The EVO Design is smaller sized and less powerful than past year's popular HTC EVO 4G, while priced at the same (it has more similarity to the HTC Hero S on US Cellular). It does, however, offer CDMA and GSM support and it's the HTC EVO line's initial "world phone."
Locally, if not in a region covered by Sprint's 4G WiMAX network, customers drop back to Sprint's 3G CDMA network.
Wrapped inside slim aluminium unibody, the EVO Design 4G comes with a 4-inch, qHD (540 x 960 pixel) Super LCD display, a single-core 1.2GHz processor, a 5MP back digital camera and 1.3MP front-facing camera, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3., a 3.5mm headphone jack, plus a regular 1520 mAh battery that Sprint states offers about 6 hrs of talk-time. Like other HTC products, it capabilities HTC Sense UI, and delivers with Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
Pricing less than $100, HTC EVO Design 4G is the ideal gadget for customers looking for both the benefits of 4G plus the newest in device style," said Fared Adib, Sprint VP of product development in the statement. "When matched with one of the Sprint Everything Data plans, our consumers will unlock the price of unlimited with out worrying concerning the price or surprises with their monthly bill.
The EVO Design 4G strikes stores on Oct 23.