Silindele ukwethulwa kwe-iPhone 16 elandelayo ngemuva nje kwehlobo kodwa sekuvele kukhulunywa ngemikhiqizo ezokwethulwa phakathi neminyaka emibili, futhi ngokusho kwamahemuhemu akamuva. I-Apple izokhipha ingxenye yedivayisi egoqekayo ngemikhiqizo emibili emisha ezokwethulwa ngo-2026.: i-iPad-Macbook kanye ne-iPhone.
Sekuyiminyaka sikhuluma nge-iPhone egoqekayo, kanti ezinye izinkampani sezivele zinezizukulwane ezimbalwa zamadivayisi alolu hlobo, i-Apple ibonakala ingajahi ukungena kule ngxenye yomkhiqizo omusha. Nakuba kungakathandwa kakhulu, kufanele wehle ngomgwaqo futhi uqaphele ukuthi bambalwa kakhulu abasebenzisi abanalolu hlobo lwe-smartphone naphezu kokuthi amanani abo athengeka kakhulu kwezinye izimo kune-iPhone ye-Apple, kubonakala sengathi imakethe ulahlwe ukuphendukela kulolu hlobo olusha lwama-smartphones, nakuba kusazobonakala ukuthi yiziphi izinzuzo zangempela zalo mklamo wokugoqa. Ngokusho kwamahemuhemu akamuva ashicilelwe nguJeff Pu, umhlaziyi, i-Apple izokhipha emakethe yemishini egoqekayo ngo-2026 ngemikhiqizo emibili, i-iPad-Macbook hybrid kanye ne-iPhone.
Eyokuqala efika emakethe kuzoba yi-iPad egoqekayo noma i-MacBook "isikrini sonke", kuye ngokuthi uyibheka kanjani. Kungaba yingxubevange phakathi kwelaptop ye-Apple nethebhulethi yayo okuthi, lapho isetshenziswa, ingafinyelela usayizi wesikrini ongu-18,8 amayintshi. Ayikho imininingwane enikeziwe mayelana nokuthi isistimu yayo yokusebenza izoba yini, ngeke ihlanganise i-iPadOS ne-macOS kuye ngokusetshenziswa ebinikezwa yona, noma uma izokhipha uhlelo olusha lokusebenza oluyingxube phakathi kwakho kokubili. Ekunikezile ukulinganiselwa kosuku lokwethulwa: ikota yesibili ka-2026. Bese i-iPhone esongwayo izofika, ekupheleni kuka-2026, umklamo ofana kakhulu ne-Samsung's Z-FlipOkusho ukuthi, kungaba idivayisi yesikwele lapho, uma ivuliwe, ibukeke njenge-smartphone yamanje. Kusele iminyaka emibili ngakho-ke kukhona isikhathi sokulondoloza.