I just pulled the trigger on Lazada. Cheaper

I dare not touch AP sets bro

LZVDEV10 - 10% discount, minimum spend RM300 and max discount RM120.

Ya, just tried it for fun, thought it wouldn’t work but it did, so whack la

Offloaded my Mi A1 to try this. Hope it doesn’t disappoint.

Had a feel of the display unit, it’s OK. Besides, it’s just a backup phone

Ha ha, it's OK. It's a backup phone that I paid less than RM700 for. My expectations are in check

This post has been edited by attw: Feb 20 2018, 09:08 AM

Ha ha, you and I have very different needs in a backup phone, bro

Oh, coz my main phone is an iPhone, so there's a lot of limitations like no dual sim. Hence it gives me a good excuse to own a second phone, which is an Android so that I always have the best of both worlds. No need to argue which one better

The Mi A1 was my first experience of pure vanilla Android, and while it was good value for money, I totally agree with you, the outdated design and screen grew tiresome really fast The dual camera of the Mi A1 was also over-rated. My mum's iPhone 5S took better photos! That said, it was a nifty device, with 4GB RAM/64GB Storage and vanilla Android without the bloatware was a joy to use, albeit needing to download an app for almost every other feature Standby battery drain was also very good in comparison with the likes of S8, S8+ and Note 8, which I've had the chance to experience as well. All in all, I would say the Mi A1 was good for what it does, but no more than that

Just heard they will announce the 4GB/64GB Redmi 5 Plus this Friday, and I'm guessing it'll go for at least RM200 more than the current one, but I don't need that much RAM or storage for a backup phone so I'm happy with my purchase (actually I don't have a choice coz Lazada just shipped it so can't cancel, dammit!)

The Redmi 5 Plus will also be my first experience with MIUI in years - the last I tried MIUI was Mi3, when we had to try and beat other scalpers in front of the PC during Mi's flash sale back then. Ahhh, those were the days

Just shipped bro. Belum sampai

This post has been edited by attw: Feb 21 2018, 08:17 AM

Guys, are there any SPs included in the box? I know there’s a soft cover in there.

Ah Ok. Thanks. I do like that matte plastic they have on the phone though

That's just RM150 more for additional 1GB RAM and double the storage. Good deal! Sigh, should have waited a week, ha ha ha...

Plenty on Lelong.com.my

Finally finished my set up.

Tempered glass - RM15.00 (but has halo effect)
Case - RM12.00

Total damage - RM27.00

Klang Parade, CKYStore

http://www.lelong.com.my/merchant/CKYstore.htm

He’s my go-to guy for Xiaomi accessories. I prefer to buy from a physical store coz I’m hopeless in DIY application of screen protectors.

This post has been edited by attw: Feb 25 2018, 03:39 PM

Agreed, no lags for me thus far too.

This post has been edited by attw: Feb 25 2018, 09:05 PM

Same, chose the R5+ over the f5 and 2i just for the battery (and obviously the price )

Guys, the stock browser is a little slow to load images. Is that normal? Or the 3GB one tak cukup RAM? For example the pics on lowyat.net website loads pretty slow, but if I try gsmarena.com, the pics load with no problems.

For MY set? That’s really cheap!

If you could fork out a bit more, I would recommend the 4/64GB option instead. In my opinion there’s still a minor lag in the 3/32Gb version of the 5 Plus. I feel my 5 Plus is not as smooth as my Mi A1 previously.

This post has been edited by attw: Mar 11 2018, 06:42 PM

The cheapest one I’ve seen for now for a MY set is at Qoo10 if you can download the coupon.

https://m.qoo10.my/su/401573657/Q111095508