Good burner phones when traveling to higher risk countries

Hi sub

29M I am traveling to colombia (medeillin, salento, cartagena, bogota) in a few weeks with 3 other guy friends and I read so many stories of people getting mugged so I thought I should ask here to better prepare myself.

I know the basics such as don't wear jewelery, flashy clothes, no phones in pocket, no dar papaya.

Does anyone use a burner phone when traveling to these countries? As in you don't mind it if it gets stolen. I currently have an iphone 14 and I have a lot of authentication, bank account and social media on there. I do have the phone backed up to icloud but it will still be a lot of trouble recovering everything.

I am thinking of getting a cheaper phone with a similar camera quality because I don't want to miss out on potential beautiful memories.

If you did carry a burner phone, which one did you pick? I am leaning towards samsung s23 and i can get it under 300cad used. Any other suggestions are also appreciated.