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.
Buying used is definitely a good idea.
It white light of deathed, hard bricked. I doubt it'll come back to life. I'm trying to wipe it now but it's staying dead so far. Slightly concerning that it'll have all my data when I return it.
if you're that worried then fuck returning it, just smash it with a sledge.
I'd be out a lot of money if I did that.