I liked them but got sucked into other inexpensive deals, but for the past 3 or 4 years I've used a gently used Iphone 7 with Cricket as my carrier. Cricket will give you a choice of a few different android phones free and some at reduced charge for the $35 monthly charge.
I hardly ever use mine for calls but you will find a phone gives you uses you never had before when you use the apps. I don't mean the social network thingies, but Contacts is wonderful. You have names, addresses, birth dates, everything at your touch. Who knew if you went into the hospital outpatient lab you had to have a next of kin name and phone number? It's right there. In my 70s phone numbers are hard to remember. Apple weather is better than the Weather channel. I almost never call anyone, but it's there if needed. My friend's granddaughter fixed something so if I get calls not in my contacts app it doesn't ring at all, so no junk calls even though the notification is on the phone. I go in later and add that to my block list, so I don't get repeats from the same number. I sometimes use the camera to take a picture of something with the price displayed so I can refer to it later to compare it to something or some place else. Some of the apps I rarely use, but some I absolutely love. There are apps to leave notes to yourself. Think of it as a mini computer.
As far as Android phones, Walgreen's not only has a decent selection, the few around here have a Clearance section of 1 isle where they often put discontinued things at half price. Sometimes they will have a few phones in there for either Tracfone or a few other of the burners. I have seen them as low as 10 or 15 dollars including a number of "trial minutes." All you have to do is activate it. It might not be an Iphone but it wasn't bad. I was tempted to buy one to put in my emergency go-bag but if you're bugging out it probably woudn't have time to activate a new phone.
I will probably hold onto my land line until or if I ever cut my cable cord. As long as I get all 3 as a package I'm good with that. Besides, I kind of like never answering my land line until I see who is calling,