika wamapiritsi ndi wosiyana kwambiri ndi mafoni a m'manja, uli pafupi ndi makompyuta, ndipo m'zaka zaposachedwa zinthu pamsika wonse zasintha, kumene mafoni, mapiritsi ndi makompyuta amapikisana.

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Ma iPads ali pampanipani kuchokera kumbali zonse

Tim Cook amakonda ndipo nthawi zambiri amalankhula za iPad ngati tsogolo la makompyuta, kapena ukadaulo wamakompyuta. Apple ikuwonetsa ma iPads ngati makina omwe amayenera kusintha makompyuta posachedwa. Steve Jobs adalankhula kale za zomwezi zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zapitazo. Kwa iye, iPad imayimira pamwamba pa mawonekedwe onse a momwe ukadaulo wamakompyuta ungafikire unyinji wokulirapo wa anthu, chifukwa ungakhale wokwanira kwa anthu ambiri komanso osavuta kugwiritsa ntchito kuposa makompyuta.

Komabe, Jobs anapereka iPad yoyamba pa nthawi yomwe panali 3,5-inch iPhone ndi 13-inch MacBook Air, kotero piritsi ya 10-inchi inkawoneka ngati yowonjezera yomveka pa menyu. Tsopano tili ndi zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri pambuyo pake, ma iPads akukankhidwa "kuchokera pansi" ndi iPhone Plus yayikulu komanso "kuchokera kumwamba" ndi MacBook yowonjezereka. Kuphatikiza apo, ma iPads adakulanso mpaka ma diagonal atatu, kotero kusiyana komwe kumawoneka koyambirira kudachotsedwa.

Zikukhala zovuta kuti mapiritsi a Apple apeze malo pamsika, ndipo ngakhale akupitiriza kugulitsidwa nthawi 2,5 kuposa Macs, zomwe tafotokozazi sizinayambe kusintha makompyuta m'njira yaikulu. Malinga ndi Cook, ngakhale kufunikira kwa ma iPads kukupitilizabe kukhala kolimba kwambiri pakati pa anthu omwe akugula piritsi lawo loyamba, Apple iyenera kaye kuthetsa mfundo yakuti eni ake ambiri omwe alipo nthawi zambiri alibe chifukwa chosinthira zitsanzo zazaka zingapo.

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IPad idzakhalapo kwa zaka zambiri

Ndilo kusintha kosinthika, komwe kumayimira nthawi yomwe wogwiritsa ntchito asintha zomwe zidalipo ndi zatsopano, zomwe zimapangitsa iPads kukhala pafupi kwambiri ndi ma Mac kuposa ma iPhones. Zogwirizana ndi izi ndi zomwe tafotokozazi kuti ma iPads adakwera zaka zitatu zapitazo. Kuyambira pamenepo, anthu ambiri ogwiritsa ntchito analibe chifukwa chogulira iPad yatsopano nkomwe.

Ogwiritsa ntchito nthawi zambiri amasintha ma iPhones (komanso chifukwa chaudindo ndi ogwiritsa ntchito) patatha zaka ziwiri, ena ngakhale kale, koma ndi ma iPads titha kuwona masiku omalizira awiri kapena apamwamba. “Makasitomala amagulitsa zidole zawo akakalamba komanso ochedwa. Koma ngakhale ma iPad akale si akale komanso ochedwa. Uwu ndi umboni wa moyo wautali wazinthuzo," adatero katswiri Ben Bajarin.

Makasitomala ambiri omwe ankafuna iPad adagula piritsi la Apple zaka zingapo zapitazo, ndipo panalibe chifukwa chosinthira ku iPads ya m'badwo wa 4, zitsanzo zakale za Air kapena Mini, chifukwa akadali okwanira pazomwe akufunikira. Apple idayesa kufikira gawo latsopano lamakasitomala omwe ali ndi Ubwino wa iPad, koma mu voliyumu yonse akadali gulu locheperako motsutsana ndi zomwe zimatchedwa mainstream, zomwe zimaimiridwa makamaka ndi iPad Air 2 ndi onse omwe adatsogolera.

Umboni wa izi ndikuti mtengo wapakati womwe ma iPads adagulitsidwa adatsika kotala lomaliza. Izi zikutanthauza kuti anthu makamaka ankagula makina otchipa komanso akale. Mtengo wogulitsa udakwera pang'ono chaka chatha kukhazikitsidwa kwa iPad Pro yokwera mtengo kwambiri ya 9,7-inchi, koma kukula kwake sikunathe.

