The HMD phones I bought before 2020 were really great (e.g. 7+) - I kept needing to replace because got stolen or I broke screen. After Covid I bought an underpowered HMD which was really terrible - maybe they had trouble sourcing good CPUs?

With Android I find my choices are either buy a cheap shitty phone, or pay too much. It's hard to find a good value Android. At least the battery can last 2 days on some Androids (my favourite feature).