Had many models. Using lots of 6a's these days. Happy with all of them. At first your iphone will still seem slick but once you play with open source pixel, you will hate an iphone. nostr is monumental enough tech to dedicate a piece of hardware to that lets you use nostr to the full potential.

If ur on an iPhone the change to aany android device takes a minute. IMO pixel (and graphene, by extension) is the easiest switch. Overall pixel devices are solid. Occasional issues with cell service, I think it's a modem hardware thing that google hasn't resolved still. Would recommend getting a 7 or newer. There's also the "a" series which is a bit more affordable with a few less bells and whistles.

Pixel 9 just got announced yesterday. Comes out in a couple weeks I think if you can wait