WaveHunter

Something like this perhaps?  Not the highest quality but better than the ones you show.  There are numerous vendors for these type of handles on AliExpress.  Just search the term "Aluminum alloy Window Handles "

For anything of higher quality, probably easier just to order through Amazon.

9 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

You're largely right about the Nomad Capitalist. The site exists to attract high net worth clients. He doesn't hide that at all. But I disagree that there is no value in some of the videos for others not in his target audience. I will continue to click the ones that interest me. 

 

Cheers.

I'm just saying he never explores a topic in depth.  He always leaves you hanging with only a partial understanding of what he's describing and it can be incredibly annoying because you know he has a complete and in-depth understanding of the topic at hand. but is unwilling to share that ( except with his paying clients).

My interaction with his channel had to do with setting up an offshore business entity.  I credit him for making me aware of the broad scope of the topic, but found much more useful information from other YouTubers who were willing to share the complete picture, instead of only a "teaser" version which is the trademark style of The Nomad Capitalist.

1 minute ago, ozimoron said:

Digital nomads are primarily interested in affordable living, decent infrastructure including internet and medical, decent facilities such as supermarkets with imported products, decent tech support and good entertainment. Pattaya ticks all those boxes.

For lack of a better term, I am a digital nomad, although I dislike that term.  I prefer to just think of myself as a mobile entrepreneur.  Due to Covid I became a static entrepreneur, stuck in one place  that I grew to dislike immensely...and that is Pattaya.  I didn;t expect to be here for more than a season (the smoky season in Chiang Mai).

Pattaya may tick all the boxes as you say, but having lived in both Chiang Mai and Pattaya, I think Chiang Mai ticks them much better.

The general atmosphere of the two places couldn't be more different.  Chiang Mai is much more "laid back" with a much more indigenous Thai cultural feel to it, whereas Pattaya is far more raw, tourist-oriented place with an emphasis of catering to tourists' more prurient interests...I means, let's be honest here!

There's no question there are FAR MORE digital nomads living in Chiang Mai than in Pattaya.  I know dozens of them living in Chiang Mai.  After living in Pattaya for almost three years, I have not met a single one that's here for more than a month at most. 

While the internet is excellent here, there are virtually no co-working spaces in Pattaya of note. Co-working spaces in Chiang Mai are numerous and of excellent quality.  That aspect of life as a digital nomad is pretty important because co-working spaces are a natural place for like-minded entrepreneurs to interact with each other.  That kind fo atmosphere just does not exist in Pattaya at all.

...Just my thoughts

On 2/25/2023 at 1:37 PM, BigStar said:

Dongtan beach. Oh, that's IT. ???? I'm enjoying the Russian hotties nowadays.  Mountains bore me after short time, but sea views never do, for some reason. You know that Dale Carnegie poem,

 

Two men looked out from prison bars,

One saw the mud, the other saw stars.

 

Seems you're just demonizing Pattaya 'cause you've decided on Chiang Mai. All you got is little worm's eye complaints and haven't answered their very credible refutations. If cycling is SO important, should have moved over to Lake Mabprachan. How could you possibly have moved to such a busy area? It's not important to me or anyone I know. I cycled long ago when it was really fun.

 

You can be out after dark around the lake. Dunno why that's so important either. I'm rarely out after dark and don't miss it a bit. I've done those long runs after dark and before dawn, in freezing cold. Now I enjoy quiet time at the condo to catch up on reading, movies, stretching, and the gf.

 

As @newnativesaid, wide variety of restos in Pattaya. Our resident expert and connoisseur, @Jingthing, verifies that's the case. Just tried a new one on the Darkside, excellent and memorable. But as @saaiyer says, "Most fit people I know keep their food, exercise and relationships basic, simple, clean and repetitive. Variety is overrated." So it is with me. Don't care what any reviewers say. Wherever I am, I fix as much food as possible in the room, bring supplies with me. Much healthier. I imagine a lot of old fat guys with too much money on their hands need to visit a lot of restos.

 

I don't eat Thai street food anywhere. Did that as a tourist decades ago. I'll often order off menu at Thai restos. Also saw the tourist cultural shows. Don't need any more of those, can easily find enough culture. Speaking basic Thai helps w/ Thais, learned quite a lot. Don't need any phony intellectual conversations. Can shop for anything I want or order it online.

