Hello, am looking for a recommendation for a semi burner phone for travel. Features I would like to have are: decent vendor support (that is, software updates), relatively inexpensive (cheap enough so that if it gets stolen or confiscated by porcine law enforcement I won’t be too sad) but nice enough to keep as a daily driver, physical SIM card, ok camera for travel photos. I am currently leaning towards the Pixel 9a but at $499 USD that is pushing a bit against affordability. Any suggestions?
You’d have to check the phone specs for band coverage. The interesting thing about Verizon sim locking is that as a condition of an acquisition they made a while back, they have to unlock the phone 6 months after activation. So depending on your requirements, you could potentially buy and activate it now, then wait 6 months and you have an unlocked phone. The Motorola G’s are also imho pretty good deals even at normal new unlocked prices.
https://www.motorola.com/us/en/family/g.html