Nah, keyboards can be finikky, my best typing on a smartphone keyboard was when I was using iOS for work but the general consensus seems to be that the iPhone keyboard sucks so who knows🤷‍♂️

Just curious, what did you not like about Hiliboard? Another thing you can try is GBoard and turning off networking permissions for it.

Have you tried Heliboard?

Pixel 9 or 9pro/9pro XL. They still have a physical sim card tray and better modems then any of the previous models including the 9a. You can frequently find great deals on them too.

You should try it but do a bit of research, make sure any must have apps work, some people report banking applications not passing Play Integrity checks.

I love it, been using it for 5+ years now and its a very smooth OS.

Revenge of the mutant Camels sounds like a progressive rock song.

What would something like that back then even cost? I'm guessing at least 10k in 80's money.