 

Been to Chiang Mai several times, nice for a visit, nothing compels me to live there. Yeah, quite happy here in Pattaya, enough friends, breeze from the sea doesn't seem so polluted, enjoy its dystopian aspects (fan of dystopian SF here) along with the modern luxurious. Like the circus. Bars, part of the wallpaper. Love living near the beach. Has a bit of everything--if you look. And I couldn't care less what anyone thinks. I think for myself. 

 

On the other hand, a puckered sphincter must be unpleasant for you to deal with and makes things seem a lot worse than they really are. Your wish to leave is most understandable. As this isn't an airport, no need to announce your departure. You might kindly refrain from bashing Pattaya from afar, as is the habit of so many refugees, and merely gurgle over Chiang Mai in the Chiang Mai forum. Got one troll in Cambodia keeping up his Thailand bashing for years, like a vindictive old woman. Find happiness and enjoy where you are.

 

 

 

My complaints were probably over-the-top but just indicative of my distaste for Pattaya now.  I'm sure that for many, Pattaya is a fine place to live.  I just feel that Chiang Mai offers more of what "I" like about being in Thailand.  

First of all, being around like-minded expats is important to me.  I have nothing in common with most expats I meet in Pattaya.  In my condo, for example, most of the other expats living here are retired, over 65, and pursuing a retired lifestyle, with no interest in the business world other than managing their retirement funds, and no interest in outdoor lifestyles like mountain biking.  Golfing is big with them, but I hate golf.  I just have nothing in common with them, and therer is no place to really ride my bike without going 30+ kilmoeters out of town.

In Chiang Mai, on the other hand, there is a markedly younger, more active type of expat that's engaged in entrepreneurial pursuits like I am, and were drawn to Chiang for like-minded atmosphere.  Ditto as far as bike riding is concerned.  Cyclist from all around the world come to Chiang Mai because of the excellent road and off-road cycling opportunities.  I knew I was giving that all up when I moved to Pattaya but I didn't realize how much I would miss it.

I should have returned to Chiang Mai 3 years ago but then Covid reared its' ugly head and I became trapped here, so that's really why I feel so frustrated at being here now.

As far as food goes, I'm not into high cuisine or anything like that but I miss the variety and freshness, and low prices of natural foods in Chiang Mai.  Pattaya can not hold a candle to Chiang Mai in that regard, not by a country mile!

So, all in all, I apologize if I offended any lovers of Pattaya in my post remarks.  It's just not for me, and my past remarks were just me expressing my personal opinion.

As for the Nomad Capitalist, which is what this thread was really all about, he does have some useful information in his videos from time to time but he almost never dives down deep enough into them to be that informative, and really his videos are just a poorly veiled attempt to attract clients for his services....and some of his videos are embarrassingly pretentious.  In short, there are better YouTubers out there for almost any topic he presents.  Just my opnion, of course.

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6 minutes ago, suzannegoh said:

However if you're only talking about bringing in small quantities for personal use, handcarrying medicines into Thailand usually goes unchallenged.

I am already in Thailand; the package would be delivered by post or courier.

19 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

Drugs must be imported by a firm with an import lisence.  Prescription means nothing.  That said many drugs do arrive in normal low value post office packages.

I'm talking about having a prescription drug that my US doctor has provided a prescription for, shipped to me in Thailand.  An import license is certainly not required for that, so my question remains unanswered..

What is involved in importing a prescription drug (testosterone enanthate) from overseas for personal use. with prescription in hand? 

Is there a Thailand GPO version of testosterone enanthate?

Anybody been able to find PanPahrma (formerly RotexMedica) Testosterone in any local pharmacies?  It has been on the market now for over a year, yet my two go-to pharmacies act like it is gone for good from the Thai markets now.  Any one??

Here is the new packaging:

These boxes are selling in the US for $65 (2,300 THB)

2 hours ago, newnative said:

     Sorry your Pattaya experience was not a positive one.  That has not been the case for my partner and myself.  As I said in my post, Pattaya is now a big city, with a lot of different areas on offer.  My partner and I find plenty of good restaurants to eat at--but we range all over the city--including the Darkside, where we now live.  I think a number of expats have decamped to the Darkside as beachside Pattaya has become more and more popular with tourists. There's a great seafood restaurant on Sukhumvit near the Mercedes dealer, of all places.  Mostly frequented by Thais--who know about it.  Restaurants like that all over, but sometimes you need to seek them out.   Ditto for plenty of grocery stores:  Makro, Big C, Tescos, Foodland, Tops, Villa Market, and several others provide about all we need when it comes to food selection.  I think if you can't find something to eat in Pattaya you're in deep kimchi and may need to rethink the Far East experience.

