My new phone is too long to fit "portrait" in my lower dash holder and a bit thick to fit "landscape" with the phone case. It still fits horizontally but it really stretches the holder and I'm not a fan on putting it in and getting it out sideways like that. There are two cable slots in the holder (I do not have the wireless RAMCharger option) which are too small to be an option to get under the phone and get it out of the holder, especially for my sausage fingers. Digging out my phone from the holder numerous times a day has become an unacceptable chore even though I've only been doing it for a few weeks.
I am also not a fan of having it above my dash. I had an old Android phone mounted on the lower left of my windshield as my gauges, which was out of the way.
Nowadays everyone has their cell phone mounted on the windshield in their face and it drives me nuts. A lot of them are streaming/binge watching brazenly and that drives me crazy.
In addition to not being above dash level I will never have a vent mount...ever. Add to that I am not a fan of suction cup mounts anywhere and my choices are very limited. It came down to the Pro Clip or Course Motorsports mounts.
After a lot of pondering and cogitation I chose the Course Motorsports mount with its metal construction (not plastic) and non-invasive mounting design (inserted in-between panel sections instead of clipped across seams). Yes, these point seem minor, but my OCD drives me to the finite details. I also put some small pieces of electrical tape on each side of the bend to further minimize any change of rubbing or scuffing by the mount (did I mention I'm OCD?).
I'm very happy with my choice and it was under $100 even with the Mag Safe mount for my iPhone (base mount is $40 plus whatever type of phone mount you want - magnetic, wireless charging, or Mag Safe):