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T-Mobile's No-Contract Revolution  The nation's fourth-largest
wireless carrier may have been the last to the iPhone party, but
T-Mobile may end up being the first to show consumers what it
really thinks about contracts. By offering a no-contract iPhone
5 that can be paid off per month, T-Mobile is betting its
service quality will win over customers. Apple, meanwhile, may
be the long-term winner if this becomes a trend.  When new
T-Mobile CEO John Legere was trash-talking the cellular service
competition by characterizing their contract plans as
"bullsh*t," it took me a couple of days to realize there was far
more to his new no-contract iPhone plan than gleeful profanity.
Despite being late to the Apple party -- T-Mobile is the last of
the big four U.S. cellular service companies to offer the iPhone
-- the company might be the only one to create meaningful
change.  Essentially, T-Mobile is letting its customers buy an
iPhone 5 on an installment pla