Can you expand NP 2a?
One Plus and Motorola is a good option. Have kept them in consideration.
Also Redmi 12 Pro is also stealing my attention due to it being a good mid ranger but with good camera setups.
If I was not skeptical of chinese brands, I would have decided already. But seems like I would have to eventually accept their dominance and then try to harden the security via software tweaks.
Also I am not sure about what's the scene about custom ROMs these days? Has it gone out of fashion?
Nothing Phone 2a. Not the best SoC nor the fastest charging for 25k but top notch UI IMO only bested by Samsung's UI (but no good Samsung phone between M15 5G & S23). It might be the only phone at this price to get android 17 promise (except Samsung).
Can avoid RN 12 pro or 13 pro.
Custom ROMs are too much of a hassle now. I used to daily drive it between 2013 to 2015.