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That opens up a lot of possibilities; if you're okay with considering other month-to-month carriers, I'll give you a breakdown;

• Straight Talk and Simple Mobile both offer a no-contract unlimited everything service for $40~$45/mo., and they are T-Mobile compatible - which means, you can buy any T-Mobile Phone and plug in the SIM card . . . and you're set! I'm personally using Simple Mobile's service on my Lumia 521, still locked to T-Mobile, it works just fine.
  
• MetroPCS also offers the same $40/mo unlimited no-contract plans, and they also use the T-Mobile bandwidth.
  
• Page Plus offers a $30/mo no contract option as mentioned in my previous post, and they're compatible with almost any Verizon phones in the market. CDMA phones are a bit more tricky than simply plopping in a SIM card - you have to re-register the phone through their website but it's a fairly straightforward process. If you do decide on Page Plus, I'd recommend Kitty Wireless - a reseller, but at the same rates and their customer service is better.
  
• Boostmobile does have some compatibility with Sprint phones, but there are limitations, and the process seems a bit more complicated than going Verizon>Page Plus. I was looking at doing so with a HTC Evo 4G LTE(Sprint) that I was able to get for $170 from Ebay, but the process was too much of a headache so I gave up and ended up selling it on Ebay.
  
  What does this mean? Well, you have more options for phones if you're flexible with other carriers - based on your options I'm going to assume you're looking for a smartphone in the $200~240 max range.
  
  If you're looking for new
  
  
• It does look like you're skewed towards Android phones, but I have to recommend the Lumia 521/520(T-Mobile) (specs) - you're simply not going to be able to get the same level of finish or functionality for this price for a new Android phone. It's a great little phone for what it does.
  
• It is a bit over your budget, but you cannot go wrong with the Nexus 4(unlocked - works as long as you plop in a working SIM card)(Specs) - its specs blow anything else out of the water for its price, a great phone.
  
• It is locked to MetroPCS (again, it uses the same frequencies as T-Mobile - just like Simple Mobile - so you shouldn't have connection issues if your friend doesn't), the LG Optimus L9 has comparable specs to the phones you were looking at - in fact, it has a slightly better display resolution - and it's $120, considerably cheaper than the Boostmobile options you're considering.
  
  If you're okay with used
  
  
• Ooh boy, the world is your oyster - look in Ebay or Craigslist for used phones in your range, and you won't have a shortage of great phones in your price range - The One X(AT&T - you may have to unlock this one), The Droid Razr M(Verizon), The Galaxy SIII(T-Mobile or Verizon) - they're all flagship phones from a year ago (not so sure about the Razr M), offer superior specs to the phones mentioned above and frankly, you won't be able to really tell a performance difference between this year's flagship and these phones outside of a benchmark. Assuming you're okay with used, you can find a mint condition phone at around the price range you were originally looking at. Of course, you will need to do some digging to find a good condition phone in your price range (haggling works in scenarios like this) make sure you do your homework before pulling the trigger, but I've had pretty good luck buying from users with high ratings or meeting up in person to check it out before buying.
  
• You can get even a better deal if you are okay with non-flagship phones, like the HTC First(AT&T - you may have to unlock) a perfectly capable phone marred by non-marketing by HTC - but because of that, you can find fantastic deals on those phones just because they're not that popular. Looking them up on Craigslist around my area, I'm finding them listed for $180 OBO fairly often.
  
  But that does take a bit more work, and it's not for everyone. Good luck finding a phone and I hope you're happy with whatever you decide!

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I have the first one and can strongly recommend it. The second one is made by the same company and will charge itself faster, it is also bigger. The first one will give you about 2.5 charges and the second should give you about 4 for the 3000maH battery of the G5.

Those will both work fine. Id also look at adding qi wireless charging to the phone with something like this.
http://www.amazon.com/DAZONE-Wireless-Charger-Charging-Receiver/dp/B00GJ9Q5AK/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1398361043&sr=8-12&keywords=s3+qi+charging+kit

You can find them cheaper on ebay if your OK waiting longer, but once you do wireless charging you will loathe having to plug in the phone anymore :)

https://www.amazon.com/BLU-Pure-View-32GB-3GB/dp/B078X5MGL7/ref=sr_1_2?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1535813715&sr=1-2&refinements=p_36%3A14674874011

You can get the Robin for far less

https://www.amazon.com/Nextbit-Robin-Factory-Unlocked-Phone/dp/B01D3Q8EGY