With OS and app getting more and more demanding, don't expect much on a mid range phone.

I will group this as light usage.. 2 years confirm no problem.. 3 years, depend on battery degrade rate/hardware failure rate/future software development.. cant guarantee but most likely can fulfill your needs..

my current usage almost like yours.. youtube, browsing (a lot), WhatsApp, messenger, phone call 1~2 hours daily.. battery life can lasts me very well.. performance is smooth and less heat.. which is I like it.. I'm from flagship to this phone, I don't feel big changes and feel quite surprise with this chipset Snapdragon 625..

but don't expect good photos in lowlight which is not really possible.. but if in good condition, it is good enough as others.. I did downloaded some game like GTA, NFS, Worms & others.. but I do not have time to test it out so I cant confirm with you this yet.. maybe I can try to play GTA for 15minutes and report back to u again

This post has been edited by ChuanHong: Jan 3 2018, 08:48 PM

Ok thanks, then i think will just get this phone.
Will buy this from lazada G Store for Rm868, is this the best offer around and did anyone buy from G Store b4, was their service good?

https://www.lazada.com.my/xiaomi-mi-a1-andr....7f3d4032b9QPep

Eyes - The Horror Game

Face grave danger in the form of ancient haunting phantom Charlie and bloodthirsty, vengeance-seeking monstrosity Krasue with macabre, bizarre appearance (more ghosts and monsters to come).

Explore and plunder the eerie abandoned mansion, a creepy old hospital and other scary places.

Use location's unique features to your advantage - use mystical powers of Eye runes to gain insight into monster’s twisted mind, drink apothecary potions to gain temporary enhancements, consult hand-drawn map to plan your risky endeavour.

Experience deep, dark atmosphere of horror and terror with unsettling ambient music and freaky, unearthly ghost voices and sounds.

Compete with other players in the challenging endless mode, gain numerous achievements and take the first spot in the global leaderboards.

Rating - 4.4/5



Download, install and try this game on your Mi A1! (Make sure you switch off the lights!)

Let me know if you have tried it and share your experience here!

Too bad my gamepad is not functioning for left and right. Else I can enjoy the game. So u will know how long time that I didn't play game with my phone already. But so far I play GTA in short duration with default settings by game itself as attached, it is smooth enough to play it. Great..

I did have many experience with g Store. It's reliable seller.. it's fine to go with it.


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Is Mi A1 can sync via Mi Cloud?
Thanks

SD 801 is power hunger proc. I owned a flagship phone with SD 801 proc. Now the phone become so laggy even just for light usage. I suspect this is due to new software update make it less optimize with the old proc architecture. Hopefully Mi A1 can last me at least 2 years.

2 years should be no problem, but if still perform well after that consider as a bonus.

Ok thanks.

Now my wife Mi5 SD820 also feeling laggy.. just installed few kid games only.
I think all those flagship come with 3gb ram confirm laggy after fully usage.
Including Mi5s 64gb also 3gb ram only.

In my experience for after the passed.
Mi6 , mi max 2, mi A1/Mi5X all comes with 4~6GB had never laggy before.. almost smoothen.

This post has been edited by Benefon: Jan 3 2018, 10:02 PM

I finally got the update Oreo notification (I didn't clean the Google Service app).

But I'll hold it, since so many bugs :scared:

Yes... but only certain apps work. I tried VLC, it works. YouTube require YouTube Red subscription, so can't test it.

Ah, Ok. I don’t have VLC, and been trying to test YouTube and Google Maps.. Anyways, won’t really use it I guess but just wanted to test it. Thanks bro!

I always received my Whatsapp messages way after the time it should be received. Anyone encountered the same problem? Is this one of the bug after updating to Oreo?

Yes, people are complaining all over XDA and MIUI forum.

As for YouTube, can use Chrome as workaround. Open YouTube in Chrome and play at full screen then hit home button. Tested, it works.

I had problem with WhatsApp earlier after updating to oreo when running on mobile network. turn out my mobile data is not working. after reboot, WhatsApp working fine again.

I don't think so since it's not using MIUI

oreo fingerprint look great compared to nougat...just updated phone and contact via playstore

Turns out every A1 have different bugs. Walao... I guess I'll just hold back the update. Wait until most bugs are solved

I'm not sure but could it be WhatsApp itself unstable recently?
My son's Mi A1 have no problem, but me and my wife's Samsung phone having huge delayed in WhatsApp several days already.