Eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule, i-Apple yafaka ilungelo lobunikazi lekhibhodi ngamandla we-Force Touch noma we-3D Touch. I-patent ikakhulukazi yethulwa ngoSepthemba 28, 2012 "Ikhibhodi yezokuvakasha ephansi ye-Ultra" futhi lokho kunikezwe namuhla.
I-patent eshiwoyo ikhombisa ikhibhodi enenzwa kukhiye ngamunye okala amandla okusebenza kukhiye lapho umsebenzisi ecindezela noma ebeka umunwe kukhiye. Lokhu kuzosebenza ku- sebenzisa izinkomba imininingwane yokubonisa iziphakamiso kumsebenzisi noma ukuthola impendulo yokuthi umsebenzisi uyisebenzisa kanjani ikhibhodi.
Ngokwalokho engingakuqonda kusuka kulokho okuchazwe kwilungelo lobunikazi, ngokuya ngengcindezi enikeziwe Kukhiye, uhlelo lokusebenza ngaphansi koqweqwe lwesoftware lunga «decipher» lokho kucindezela ukubonga esilinganisweni esenziwe inzwa ukwenza isenzo esisodwa noma esinye, okungukuthi, isibonelo ku-processor yamagama uma sicindezela noma iyiphi yezikhiye okukhombisa ukuthi leyo ncwadi ethize ifakwa osonhlamvukazi ngaphandle kokusebenzisa ukhiye wokushintsha ngasikhathi sinye lapho sicindezela khona ukhiye oshiwo
Ngalesi senzisi esingezansi kwezikhiye, ikhibhodi inokuhamba nge-«ultra-short», okungukuthi, okhiye babengeke bacindezelwe ngokuhamba okujwayelekile, kepha kungaba kuncane kakhuluLokhu kungenxa yokuthi kukhibhodi ejwayelekile kufanele sibe nokuhamba okukhulu ukuze sicindezele iswishi noma indlela ehlanganiswe koxhumana naye ukuze uhlelo lubhalise ukhiye. Ngoba izinzwa zamandla zingabhalisa ushintsho oluncane ngaphansi kwanoma iyiphi ingcindezi.
Khumbula ukuthi i-Apple yethule muva nje indlela entsha kumakhibhodi akho ngomshini wovemvane esikhundleni sendlela yesikele yendabuko, eyenza ukuhamba kube kuncane, kwehlise iphrofayli yekhibhodi ukwazi ukuyihlanganisa nemishini ephathekayo ukuncipha. Isinyathelo esilandelayo kuzoba ukuhlanganisa lobu buchwepheshe kulawo makhibhodi.