Opinions from the Redmi Note 8 Pro

Begonia Pixel Experience(PE) Android 13 works a treat on this phone and has extended the life of the phone beyond Xiaomi's miserable 2 major updates up to MIUi 12.5/Android 11, so now to Android 14 and beyond. Stock PE camera works fine but does not give access to rear wide angle cam. Installing GCam from APK does however work fine with wide angle although takes a bit of work to find the right combo of APK/config file. Passes the SafetyNet app test and so GPay and banking work 'out of the box', Play Store is certified and widevine L1 is present giving proper resolution in Netflix.

All in all an A1 buy, used, and ROMd up and although it is now 4 years old still works like a new phone with Pixel Experience 13 and still shows 9hrs of SOT per accubattery. The best phone I've bought ever, period, for stupid cheap money.