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No, Samsung sucks from a FOSS point of view. Go Chinese before you touch those cursed things. Buying a used whatever is also an option.
I implied if you donโt care about FOSS go Samsung. Iโd never buy a Chinese phone personally but you do you. Theyโre also expensive and many donโt have band 13 which is needed for most carriers Canada ( I wonโt use Rogers or its subsidiaries and Freedom Videotron Telus and Bell all use band 13 in rural areas - Iโm in a rural area)
Okay, sure, if you don't care, Samsung would work. If you care at all, they use program-once SoCs from hell. (You mentioned Graphene, but there's also Lineage, and Motorola is American FWIW)
I too am a rare rural Lemming, and I have a used Chinese phone running a custom ROM. It looks like the export models tend to have a full compliment of bands, and 13 is listed for all of them. If you literally get a domestic Chinese phone model custom imported, sure, you've made your bed a bit, and might have to sleep in it. I'd be shocked if they all cost more new than Samsung, as well.
If you don't like China either, yes, you do you. There's a case for it. They're kind of like America geopolitically, and not just becoming authoritarian. Sony also had something Lineage-compatible, as of last I checked.