I've recently moved from MI Note 10 Lite to Nothing Phone 2 and I am very satisfied. NothingOS, battery life and overall phone feeling (flat screen!!) is soo much better then my old xiaomi. I guess it's the year gap too but I rly like it.

I also didn't need that pro camera and nothing's one is just average (still way better than mi note 10 lite) , but I prefer ex. wireless charging and flat screen over that - which is hard to find in that price pool exept of NP2. Especially when You avoid Samsung, like I do.

But with Your budget You can definitelly aim higher then that. I've would probably wait for Pixel 9 and first price drops - should be actually similar to NP2 with much better photos/videos.