Why I love my Xiaomi Redmi Note 11?

I didn't specifically choose the model, it was just the one available at the time I broke my previous phone's screen. I hate MIUI, I don't know it feels so full of spyware and ads, full of stuffs I don't think I need. After first week of its use, I look for online community of people with Redmi Note 11 NFC (spesn), and surprisingly I found one that is very active on Telegram. Some folks already have custom ROM developed for it and it's not even a month after the phone being released. At the time, it was quite easy to unlock Xiaomi's bootloader. Until today, I run crDroid with Android 13 on my spesn. Tried several kernel, and also used KernelSU. I have a concern about malware inside custom ROMs. I can review or reverse engineer, but I don't think it's there. I love the freedom of being able to customize my device to anything I want. It's the freedom that I love. If people ask me what device they should buy, at least for now, I would say any recent Android device that has an easy to unlock bootloader ;)

... and another reason I love my phone is that I can find it's spareparts online for super cheap. I recently replaced it's middle chasis for 30K (it's less than 2 USD). It's cheap because it's salvaged part from other phones, but hey it's original and still in very good condition. And.. I don't think this is even salvaged because it's so in good condition that I didn't notice any adhesive residue or scratches.

Have a lucky day!