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Kukwaniritsa mndandandawo ndi "akatswiri" komanso Ubwino waukulu wa iPad inali yankho losangalatsa. Ogwiritsa ntchito ndi omanga akuyang'anabe momwe angagwiritsire ntchito bwino Pensulo ya Apple, ndipo kuthekera kwa Smart Connector, komwe kuli kokha kwa iPad Pro, sikunapangidwe mokwanira. Mulimonse momwe zingakhalire, iPad Pro sidzapulumutsa mndandanda wonsewo palokha. Apple iyenera kuchita makamaka ndi gulu lapakati la iPads, loyimiridwa ndi iPad Air 2.

Ilinso lingakhale limodzi mwamavuto. Apple yakhala ikugulitsa iPad Air 2 yosasinthika kuyambira kugwa kwa 2014. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, yakhala ikuyang'ana kwambiri pa iPad Pros, choncho sichinapatse makasitomala mwayi woti asinthe makina atsopano, okonzedwa bwino. zaka zingapo.

Kwa ogwiritsa ntchito ambiri, sizomveka kusinthira ku iPad Pro yokwera mtengo, chifukwa sangagwiritse ntchito ntchito zawo, ndipo iPad Air yawo komanso okalamba amatumikira kuposa bwino. Kwa Apple, vuto lalikulu tsopano ndikubweretsa iPad yomwe ingasangalatse anthu ambiri, kuti isangokhala pazinthu zazing'ono monga kuwonjezera zosungirako monga chaka chatha.

Chifukwa chake, m'miyezi yaposachedwa pakhala nkhani yoti Apple ikukonzekera mtundu watsopano wa iPad "yodziwika bwino", wolowa m'malo mwa iPad Air 2, yomwe iyenera kubweretsa chiwonetsero cha mainchesi 10,5 chokhala ndi ma bezels ochepa. Kusintha kwamtunduwu kuyenera kukhala chiyambi cha Apple kupeza makasitomala omwe alipo kuti agule makina atsopano. Ngakhale iPad yachokera kutali kuchokera ku m'badwo woyamba kupita ku Air yachiwiri, sizosiyana kwenikweni poyang'ana koyamba, ndipo Air 2 ili bwino kwambiri kotero kuti ngakhale kusintha pang'ono kwa ogwira ntchito sikungagwire ntchito.

Zoonadi, sizongokhudza maonekedwe, koma zikuwonekeratu kuti nthawi zambiri ndizomwe zimayambitsa kusintha zakale ndi zatsopano. Chotsatira, zidzakhala kwa Apple momwe amawonera tsogolo la mapiritsi ake. Ngati ikufuna kupikisana kwambiri ndi makompyuta, iyenera kuyang'ana kwambiri pa iOS ndi mawonekedwe makamaka a iPads. Nthawi zambiri pamakhala kutsutsidwa kuti ma iPhones amapeza nkhani zambiri ndipo iPad imasowa, ngakhale pali malo akulu owongolera kapena kusuntha makina ogwiritsira ntchito.

"Tili ndi zinthu zosangalatsa zomwe tikuyembekezera pa iPad. Ndikadali ndi chiyembekezo choti tingatengere chiyani ... Apo ayi, sakanatha kunena zinthu zambiri zabwino za iPads.

Ponena za zomwe zidakambidwa kwambiri kotala lapitalo, Apple akuti idachepetsa chidwicho ndipo chifukwa cha zovuta ndi m'modzi mwa ogulitsa, sanathe kugulitsa ma iPads ambiri momwe angakhalire. Kuphatikiza apo, chifukwa chosakwanira, Cook sayembekezera kuti zinthu zikuyenda bwino mu kotala ikubwerayi. Ichi ndichifukwa chake adalankhula kunja kwa magawo omwe alipo kuti afotokoze zinthu zabwino, ndiye titha kuyembekezera ma iPads atsopano akafika.

M'mbuyomu, Apple idapereka mapiritsi atsopano masika ndi kugwa, ndipo malinga ndi malipoti aposachedwa, mitundu yonse iwiri imasewera. Komabe, posachedwa, chaka chino chikhoza kukhala chofunikira kwambiri kwa ma iPads. Apple iyenera kudzutsanso chidwi ndikukopa ogwiritsa ntchito atsopano kapena kukakamiza omwe alipo kuti asinthe.

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