[NoSalt]

The main problem with the Pixel phones, along with most Android phones these days, is the lack of a μSD card slot and a 3.5mm headphone jack. When I recently had to purchase a new phone, I had to go with a Motorolo G, as it had both of those features.

[tranq_cassowary]

There are some problems with this, often if a microSD card is used the storage on that SD card isn't encrypted because of the portability goal of it. It would be a bad fit for the project. As per the headphone jack, the headphone jack is much less durable than a USB-C port and has less use cases. Two USB-C ports on a phone would be nice however. For audio with audio devices not accepting digital audio in you would need to add an adaptor with a DAC in between but this is mostly good for audio quality given that those DACs often have better quality than the ones built into the phones. This is my opinion though, you may have different needs.