Not looking for me personally, so leaving the specs/features open, and generally interested in what people might recommend.
Imo there’s almost always some surprising budget phones floating around to learn about. Only condition I might add is that preferably they’re from 2022-2023, and if not, mention their release year to help know its version/update situation.
A Pixel 7/7 Pro/7a renewed is right around that price range on Amazon right now. They have good hardware and 4 years of updates left, 5 for the Pixel 7a. You can’t go wrong with any of them.