I am going to buy a new phone and want to buy one that can actually run this game at full speed so my question is - what phone are you using to run this awesome game? :)

Pixel 2 is what I use, seems to run the game fine :) but if you're getting a phone on a plan chances are you can't even get it anymore.

Just to be sure - is this the one? https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_2-8733.php

It does not really matter whether the phone is still being sold, I have my own preferences so I am asking more to find out what parameters I need than to have a tip on specific one :)

I'm using a Samsung S9 and it seems to work fine :)

Also using an S9. The system has builtin game recording software which allows one to record audio too

That's it, same colour even.

I run on a Xiaomi Redmi Note 5. It seems to work fine but the newer ones are probably even better (and they're cheap). It also has built-in recording and everything.

Built-in recording is really nice. That's one way the pixel 2 (and I'm assuming pixel 3 but I'm not sure) isn't as good, because stock Android doesn't have a built-in recorder afaik.