Ask HN: Which smartphone can I also use like a computer in 2022

My old smart phone finally died and need to buy a new one.

Spending 1200+ on a iPhone is really painful but I am ok with it if I must. However I am more interested in solutions that allow me to use my phone as a computer too. Light computing is the need: browsing, emails, google docs, gsheets, photos (not editing in photoshop).

If I can do the above with an iPhone that would be great but I know apple will never let that happen - alteast not in the near future, why sell one device that does it all when they can "force" you into buying multiple.

I currently have 1 iPhone, 1 iPad and 1 MacBook Air and would like to be lighter on devices. with these devices, I have specialized use cases, iPhone serves as my ultimate information device. goes everywhere with me and allows me to access my information and worlds knowledge in a pinch. iPad(pro) is largely for reading, I like the large screen vertical form factor when reading reports, magazines articles. MacBook Air is for when I need to higher bandwidth between my thoughts and hands..extremely hard to type fast on the iPhone and even when you get a bluetooth keyboard attached the screen is two small to do things.

Ideally mybest setup would be to have largish phone (6.7inch type or fold) for 60-70% of my use cases and the other 30-40 can be covered by me able to plugin my phone to monitor (which I can keep horizontal for everyday computing and vertical for reading)

Would like to hear what options I have today.

Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving to those in the US!