My iphone finally crapped out completely and I need to get a new phone but I really don't want another iphone, I really developed a burning hatred of apple over 7 years with this damn phone. I really don't know much about phones though so I'm looking for suggestions, mostly I just use my phone for text, calls, and youtube so I'm not too concerned about specs or cameras and such.
I'm gonna recommend the Fairphone 4, which is kind of the only android phone that's really designed to be kept for many years in the same way that most people are accustomed to getting long term support coming from Apple devices. Most stop getting updates after 2-3 years and even the second longest lasting, the Pixels only get 3 years of feature updates, and 5 years of security patches.
Fairphone tries to give both feature and security updates for their phones for 5+ years, even if Qualcomm drops support for the chip inside, plus they're designed to be repairable for years to come, so they still manufacture replacement parts for the 5 year old Fairphone 2 as well as their more recent devices. Currently, the Fairphone 4 will be supported with full updates at least to the end of 2025 when Qualcomm drops support, but aims to continue supporting the phone until 2027 and still release updates as far out as Android 14 and 15 which are still a ways away.
They also offered an upgrade path from the Fairphone 3 to the 3+ a year after that device's release, which was a pretty significant camera upgrade, but there's no word if they intend to do that with the 4, so no guarantees of upgrades.
Unfortunately the FP4 isn’t available globally.
That is unfortunately true, but you should be able to import it into quite a few countries outside of Europe without issue, just check a site like Kimovil to make sure it supports bands that are available in your area. For example, here in Canada, I'd have quite good support with it on Rogers or Vidéotron.