Just a year has passed since then? No, it can't be true, maybe the "story" that my phone gallery offered me to watch this morning is wrong!! We bought this Redmi Pad just a year ago!?
It seemed as if I had had it for ages...
I don't know about your phones, but on mine, these photo stories pop up every now and then. I don't remember ever asking Mister Phone for that favour, but that is what I have. It would show me sometimes what I documented a year ago, and many times it does it on Thursdays! That is a good smart phone hahaha, knowing about the existence of the Throwback Thursday community here on Hive. That is why it gives me these reminders; very clever on his part.
It wasn't exactly the 13th of March of 2024 when we bought it but a few days earlier. I took some photos, of the gadget in the box and when we were unpacking it I thought maybe my husband would be interested in making a small review of it, but we forgot about it and never posted any unboxing or review post about it. I did mention this new thing then back in time in this post.
We bought it with my husband as a shared tablet and he installed the apps. His intention was to use it when travelling light, without luggage and to take it instead of his laptop for work. I only wanted to use it for reading my music while playing the piano. Maybe I wasn't that enthusiastic about it at first; it took me a while to install the music reader app and gradually convert my paper music scores into digital format. However, now I realize that I couldn't be happier with this little device. 😍
Oh my, don't ask me about the technical characteristics of it... Maybe we can read together from here. Let's see: an 11" FHD + eye-care display. 👁 So, my eyes are happy, I guess it means that. 8000mAh large battery - yay, at the moment it has never left me down! Stylish metal unibody design - at least its body is stylish if mine is not hahaha.
It also has a case that arrived at the same time, to protect it from scratches and bumps. Also, a wireless keyboard and a little wireless mouse.
Today, a year after buying this tablet, I can say that it was one of the better investments. Of course, it was not a huge investment, many people change several mobile phones or tablets in a year, and more expensive ones, but this one turned out to be excellent for us. I took it with me last summer when I visited my parents and my dad liked it, so he bought himself one too. He uses it when we talk through a video call, so they can see me in a larger version than on the phone screen. 😅
When I opened the post I wrote a year ago, I saw my last paragraph:
I don't completely trust these gadgets and the app. What if it freezes down? The difference from reading from paper sheets is also that I could have two or three pages prepared in advance and see them and here you are seeing just one page. I will get used to it too, I am sure. The thing that worries me the most is that it is another screen that I use now. Is it good for my eyesight?
All the doubts and fears I had a year ago melted away over time because it has never frozen down or turned off, and it doesn't bother my eyesight at all. It is so much more elegant to play like this and practising new songs is not difficult. The only thing that surprised me was the time, that only a year passed. I got so used to this little device that I feel like I have been using it for years.
Do you ever have that feeling, that you think you have been using something for a long time because you like it and you are used to it a lot, when in fact not much time has passed? What is it in your case?
