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The Great, Annoying IPad Fiasco
3 years ago
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Hello from my new, yet old Ipad! Lemme take you on my short but frustrating journey of how I broke my IPad Mini and had to buy a ‘new’ one.
Basically, earlier this month, I unknowingly dropped my trusty tablet on the parking lot of my job. I found it a few minutes later, but in that time, it had unfortunately been ran over, badly cracking the screen. Though by some miracle, it was still somehow usable. Some temporary tape later, I was back drawing again, tho at a somewhat impaired fashion.
It was during that time, that I thought ‘Hey, maybe I could upgrade.’ I had been wanting to get a larger tablet anyways since I felt limited by the 7.9 inch screen the Mini had to offer, but put it off for later.
Fast forward to earlier this week. I dropped it again 🤦🏿♂️, and this time, the screen was basically ruined. A mess of static. Great…
So, I took the opportunity to go looking for a new tablet, preferably a new IPad, specifically because I really like Procreate. The regular version wouldn’t do bc I needed the space. Pro was out of the question, and the most affordable ones were very old ‘renewed’ versions w/ sketchy battery life. Air was a very promising candidate. Same specs basically, yet a bigger screen, but was JUUUUUST outside my budget (aaaaaaaaa).
So, I was back at the Mini. No, not the newest version, but the same generation I already had, 5th. Only this time, it was “renewed”… aka used.
I bit the bullet and purchased it.
So far, so good. Transfer was easy, if a bit long. It functions exactly as the last with no notable defects, and yet… I’m still disappointed that I couldn’t upgrade.
Maybe next time.
(Or maybe if I dropped my apprehension and finally did commissions, I wouldn’t have had this problem lol)
Basically, earlier this month, I unknowingly dropped my trusty tablet on the parking lot of my job. I found it a few minutes later, but in that time, it had unfortunately been ran over, badly cracking the screen. Though by some miracle, it was still somehow usable. Some temporary tape later, I was back drawing again, tho at a somewhat impaired fashion.
It was during that time, that I thought ‘Hey, maybe I could upgrade.’ I had been wanting to get a larger tablet anyways since I felt limited by the 7.9 inch screen the Mini had to offer, but put it off for later.
Fast forward to earlier this week. I dropped it again 🤦🏿♂️, and this time, the screen was basically ruined. A mess of static. Great…
So, I took the opportunity to go looking for a new tablet, preferably a new IPad, specifically because I really like Procreate. The regular version wouldn’t do bc I needed the space. Pro was out of the question, and the most affordable ones were very old ‘renewed’ versions w/ sketchy battery life. Air was a very promising candidate. Same specs basically, yet a bigger screen, but was JUUUUUST outside my budget (aaaaaaaaa).
So, I was back at the Mini. No, not the newest version, but the same generation I already had, 5th. Only this time, it was “renewed”… aka used.
I bit the bullet and purchased it.
So far, so good. Transfer was easy, if a bit long. It functions exactly as the last with no notable defects, and yet… I’m still disappointed that I couldn’t upgrade.
Maybe next time.
(Or maybe if I dropped my apprehension and finally did commissions, I wouldn’t have had this problem lol)
