Which Wordpress Hosting to choose?

Hello guys. I'm just a total newbie when it comes to wordpress. I haven't even tried using it but since there are instructions on their site, I feel like I can learn it easily. The company I'm currently working on uses wordpress so I feel like using it too will help me learn. I can also use PHP, Javascript, C, HTML but not an expert. Just the basic knowledge so I also feel like it will help me improve those if I start using something like Wordpress.

So I just want to ask suggestions for a good host for wordpress? Budget is around $5 per month. I've checked the suggestions on the Wordpress.org site but I'm not sure which one to choose. Hopefully you can help me. Thanks. :)

Why not just use it free on wordpress.com and if you want to go forward then take a premium package out?

z3r010 said:

Why not just use it free on wordpress.com and if you want to go forward then take a premium package out?

But I think there are limitations like this:

"The primary “cons” are that you cannot modify the PHP source code (even “newbies” often discover they want to make a few changes). You can’t upload any plugins, either — though there are plugins available on WordPress.com, these represent a fraction of the “19,000 and counting” available on WordPress.org. Finally, while you can choose among nearly 200 themes, you can’t upload your own — and customization of these boilerplate themes is relatively limited."

Fantail said:

For low budget only thing I can think of is godaddy. If I recall they don't use c-panel.

Yeah I was able to check their site and it was okay. Here: WordPress Hosting | Hosting with Unlimited Bandwidth ? GoDaddy

I also checked this: WordPress Hosting Reviews & Comparisons | HostingReview

And I saw that iPage has a huge sale now.