I own a Motorola I got on as a Deal of Day at Amazon for under $150. Meets all my needs. If it breaks or I lose it I don’t care.
LG V20 with spare battery - excellent phone.
I got a Motorola (Moto G6) on HSN for $129. It came with a year of connectivity (Tracfone) and 1500 minutes / 1500 texts, which for me is plenty for the year. It only comes with 2 GB data, but I have wifi at home and at work and I’m pretty good about limiting my data usage. I might spend $10 two or three times a year for more data, so that’s $160 for the year for the phone plus service.