What is the best cell phone and provider for cheap and no contract?

Question by Ellie.B.Loves.Me.: What is the best cell phone and provider for cheap and no contract?
I currently have a Samsung Gravity slider phone on T-Mobile with a "700 min MyFaves plan for families" which means we call any five people all the time for free, have nights and weekends, call anyone on T-Mobile for free, and share 700 minutes between me, my Mom, and my Dad (my Mom uses the most.) We also have $ 20 per month unlimited text messaging. So we really have an excellent plan. The problem is that my phone is a complete and utter piece of crap. I've gotten a replacement battery and reset it on multiple occasions but even T-Mobile admitted it was broken and I would have to buy a

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