I spent half of my day yesterday just driving. 🤦♀️ Only 14km roundtrip but it felt like 120km.
I went to Greenhills to have my daughter’s phone repaired (cracked LCD) and to buy a door knob for my room here in the apartment. OMG! It’s horrific out there!
It was so exhausting that I fell asleep on my bed with my lights on. 🫠
Meanwhile, I’m trying to sell my iPad 9 with 256GB ROM to my bro since I want to shift to Samsung Galaxy Tab S8. Ipad 9’s screen is too big for me whereas Samsung’s Tab S8 can be held by one hand. Plus iPad’s RAM is 3GB vs Samsung’s 8GB RAM.
I told my bro that all the accessories are included like the pen and two covers, one of the covers is a keyboard combo that makes it more viable for him to be a laptop replacement when he has meetings and so on.
I tried using it as a laptop replacement but it just doesn’t cut it. The only time I was able to use it as such was when I tweaked (at my mom’s house) and read my speech during last August’s graduation rites of my undergrad college.
I could barely use it for work because it was too big to chuck in my handbag. Might as well bring my full-powered laptop with me if I still need to bring another bag.
When I travel, I find myself still reaching for my phone to scroll through IG and watch Youtube videos. It takes two hands to be able to watch anything on this iPad.
OS upgrades until 2026, security updates until 2027 or 2028.
But I’m still on a fence here since parts for iPads are easier to get here (albeit the generic ones from some Shenzen factory) than for Samsung Tabs. Resale value also lower for Android tablets.
But if I buy it now, S8 comes with a free slim case with keyboard.
I’ll visit a Samsung store to check it out before I let go of the iPad.
Hmmm so it seems like the world is conspiring against me. The Tab S8 in brick and mortar stores no longer offer the bundled keyboard case because it was a promo until supplies last. 😵💫
In other domestic developments, I finally have a door knob after destroying my door when my kitties were locked inside.
The workers have to sand this down tomorrow so to make the surface smooth and for the new coat of paint to stick.
I now have a functional door lock after months of making do with a barrel lock and a duct taped hole. 🥴