I still love my Pixel 6 and I am thinking of grabbing a used Pixel 8 to run GrapheneOS.
I am not one to chase the latest benchmarks. Any phone made in the past five years or so is perfectly capable once you take the bloat out.
Edit: I found a great deal on a Pixel 10 and have ordered it.
You can download other camera apps and see if they do a better job. For example the stock pixel camera app can be downloaded from the play store.
PS. I’ve heard people getting crazy battery life with https://codeberg.org/s1m/savertuner and its expanded battery saver settings
Savertuner is also available on f-droid