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Signal and Spotify are available for iOS, so why don't you get a 4.7" iPhone SE?

Because I want my phone to be as basic as possible. No notifications, no icons, just plain text menu.

Android can be configured to be so bare that my phone is just a black screen with 5 menu items: music, signal, map, text, phone.

Personal preference.

You can still do it on iOS using a custom launcher, such as Blank Spaces [1].