> I will happily take a slightly outdated phone with a new provider/contract where I don't pay anything on top of the expected monthly fee. At least for Androi

> I will happily take a slightly outdated phone with a new provider/contract where I don't pay anything on top of the expected monthly fee. At least for Android, the main issue you'll face is the lack of Android updates. Which eventually leads to apps no longer working because they don't support your Android version. My phone (2017) still runs everything fast, but I can't install several apps merely because they don't claim to support my old Android version. I have to go online and find apks of the app's version that last supported my Android version.