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> There has got to be a middle ground between 1K flagship phones and cheap sub-$200 phones, but I swear I can't find it.

The Pixel phones are precisely that, and they are the only phones supported by Graphene for now. The a-series is a particularly good value and I am posting from one.

I'm impressed you can get them with headphone jacks. It's too bad they don't support memory cards too

> If it wasn't for work, I'd keep them longer

I think if work demands a better phone, then work should be buying you a better phone.

Moto G Power is the cheap phone that hasn't sucked for years. I've bought many been happy. The one time I tried a Samsung, it was a mistake.

but they bumped up prices significantly a few months ago due to chip prices or tarrifs or who knows what, it's not so cheap anymore.

Do you get security updates with these old android phones?

You do for a few years usually. Not as long as flagship phones but they're about 1/10 the price.

For 3-5 years depending on model for the $300 Motorola phones.

>There has got to be a middle ground between 1K flagship phones and cheap sub-$200 phones, but I swear I can't find it.

In my experience this is literally the iphone SE. Look at the chipset, its no slouch.