    Unlike you, the expat friends we have known for years are all still here.  I can't think of a single expat we know who has moved to somewhere else.  None of the friends we know fit your description.  You might think we have been lucky in our friends here but I believe there are plenty of Pattaya expats leading happy lives here, enjoying their retirement years in a nice place to live with pleasant weather year-round.  We're just not as visible as those hanging out at the bars at 10am.

     There's recreation around if you look for it.  We like the walking and bike path around Mabprachan Lake.  There are parks scattered all around.  Pattaya has a half dozen or more beaches to choose from.  If one is too noisy for your beach walk, try another one instead.  We used to live in Wong Amat and enjoyed the beach there.   We don't have a home gym so we have a gym membership at one of the nice resorts and we go to the gym there about 2 or 3 times a week.  And, there's nothing like having your own private pool to enjoy year-round.

    I'm going to venture a guess that Chiang Mai also has massage parlors--I've been to CM about 5 times but didn't take note of them.  As a Pattaya resident it's not something I give much thought to here, either.  They are certainly a bigger presence in the tourist areas and not so much in other parts of town.  Not a big deal, in any case, at least for me.

    I would agree with you that Pattaya is lacking in culture events, museums, art galleries, etc.  That was also the case where my partner and I lived in the US--but a big city with all that was nearby.  Same here--Bangkok is just 2 hours away, so it's not far if that's important.  I love the movies so I am happy to have several movie theaters in Pattaya showing films in English.

    So, again, sorry your experience was not optimal and I wish you good luck in CM.  Safe travels.

     

I know my assessment was harsh; probably too harsh since everyone has different priorities of what makes a place liveable vs not. 

For me, enjoying the outdoors without having to travel great distances is important.  In Pattaya (Jomtien) there really is no place to do that with the exception of Pratumnak Hill, which I admit is a wonderful park and one of the things I truly like about Pattaya, but the beach is just plain tragic.  It is filthy and polluted.  Many vacationers  that congregate on Dongtan beach during the day have a weird penchant for being extremely overweight and gross looking yet parade around in tiny Speedos (men) or bikinis (women), and it's both disgusting and comical at the same time LOL! 

I have nothing against fit, attractive people dressing that way on the beach, but I've never been on a beach where so many gross, unfit people insist on parading around with almost nothing on as though they're actually proud of their protruding bellies.  There is nothing more stomach-turning than to see a 70 year old man walking around in a thong with his belly practically hiding the front of it, and his backside exposed for the world to see!  So...enough on that.

Walking street (between Jomtien and Pratumnak USED TO BE a wonderful place for a leisurely walk.  Not anymore!  For some strange reason, the town decided to put those orange "crime lights" in like they use in high-crime areas in run down cities in America.  At night, it has a very unsettling effect.  They also stripped all the natural vegetation, cutting down trees or denuding them, makign what was once a lush, secluded, and enjoyable walk into one that was not.  Add to that the throngs of people, and it is no longer an appealing place just to walk and enjoy the scenery.

So, the beach area is no longer a pleasant palce to be IMO, and that just leaves Pratumnak Park.  Pratumnak Park is nice for bike riding.  I love to ride bikes, and there are a lot of trails to ride on there, but there are also a lot of sketchy people that hang out there too, and unfortunately, Pratumnak Park is nowhere you want to be when the sun goes down when ti becomes a downright dangerous place to be.  Riding to and from Pratumnak Park though is a disaster waiting to happen!  Drivers have little regard for cyclists, and in general have very poor driving skills IMO, compared with drivers in Chiang Mai.

