Futhi namhlanje ukuthi ngekhadi elisha le-Apple, i-Apple Card, abaningi balabo abakhona bangawukhumbula lowo mzuzu ngo-2004 ngesikhathi uSteve Jobs uqobo efuna ukuvula ikhadi lakhe lesikweletu. Ngaleso sikhathi i-Apple yehluleka kepha kumele kukhunjulwe ukuthi ikhadi lalibizwa ngokufana nalelo elisanda kwethulwa ngoMashi 25, i-Apple Card.
Ngalowo nyaka inkampani yayingenayo i-iPhone etafuleni futhi inkampani yaseCupertino yayigxile kuma-iPod nama-Mac njengemikhiqizo eyinhloko, futhi yaqala nokudlala umculo nge-iTunes, ngakho-ke ukuba nekhadi lesikweletu kumakhasimende ayo kungaba indlela enhle yokuwina amakhasimende athembekile njengoba umqondisi wangaphambilini wobuciko we-Apple, uKen Segall, eqinisekisa kubhulogi lakhe siqu.
Ungabona lokhu kungena kufayela le- Ibhulogi kaSegall kusuka kulesi sixhumanisi, kepha ukukufingqa kancane singasho ukuthi obekufunwa yi-CEO engasasebenzi yale nkampani bekuyindlela yokunikeza umculo wamahhala kubasebenzisi bayo esikhundleni sokunikeza amaphuzu, into ebikade yenziwa lapho amakhasimende ethenga nezinto zawo amakhadi. Ngakho-ke thola umculo wamahhala ku-iTunes onama-iPoints, kungaba yindlela enhle yokuthola abasebenzisi kuma-iTunes nokuqinisa labo asebenabo ngale Apple Card. Ngokusobala i-Apple ibizothatha ikhomishini yokuthengwa kwamakhasimende ngakunye naleli khadi.
Isikhathi noma indlela yokwethulwa kwale Apple Card yamanje ayihlangene nakancane naleyo uJobs azama ukuyivula ngo-2004. Kunoma ikuphi, ikhadi lamanje selivele lisezandleni zabanye abasebenzi baka-Apple futhi linokuhlukile approach. kuleyo eyayenzelwe leyo minyaka edlule e-Apple. I-Apple Card entsha ifika ekugcineni kwe-titanium futhi isuka esandleni se- Goldman Sachs y I-Master Card futhi kulokhu singasho ukuthi kungokoqobo futhi sekuvele kukhona emakethe.