I tried to migrate friends and family to Signal a couple of years back. Only managed with 3 people :/.
Unfortunately here (Italy), WhatsApp is too much widespread as reach out method now. Especially for businesses, from restaurants to, say, the family doctor.
I’ve got this Huawei P20 lite since 2018 and it’s the best phone I’ve owned. Still rock solid. Unfortunately it’s android 9 and OS updates stopped being rolled out in 2022.
If I could I would buy a Huawei again, but it’s kind of out of market here. I’m evaluating something from the same manufacturing chain (Honor phones I believe?)