In Chiang Mai, on the other hand, although it is just as crowded and polluted as Pattaya, I was only a five minute bike ride from Doi Suthep (the mountain), and on the hottest, most humid days, you could start to climb Doi Suthep on your bike and literally see and smell the pollution disappear.  The noise and pollution of the traffic would quickly disappear, and the temperture and humidity would quickly drop, and you'd find yourself in one of the most serene and beautiful landscapes that Thailand has to offer!  And that could all be had during a brief lunch hour ride!  If you didn't feel like climbing the mountain, there was always the campus of Chiang Mai University to hang out in, or the oasis of Huai Kaeo Arboretum to relax under the shade of exotic trees and shrubbery.  Chiang Mai just seemed to have it all, the vibrancy and excitement of a major metropolitan city as well as the peace and quiet of the mountainside.  What's more, in Chiang Mai there was literally no place that I feared to be after dark.  And riding a bike around Chiang Mai always felt safe to me since drivers on the whole were always very courteous to cyclicts.

For me, good food that is readily available is important.  I'm not talking about 5-star eateries, just good wholesome food that tastes good, is prepared well, and is healthy, and low-priced.  It's true there are some eateries like that here in Pattaya, but not many that are that memorable.  In Chiang Mai, by contrast there were dozens and dozens of places to eat that were on my "favorites" list, each with something that made them unique and outstanding.  In Pattaya, it's often just "same-same".

I'm just voicing my personal opinion, that's all.  I don't really even know why I wrote the first post.  I guess it's just the frustration I feel at being here, locked into a lease that doesn't expire until September.  Until then, maybe a few weekend trips to Chiang Mai will relieve the pressure ????

Any news on availability lately of PANPHARMA Testosterone Enanthate (formerly known as RotexMedica) here in Thailand?  I know it is now being sold internationally in 10 vial packs, and I saw it advertised in the US at a price of$65 (2250 THB).  Here is the current packaging:

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

It's still a world class arts and culture center.

...nice place to visit for a day.  That doesn't mean I'd want to live there.

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

San Francisco started like Pattaya. 

...and look at what San Francisco is like today LOL!  It's perhaps the worst major city to live in today in the US, even eclipsing Detroit in the last couple of years!

You're kind of making my point for me...thanks ????

15 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

The arts and culture mecca of Thailand is Bangkok.

Convenient to Pattaya.

...and second to Bangkok is Chiang Mai in terms of cultural offerings, NOT Pattaya.  And unlike Bangkok, Chaing Mai has drop-dead beautiful scenery, and indigenous cultures to explore, and is a place you can enjoy peace and quiet when you want. 

Chiang Mai has got so much to offer compared to Pattaya.  For anyone wanting to really feel like they are experiencing the true "Magic Kingdom", Pattaya can't hold a candle to Chiang Mai, unless Red Light districts are your defining yard stick.

5 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I call B.S.

There are many excellent International restaurant options in Pattaya.

The pandemic did take some hits but it did everywhere.

Your lame attempt to paint Pattaya as a city where good Italian restaurants serve ketchup sauce beggars belief.

You lost credibility.

You can get ketchup sauce pasta all over Thailand at cheap dives catering to Thais.

Yes of course if you want a concentration of the best expensive fine dining options in Thailand then the place to go is Bsngkok.

Convenient to Pattaya.

Don't get your panties in a twist, bud!  It is what it is.  I'm not making any of it up.  Like I said, Mark Wiens is famous for his food channel and he's only made ONE youtube video about Pattaya (and it really wasn't about food but simply a weekend outing from Bangkok.  On the other hand he's made dozens of videos about what refers to as the "LEGENDARY" restaurant cuisine and street foods of Chiang Mai.

I don't think there would be many that would disagree that Pattaya is known as a seedy town whose reputation is built on the availability of sex workers and cheap bars catering to expats with not a lot of money to spend.

5 minutes ago, Mickeymaus said:

Yes and yes and yes. You seem to know Pattaya. But is Chiang Mai really an alternative given the poor air quality? I think both locations are far from perfect.

I think the air quality is far worse in Pattaya on the whole but I agree that they are both pretty bad. 

In April during the smoky season in Chiang mai, I agree with you.  There is probably no worse place on the face of the earth in terms of air quality than Chiang Mai during the smoky season...but, all you had to do to escape it was to take a bike ride up Doi Suthep and the air was crystal clear.

Nonetheless, it was during a particularly bad smoky season that I decided to relocate to Pattaya.  That was before Covid, and I have to admit that Pattaya seemed like a nice place to be, but that changed radically after Covid...and it still has not recovered, and only gotten worse.

