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You can get a pixel in the "a" series for a lot cheaper than the main series or pro.
I always run them and they last forever.
For example a pixel 8a is just under $400 full price.
Graphene also runs better than android due to lack of bloat, so you won't notice the lower specs quite as much.
Graphene is probably overkill for a simple (commercial) privacy use case but it seems to be the best for confounding google and also stability. So that's why so many people use it.
And there's not much in terms of downsides.
For my use case, the Pixel 10 doesn't offer enough over the 9a to make the extra cost worth it for me.
I actually don't know a lot about those models.
They last so long I tend to skip a few models at a time, and only bought my pixel 8a about 6 mths ago. So there's been no need to research.
I'm sure there's some good reviews or spec comparisons online. They tend to be excellent phones though.
I'm a tech snob but also a cheap bastard and they always fall into that middle part of the Venn diagram.