Just to be clear, when people say that I sold a phone for what I paid for it, in general this is a misconception. You have to understand that you paid full price for the phone (which is $550 to $700 for I-Phones), but it was subsidized with your contract. I am running a android Samsung Galaxy Exibit, that I bought straight out for $200. I could sell the phone for $100 to $120 a year+ latter, but it does everything I need so why sell. I pay $60 a month for unlimited talk, text, and web with 2gig and T-mobiles 4G. This setup saves substantial money over contracts, and I can leave them whenever I want.
The BEST deal for a GSM phone is the NEXUS 4,
https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_4_16gb&feature=device-featured#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDIwMiwibnVsbC13ZWJfaG9tZV81MDAwMDA1X25leHVzVVNfZGV2aWNlc19VU19fNTAwMDAwNV9uZXh1c1VTXzFfcHJvbW9fMTM1Nzg3NDcyMjEzNSJd
It compares with all of the phones we have been talking about, and is $299 to start and you own it out right!
Dave