Does this mean if you search for eg Komoot in the app store, it won't show up. Or maybe it does appear but can you download it?
Would you say the xcover 5 is the best option of those you've mentioned?
The store is a bit strange. if you have already bought the app then it will/may show up but if you havent it may not as many apps now for Windows 10 were for the phone that is now obsolete and the apps for them on borrowed time. If you can see the app on a search then yes you can download it.
You can get the Samsung Xcover 5 for about £100 2nd hand on
Ebay mint ( new they are about £250 still available) and the batteries still are available but have gone up in price in the last month( were £14 now £19 from the ebay seller I used) but seem genuine as they weigh the same as original and seem to have the NFC chip bump. The batteries for the Xcover 4s I also have were not genuine I suspect were from scrapped phones maybe relabeled as many Samsung phones used the same battery, give only 7 hours when they should give 10 if new & do not have the NFC bump. ( buying batteries from Ebay al ways a risk) Both phones are sold as in the field phones - the 4s is nicer to handle as it has rubbery side ribs & a bit thicker. The Xcover 5 is strangely slippery and a bit thinner, god knows why they did this.
I actually bought the 4s my first Android phone to get the Lidl app and offers....and for VoIP that my windows phone doesnt have & 3G ending. I keep my Xcover 5 as a spare. I am happier using my cheapo £5 Windows phone with Cartograph apps for maps as I have quite a few and keep the Android 4s for static uses as I also have some Memory Map maps on it ( from my windows desktop days) as also the Cartograph Maps 3 app and also the Osmand app - all run well on the 4s. ( and 5)
I terms of performance not much in it other than the 4s has only 3gb memory and 32gb storage ( I still have 10gb free) where as the Xcover 5 has 4gb memory and 64 gb storage( over kill for me). Andoid 11 for the 4s ( last update was summer) and Android 13 for the 5 ( stil getting updates to the Android system). I think either will run any apps available for a long time as I think the min is a very low Adroid 8 or so
Neither are games phones just bog standard performance, Both are only 4G
( I am not used to spending £100's on phones why I am reluctant to use my best Xcover 5 in the rough and tumble, for me it is like some one who spends £700 on an iphone ( I cannot even imagine that lol) - for me £100 was a great deal to spend... I am cheapo-man).
On balance the Xcover 5 is the best choice( as long as £100 does not make you freak out & is small change), came out in 2021, can get cheapish spare batteries that seem genuine from Ebay & still getting Andoid updates ( that does not matter to me as I do not do any buying or banking on phones just trains and buses and podcasts & maps and email and stickies so I will be god willing be using these phones years from now long after they have become "vulnerable" it dont matter)
Oh by the way both claim a degree of waterproofness.... and have the standard socket for headphones
also the Xcover 5 is the last of the cheapish Xcover series, the Xcover 6 is almost twice the price £500+............