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(sorry my english not really good, so dont be mad after reading those things below)     

Review made based on redmi note 4g user(MIUI 8 global stable ROM)
1st day using really cant use to it, not sure is because I tend to memorize all the location of the settings, so really unfamiliar with Pure Android, is also my 1st time using Pure Android smartphone, need time to adapt to it. For me ,pure android & MIUI really a big gap , required time to learn up everything from zero. The settings that come with MIUI really useful and unavailable in MI A1 such as :
- Display does not have other option to change colour (eg warm , standard , cool)
- Don’t have app lock
- Don’t have pocket mode
- Don’t have one handed mode
- Cant Lock home screen layout
- Don’t have slide 3 fingers to take screenshot
- Don’t have settings for LED notification light (by default only white, not sure can change to other colour or not , charging also white colour all the time)
- Don’t have settings for navigation button light to light on how long (minor)
- Don’t have settings for long press navigation button (minor)
- Cant set lock , wifi icon button on homescreen ( which is really useful, lock the screen without pressing power button, and no need to access wifi icon through scrolling down the status bar)
- Although there is setting for battery percentage, but it totally cant view it clearly , too small and also cant view it after battery percentage start to drop to 50 below, as the word is grey , the background of the icon also grey.
-      The Google search bar at homepage seems like cant be removed.

Apps that don’t come with default like MIUI:
• Voice Recorder
• FM Radio
• Scanner
• Compass
• Notes
• File Explorer

Hope u guys can guide me to choose which app is nice to replace and other features which dont have in Mi A1.

One last thing, my unit got abit problem for the headphone jack ,not sure is the headset problem or the port problem. I plug in then after 7second it auto disconnect. By the way, i dont think is my headset problem,because it can work normally on my old phone and computer. I need to plug in and wait for 7seconds then the icon appear on the status bar, then only ok. If i plug in then appear the icon, then surely got problem of auto disconnect.

was wondering any apps which is good to clear cache/optimize phone like the one in MIUI?

planning to do it at least once a week

10 years tukar one time smartphone ok mah. Jimat duit woh..............my next target XBOX. Next year maybe for LED TV, home theater, surround speakers............ 

Only shop handphone owners will think like that. Hands up, what is your shop name? Location? COD?   

LOL!   

You have to ask yourself! Do you need a simple and lag free phone with Bokeh effect camera shot + GPS lock in spot on or not..........   

Any phone in this world got pros and cons. Nothing perfect! Later if come out Redmi Note 5 Pro or in the future Mi A2, you can always sell this and buy new one becoz you got it cheap. I calculated the rugi I will encounter at least RM319 if I would change to a new phone in the future compared to high end phones where you will rugi more than RM500+ if not RM1000+........... 

just realized there's no file explorer by default.. susah lah mau find things.. any reliable ones to recommend? 

Did anyone else noticed a strong magnetic near the speaker area of the phone? Is it normal or mine is faulty?