Cheers, @
Dooki. That's a good alternative perspective - I particularly note your point about updates and security. I've now absorbed reviews on here relating to the Moto range, focusing on the budget offerings. I'm surprised that new budget smartphones can match the functionality of flagship models from 5 years ago, but it does appear to be true.
For the last 20+ years I've been buying/acquiring everything I can secondhand (my Acer Chromebook R11 being an exception.) That's my own piffling contribution to recycling, but it seems viable that I could get a used budget Moto from a year or two ago that would at least match the specs of a Note 4 (I so don't need the stylus.) Although there are shouts for the X4, the G6 looks promising if I don't want to compromise on screen size?