I’m looking to upgrade my smartphone and I’m wondering what you all would recommend. I’ve only ever had iPhones since I’ve received them as gifts, but I’m kind of sick of the functionality decaying over time. I’m currently using an iPhone SE but its 64 GB storage is almost full and it’s been buggy and slow lately (as they tend to do).

I don’t need anything fancy or with ridiculously HD cameras or any AI assistant. I have 21.52 GB of music (primarily via burned CDs and some through iTunes and BandCamp) that I want to have stored and playable on the phone that I’d be using and not stored on a cloud since I don’t want access to be dependent on internet connection. I also need storage space for this music collection to grow over time too.

I’d really rather the new smartphone to not be super expensive and I’d like for it to last into the future. The idea of the foldable phones intrigues me but I don’t know if the technology is fully fleshed out yet or if they’re reasonably priced.

Thanks all for any advice