Yep, it's still a great phone - if you can live with limited updates in the future (so far, they've come fairly often and have been mostly reliable). Except for the camera, which is decent but not more than that (there are a few good Gcam mods around, btw), it's a brilliant phone.
I should also add one thing: many people complain about the ZF9 on these forums. I have owned both a ZF8 and a ZF9 and, whatever problems existed early after release, they were solved within a few updates. There might still be minor niggles, but I own and have owned quite a few compact phones of similar size (and smaller), and the 9 is hardly among the worst when it comes to minor software issues. My Xiaomi 13 and now Xiaomi 14 are much more buggy (not to mention hampered by other deliberate limitations). And the older Pixels (4, 5) have remained very, very limited in terms of customization options. The 13 mini has been one of the buggiest of all, especially after iOS 17. Take that into account as well.
