I would recommend the Galaxy S5 too. I've had this phone for about a year and its worked great. I bought mine off Amazon, refurbished, for about $185 and the only problem that I had initially was with the battery. Since the Galaxy S5 has a removable back, I just bought a new battery and it looked and worked good as new. When I look for a phone, I usually look for one that is feature rich, followed by performance; probably a little different than most people. The S5 is water resistant, has a removable battery, expandable storage, fingerprint reader, heartbeat sensor, IR blaster, NFC, USB 3.0 port, Amoled screen, a pretty good camera, etc. Some of these features are gimmicky, like the heartbeat sensor (almost never used this), but I like to have a phone that is essentially a jack-of-all-trades so I went with it. One thing I have to say though, is that Touchwiz (the Galaxy S5 Android interface) is awful, at least in my opinion. It feels really slow on the S5 and I didn't like how it wasn't very customizable. If you do decide to get this phone, I would recommend that you either root the phone and put a custom rom on it or use a custom launcher for a better experience. The build also isn't very premium. If you want a metal finish, this is not your phone; though you probably won't find a phone with as many features at this price point.