I am happy with my refurbushed Samsung A52. If I had to get a new phone right now it would probably be am Asus Zenphone (has a headphone jack).

I had one break, then another, then another. Granted I'm rougher with my phone than most, but that sort of pattern hasn't popped up with other phones.

Yes. And I don't just mean the glass. I had a screen fail without any impact/physical damage.

The pixel 5a has some reliability issues it's predassessors did not. It is an extremely fragile device.