Thanks! I did manually install slightly older version and it update itself to the latest version.
Directd, although greenfone cheaper by RM10. I went to directd due to their operating hour, any service can go late as their closing time is 11pm.
REVIEW ADD ON:MIUI - 2GB RAM not enough? Nope, been using it since yesterday and I didn't feel the 2GB lacking. I'm not a heavy user though, but browsing and everyday use I didn't miss much coming from Samsung S6/S7. It's such a lightweight system and offering many many functions that's unexpectedly useful.
One function I really love - on lock screen, hold the home button you'll launch the torchlight app, and the LED is quite a bright one despite being single LED!Display - Well this is the part that I feel I get what I paid for. It isn't too bright under direct sunlight use although I can still read what's on the screen. But the white point is on the greenish side, and colours are washed out (coming from iPad IPS and samsung AMOLED). Perhaps I'll download some display calibrate apps to enhance this.
Camera - Another part where I got what I paid for, but it takes surprisingly good (but not great) pictures during daylight, and HDR works wonderfully. Night time...forget it lol! But still serve well as a utility tools.
Audio quality - I just experienced something really weird. I was searching for best music player, and upon googling most people recommend Poweramp. So I thought I should be getting better sound quality compared to the stock MIUI music player, to my surprise, stock player sound much better compared to Poweramp! Yes, it doesn't load album art properly, and library sorting is horrible, but the sound, wow! Punchy and solid, with wide soundstage (can hear things going on clearly in surround), while Poweramp sounded weaker with narrower soundstage. Gosh xiaomi really make good stock apps!
Battery - On my first full charge, 2nd day of use since yesterday 9am, and it's 7 hours of SOT currently and I have 15% left. I mainly use it for web browsing and social apps, but I also install and uninstall quite a few apps and played music for a good 2+ hours since yesterday. I suspect it can do much better as I installed a music player AIMP since yesterday and experience bad battery drain like 1-2% drain per hour on standby (mobile data) without doing anything, only unintall it in the afternoon just now. Uninstalling it seems to slow down the drain. But still, ayam impressed.
