A CHEAP PHONE WITH ROOT IS FAR MORE BETTER THAN EXPENSIVE PHONE LIKES ROG,
BUT GOOD SMARTPHONE MANUFACTURERS LIKE SAMSUNG AND ALL DONT ALLOW EASY ROOT, NOT WITHOUT RISK OF BRICK AND LOSS OF DATA
AND PHONES LIKE PIXEL AND ONE PLUS THAT ALLOWS FOR ROOT ON THEIR OLDER MODELS ARENT THAT GREAT IN TERMS OF UI AND PERFORMANCE LIKE SAMSUNG
BUT SAYING PERFORMANCE ISNT NECESSARY IS FALSE
I GOT MY FIRST PHONE AND SINCE 7YRS I DID NOT TOUCHED MY PC OR LAPTOP, WITH PHONE + ADB + TERMUX I HAVE LINUX DISTRO IN POCKET,
WITH PROOT BASED DISTRO YOU CAN ALSO DO MINOR IMAGE EDITING AND VIDEO ENCODING
THOUGH BATTERY OPTIMIZATION OF ANDROID MIGHT CRASH