Upgrading from an S9

Hi, my samsung s9 I bought over four years ago is beginning to fall apart - notably all 3 of the physical buttons (volume, power, bixby) have fallen out. So overall I figured its time to invest in something new. £250 is the budget. It already kind of pains me to spend that much but if its a long time im planning to keep it oh well. I'll still keep the s9 to use on the side if I need to.

Heres what I do care about

-3.5mm headphone jack

-Removable storage for microsd and a physical sim

-Decent battery

-I'd like to try modding a new OS/ROM at some point so nothing severely locked down which I assume rules stuff like Iphones out.

-general durability and waterproofing would be nice.

-I have one game in mind I'd like to play with the minimum and recommended specs listed below.

-Ideally not get too hot but understandable if it does

-if possible, keeping a similar size and weight would be nice but isnt neccesarily required. Weight moreso.

(S9 is 68.7 x 147.7 x 8.5mm at 163g)

-Usb C charging cable

Minimum

-Operating System: Android 8.0 or Later

CPU：Snapdragon 835 / Kirin 810 / Dimensity 700 / Exynos 9810 or Higher

Memory: 6 GB or Higher

Available Storage Space: 30 GB or Higher

Recommended

Operating System: Android 13.0 or Later

CPU：Snapdragon 8 Gen 1/ Kirin 9000E 5G / Dimensity 9000 / Exynos 1080 or Higher

Memory: 8 GB or Higher

Available Storage Space: 30 GB or Higher

Things I do not care about

-Camera quality

-Incredibly high specs and 900fps ultrahigh gaming just 60fps is fine.

-Basically any Ai features or proprietary stuff like samsungs fitness app or whatever

I asked a few friends and what was recommended to me was the Sony Xpeira 5 IV or Xpeira 5 V if I can get it. Apparently 5 IV can sometimes run hot. Anyway I'm not too experienced in phones so i'm asking here too. Thanks.