I just can't think of any redeeming qualities to staying in Pattaya, but can think of plenty when it comes to Chiang Mai.  I know there are plenty of even nicer places to live in Thailand than both, but I happen to like life in Chiang Mai even with its' drawbacks.  I like the scenery better and the landscape (mountains), I like the people better, and I like the cultural atmosphere better.

8 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Ketchup sauce on pasta?

Where do you get your restaurant recommendations?

 

Google reviews, which is usually a good indicator.  Not this time.  The restaurant was highly rated.  It turned out to be one of the worst italian dinners I ever had. 

Pattaya is NOT a mecca for fine dining, and that even includes the street food. 

I NEVER eat street food in Pattaya just because of the unsanitary conditions of some of the vendors I've encountered. 

In short, I just don't eat out much in Pattaya and prepare my own meals at home.  In Chiang Mai, it was exactly the opposite.

On 8/2/2022 at 6:12 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

Look at him. Would you want to live anywhere he wants to live?

Nuff said

 

That guy is such a Noodge!  I used to watch his videos extensively when I was thinking of starting  up an offshore business entity.  All of his videos were just "teasers" giving you a little bit of useful information, but really designed to get you to pay him for paid consulting.

Lazada is so full of "soft" scammers with tactics like this, it's ridiculous!  I order from Lazada on a regular basis and I'd say 1 in 10 products fall into this category..  The good thing is that Lazada makes it very easy to get a fairly effortless refund if you have a problem with a vendor, often without even needing to return the product!

The thing I really dislike about Lazada is their incredibly poor search engine, and vendors' incredibly poor product listings.  Sometimes it can take an hour to find a product that would take seconds to find on Amazon or eBay.

The best strategy I have to get around this is to search on Google, adding the term "site: Lazada.th" to the product description....or just buying from AliExpress since they have a MUCH better search engine, and the added bonus is that you can sort your search results by "number of orders" which places "real" vendors at the top of the list instead of getting hundreds of hits on Lazada with imaginary or expired product listings.

It's a shame that Lazada doesn't put more effort into improving their search engine, and improving their product listing ranking so that only the best product listings appear on the first pages of search results (ranked by number of sales).

On 2/19/2023 at 7:49 PM, ding said:

It sounds like you haven't been doing TRT in Thailand for too long.  Ampules work just fine and there's no need to use a filtered needles.  Personally I prefer rubber stoppered bottles too but learning to work with glass ampules is not that hard. Not hard, but you may want to do further research, click on Expand below;

https://professionals.wrha.mb.ca/old/professionals/immunization/files/SupportMedicationsglassampoulefilterneedles.pdf

All I can tell you is I was also worried about glass shards from ampules but my doctor told me it was really a non-issue and not to worry about it.  I have never seen any glass contamination in the ampules after breaking them open, and in the beginning I was using a jewelers loupe to look for them and saw nothing.

On 2/12/2023 at 9:58 AM, KhunHeineken said:

Please report back the results, with some speed tests also.  Get your sister to speed test, and then you speed test off the dongle and let us know how it goes.  Of course, you need to know what speed your sister is paying for. 

 

Remember, you must buy a home proxy dongle, and a companion dongle.  You can't just buy the home proxy dongle to put at your sister's place and access it through their app, because the app is hosted in another country.  You need the two dongles to make that 13,000 km ethernet cable. 

 

Home proxy dongle at your sister's house. Companion dongle at you house in Thailand.  Don't mix these up. 

 

These dongles are nothing super special.  You could buy two small travel routers and configure them to do what these dongles do, as others have mentioned, but these come pre configured, so no IT guy needed.  They are plug and play. 

 

Just on the point of VPN's.  I went to the trouble and expense of finding a VPN provider that offered a dedicated IP address in my home country.  That's an IP address on there server only used by me, so it couldn't be blacklisted.  Foxtel didn't work on that dedicated IP address.  Only the dongles worked on android. 

 

Like I said, I don't know exactly how they do it, but they work well for me, and I think you will have the same experience, but like another member said, you may have a problem not related to geo blocking.  I suggested it may be the way you are using 2 Step authentication.  I would suggest when you are signing in to these platforms, make sure your computer and your phone (for 2 Step authentication) are both connected to the dongle's WiFi, which is your sister's network, and turn off location services and GPS in your phone.  I think using a US sim card for an OTP would be better because it does not rely on location services, and any other way Google tracks a phone. 

