I used to run Mumble for my Battlefield crew (probably Bad Company 2 I think) on a Nokia n810.

Your laptop will definitely handle it.

Don’t spend iPhone money on an Android. Definitely don’t on a Samsung unless you like having both Google and Samsung’s versions of basic applications such as phone, messages, calendar, browser etc.

Motorola do a very minimally customised Android .

Australians are largely unbothered by being mistaken for Kiwis. Not so much the other way so if in doubt ask if they’re from New Zealand.

We recently elected a government led by a wannabe 1%er so worse than Australia but better than the US.