Well if your iphone is holding on you should really wait to save up because you only need to buy a good phone once for like the next five years.
Howevery if you want to be adventurous you can check out the nothing phone 2
If you have the money definitely go for the s23, the s22 is just not worthy it
Buds2 100%. It works so well with a samsung phone that it is a delight to use it. I don’t know the age of your mother, but she wouldn’t have to deal with pairing problems and bluetooth issues with the buds2. It’s audio quality is outstanding to say the least