I got an S23 ultra myself and love it but I know those don’t come cheap even with deals one may get, so I got to say the s23 or s23 fe depending on deals available in the US for you. I would also just like to remind that by around February we should see Samsung’s s24 line if you at all want to wait and see what’s different but by then there likely won’t be as much deals if any with the holidays having passed. I do imagine without reading into anything this very minute the changes planned for this generation are minor probably.
However, I do know some like Samsung themselves can offer some good incentives if you trade-in a device at preorder time especially too (at least they did for me here in Canada when switching from an older device but I imagine experiences can vary). My s23 ultra as an example came with free galaxy buds 2 pro earbuds, they let me double the storage to 512gb for no extra cost, have 50% off any accessories like the 45w charger I had bought as well as offering a $482 Cad / 352 US trade-in for my s10 when my carrier would have only gave me $50. They also would let me have a $50 discount on any Galaxy watch purchased with the phone if I did wish to choose that.
I got an S23 ultra myself and love it but I know those don’t come cheap even with deals one may get, so I got to say the s23 or s23 fe depending on deals available in the US for you. I would also just like to remind that by around February we should see Samsung’s s24 line if you at all want to wait and see what’s different but by then there likely won’t be as much deals if any with the holidays having passed. I do imagine without reading into anything this very minute the changes planned for this generation are minor probably.
However, I do know some like Samsung themselves can offer some good incentives if you trade-in a device at preorder time especially too (at least they did for me here in Canada when switching from an older device but I imagine experiences can vary). My s23 ultra as an example came with free galaxy buds 2 pro earbuds, they let me double the storage to 512gb for no extra cost, have 50% off any accessories like the 45w charger I had bought as well as offering a $482 Cad / 352 US trade-in for my s10 when my carrier would have only gave me $50. They also would let me have a $50 discount on any Galaxy watch purchased with the phone if I did wish to choose that.