 

Good Luck. 

I was just on the Always Home website and they haven't updated their instructions (or their YouTube channel) in 5 years, and their instructions are pretty confusing.  Your description was much better. 

Still, there are still a couple of things that are a little hazy to me, and unfortunately they offer only email technical support which usually takes a long time for a response, so I hope you don't mind me asking you.

In the video they show how to set up both dongles and they actually plugged BOTH dongles into the home router.  They said it was to test them, but I'm wondering if this is also necessary in order to "pair" them before the companion dongle can be used remotely.

They don't mention the need to pair them anywhere on their website, and you didn't mention the need to do that either but I just wanted to be sure before having my sister ship the companion dongle to me.

The other thing that was confusing regards the hotspot and password written on the companion dongle.  When I plug in the companion dongle to my router here in Thailand will it automatically be detected by my computer and prompt me to enter the hotspot name and password, or do I have to activate it some other way?

Also, what happens if the power goes out at my sister's house...does the dongle just reset itself automatically when the power returns?

Sorry to ask these questions but the Always Home website is very basic and they offer no technical support except by email.

39 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said:

While VAT will certainly effects the price, it is not the reason, as if it were then the USA price would be ฿5,800, so that is certainly not a very significant difference, if it were the U.K. then the difference would be ฿5,167. So yes a difference, but not the main reason. Probably one of  the main reasons is the fact that there are far more used phones available for sale.

 

But anyway it is, for me, the best of the current phones 

No offense intended but the discrepancy between US prices and Thai prices is the VAT.  I considered buying it on eBay but realized after searching that any savings on eBay would be offset by the VAT that I'd be charged by Customs.  The average price for a Apple iPhone SE 2nd Gen. (2020) is about 5500 THB on US eBay.  On Facebook marketplace in Thailand it averages around 6500 THB.  So, the savings by importating it isn't worth the trouble, and 6200 THB is a pretty good deal as far as I'm concerned.

Bottom line, the iPhone 2020 SE is by far the cheapest iphone you can buy that is fully compliant with iOS 16, and that's all that mattered to me because iOS 16 is a GAME CHANGER as far as updates go.  It's one of the most significant updates in the history of the iPhone as far as I'm concerned. 

Why do I say that?  One very simple reason...they have perfected voice typing in iSO 16.  That means that you almost don;t even need to use the keyboard anymore!  The voice dictation has gotten so good in iOS 16 that it makes almost no mistakes.  It even fills in punctuation automatically.  It also allows you to use both the keyboard and the microphone simultaneously while dictating so that if a mistake does occur like with a really complicated word, its really simple to use voice commands to delete it and then use the keyboard to type it in while still being in dictation mode.

It makes dictating a really long note effortless because it transcribes as fast as you can talk with absolutely no lag time!  It's a total game changer for me because I hate the tiny keyboards on smartphones and the difficulty of using them while walking or driving, or when you only can use one hand, but I like the compact size of a normal sized smartphone!  Now, with iOS 16, I hardly need to use the keyboard at all!  ????

6200 THB for an iPhone Se Gen2 vs 35,000 THB for a iPhone 13 sounds like a good deal to me ????

11 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said:

While the iPhone SE G2 is an excellent phone (I have one from when it was introduced) and it has (in my opinion) the better Touch ID I think that the price you paid was rather too much as they have very little resale value due to the screen size. 
 

However for me its value is that it links with our car, and virtually all the apps I have on the other devices work on it. However it gets little use for anything else as the 12.9” iPad is my main input device 

The main reason I bought it was because of its' small size.  I don't like larger phones that feel too bulky in your pocket. 

The price I paid for it is higher simply because of VAT inflating the cost of devices here in Thailand compared to on eBay in the US where the average price is much less.  I also dislike not having a home button on the phone and the SE was the last model of iPhone with a home button.  It is by far the cheapest iphone that has a late model chipset (A13 bionic) that is fully compatible with iOS16 and that's all I really care about...a lightweight phone that I can carry around without the bulk of the newer phones,  that has a fast processor and is able to take full advantage of iOS16.  I'm not so thrilled about the camera, but so far that's the only drawback for me, so I'm thrilled with the purchase.