My first radio was a Futaba T6EX, back before I knew about Frsky or Flysky.
I would argue that your first radio should be the Jumper T8SG V2… Its what i use most of the time now as I love that you can bind it to just about any receiver, including Frsky, Flysky and Spektrum… so its essentially the only radio you will ever need.
It is abit more expensive than the FS-i6, but I think its worth it. Otherwise if you can wait a couple weeks, jumper are releasing a new radio called the Jumper T12 that is maybe a little better in some ways as it supports even more receivers/modules. And its similar price to the Jumper T8SG V2 at around $90.