Well if you try to choke a phone it would suffocate ,for a daily regular use ,I don't think miui "suffocates " redmi 1s, I think part of the lag can be blamed on it still being on jellybean ,they have promised update to KitKat ,which could address the ram issues ,at the same price , you are getting a better specced phone and with a more than decent camera and flash ,the software issues can be ironed out in future
Here's a direct comparison
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I don't have any tricks mate get online from a relatively new computer which offers snappy browsing ,and stable net ,refresh the screen around 20sec before sale and click right on time ,when buy button appears and then hope
I also forgot to mention about android one ,its gonna be announced next week ,I suggest if you can wait for it and see how the phone turns out ,could be better ,who knows