Huawei phones are still great in terms of affordability with high end spec. Tell the nonrich people more about the eavesdropping and most don’t give it shit
I can't see what they'd want with my info. If I was working on stuff to be patented or something then maybe ...
If I use an Apple device the Chinese or USAmericans could be surveilling me; Samsung/LG, perhaps the Koreans; Sony/Fujitsu maybe the Japanese ... I wouldn't know either way, nor ever need to care AFAICT.
As the parent suggests, perhaps if you have a lot to lose then paranoia about this might pay off.
You might say, if it pays off then it's not paranoia -- never cross a road and you can't be run over crossing the road, but I'd still consider it paranoid.
So, yeah, ...