A few of mine:

Reb Masel - True crime / law podcast

Tommy Sabbatical - Off the beaten path travel vlog

Agreed, at this price point brand shouldn’t matter much. I would even ignore the “nice to haves” and try to save another $10-20.

When it is no longer able to do things I actually need it to do, and fixing is difficult/expensive.

So far that’s about 5 years per phone for me.

Fuck. I was about to go to sleep and you’re going to give me nightmares.