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I know, it's supposedly 'cos they're the only good phones, which is a kinda weird take considering the diversity of devices out there but i'm not into the gory details.
You can just read the requirements section on the FAQ page of their website. It explains the reasoning. It's all based on technical reasons: https://grapheneos.org/faq#device-support
There are no phones with working encryption (a must imho and a lot of others) except the ones I listed in my initial comment. iPhones are no option because they are not unlockable. Samsung recently announced they will remove the option to unlock the bootloader as well. They also have a very broad and everchanging lineup of phones.
Google Pixel has been more of a hardware and software reference to developers than a Phone people would usually buy up until the redesign with the Pixel 6. There are so many hardware and software features that make it the perfect device to develop against (up until the recent events lol).
I'd recommend you to read their own documentation on this topic.
They were a good device to develop against, at least until they started catching fire for multiple generations.
They had to degrade the 4A, a couple of 6As burst into flames. My mom has a 7, and it was overheating like mad, and seemed like it was possibly going to burst into flames. I won't trust a Google device at least for several years after they've fixed these battery issues.
The Pixel 1 and the Pixel 2 were great. I even had the Pixel 3a, and it was a decent device. But since then, I've not trusted Google. Not recently.