@dallin shucks, I hadn’t looked into it that far yet. I guess in that case I would buy a used smartphone from kijiji.
@jenn
I'm also considering purchasing an Android phone compatible with #LineageOS. The thing is, I tried it once before, and while I did enjoy it, it was quite a process to get it installed. Hours and hours of scouring tutorials and forums and much frustration and head scratching until I finally figured it out. And then the phone I bought decided to brick itself (catastrophic hardware failure). I may try again, but I still have a bad taste in my mouth from that experience.
@dallin that is another option! Maybe it will be less frustrating this time now that you’ve had experience with it before. Have your looked at /e/ phones? I think you can buy them preloaded with their OS.
@jenn
This is definitely a solution I have considered. The iPod Touch does not have GPS, unfortunately (at least according to the research I did last week).