Legere calls the initiative "Smartphone Equality," and at first blush it's a pretty great deal for T-Mobile customers. With any luck, though, the impact this move has could extend far beyond the carrier's magenta-hued walls. We've already seen AT&T and Verizon (perhaps begrudgingly) change their stances over the past two years on early upgrades, up-front phone prices and rollover data not too long after similar Un-carrier initiatives made headlines and netted T-Mobile a swath of new subscribers. An across-the-board shift away from credit scores as a barrier to smartphone ownership would surely be troublesome in some ways, but on the flipside, it'd help connect the underserved and underprivileged in a time where internet connectivity has become more important than ever. We're not holding our collective breath, but props to T-Mobile for trying (once more) to push the envelope.