I wonder why you want an acoustic. If you are concerned with cost, decent electrics can be had cheaper than decent acoustic flat tops. Of course if you get an electric, you’ll need amplification. I’ve had acoustics and now have a few electrics and a handful of amps. All of my stuff is used. The guitars I play daily are the cheapies all bought used at a local pawn shop owned by a guitar nut. A Mexican Strat for $150. A Korean Fender Squire Tele for $150. An Epiphone Les Paul Special with two P-90’s for $100. Amps are off the wall cheapies, too. A Fender Deluxe 90 made in USA (solid state) for $80. An old Yamaha G-100 for $50 that sounds every bit as good and loud as a Twin Reverb. A Roland Micro Cube that runs on both AC and Double A batteries for $55. Ironically, an electric with a small amp is much easier to play at home at low volume than an acoustic. Plus electrics are much easier on the fingers to play due to the larger string diameters needed on acoustics to resonate the guitar top.
[I wonder why you want an acoustic.]
Strings on a acoustic are thicker, and less “pliable” than electric strings, requiring more finger effort to play a fret or to bend than an electric.
I first learned on an electric and thought I was a great player, until I picked up an acoustic.
In other words, it’s best to train your fingers on an acoustic and then move to electric.
“Plus electrics are much easier on the fingers to play due to the larger string diameters needed on acoustics to resonate the guitar top.”
That’s exactly why I would recommend people to learn on an acoustic. If you do, you build up more finger strength, and the acoustic is less forgiving if you fudge the fingering of chords as well. After that, switching to electric is a breeze. If you do it the other way around, you will have a harder time playing the acoustic after you learn on an electric.