Suggested old Android phone to run emulators?

[Johnh]

It'd need some care to find the right one! It has to be just the right age so that the last Android update it got isn't too high to preclude the apps that are intended for it but not too old and not a worn-out phone.

I usually take a lot of care of a new phone for 2 or 3 years then get it cleaned up, new protectors and battery etc, and pass it on to family. But after another couple of years in every case they are dead in the water.

Another useful approach though is that if you have an old app on an older Samsung, you can usually bring it forward onto a newer one using Smart-Switch (or similar). I have several old apps like this including calc emulators. Mine is currently an S22. I don't know if there's a hard limit on if I can do this onto further later phones.