Haha thats most wifes take on their mans ability to take photos of them šš. Mine doesnt approve of mine either so I spam the button take 100 and tell her one has to be good!
I am on a pixel 4a with GrapheneOS. I'm a big podcast guy so kind of appreciate the headphone jack on the pixel 4a. I have never felt I need more power or even seen it stutter. I do not play games or do anything intensive on my phone though. Pixel 6a probably will have further software support into the future so if you want to future proof yourself go with that or the pixel 7a. Used market for those are good too, can get a great condition one used for way cheaper than the new price.