Not sure if this is even worthy of a post, but I'm in the market for a new phone now and I only see Huawei, Google (specifically the Pixel, because you can't avoid Android really) and Apple on my boycott list. No gimmicky "privacy" phones (Librem etc), I need something fairly normie.
Recommend apps too if you have any suggestions, I use Microsoft everything currently.
Get the cheapest, dumbest piece of shit phone you can, so it doesn't track you as much. If you need GPS, buy a GPS without an internet connection. If you need cellular internet, buy a standalone mobile hotspot. If you need something like a smart phone, get a tablet without a cellular module.
I'm too much of a "power user" to do that, to be honest.