For most of 2024 I was using an iphone 8 since it came out basically. That thing is beast. It still runs pretty well too, but the screen is busted. I use it for some of my lightning wallets. I upgraded this year finally to a samsung a35 5g which I got for a good price. Seems to do what I need it for, and it does feel good to have a phone that is not almost a decade old. I wasn't really aware of "de-googling" until now - i should probably look into doing that. I always connect via a vpn since I started on the bitcoin journey. Also, I installed a linux os on my old windows machine because I read it was more secure. I am not that tech-y but I like to learn.