The phone features I am comparing are battery size and camera quality. I have looked at budget phones with higher battery capacity, but they have inferior cameras. I have looked at the high-end Samsung, where there are some higher capacity batteries, but they are generally overpriced. I have this part of it figured out; what I'm zeroing in on here is the choice of the Google vs Alexa "helper" that comes with the phone, and if it's worthwhile to pay less only to end up with Alexa listening intently to my conversations.