Phones in Panama are cheap and I'm thinking of picking one up while I'm here. do you have any Android recommendations, general or specific?

I prefer front-facing speakers, my hardware requirements seem to be mostly taken care of with modern phones here(8gb ram, newer snapdragon, expandable storage) for $200-300.

I buy phones infrequently and haven't heard of most of these new companies so I'm curious what people recommend these days.