Sprint Announces $99 EVO Design 4G, Available October 23

HTC is expanding its line of EVO devices. Together with Sprint, the mobile maker announced the HTC Evo 4G Design today, available October 23 for a modest $99.99 price tag (after a $50 mail-in rebate). The fifth model in the series, the Design offers world roaming capability and uses the Android Gingerbread 2.3 with a HTC Sense interface. The phone offers 4G support, a 5-megapixel main camera, a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, HD video recording (probably 720p) and works as a 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot, supporting up to eight Wi-Fi enabled devices.

The cons: the single-core 1.2GHz processor is less powerful than a dual-core chipset and the screen is on the small side at 4 inches, but for $99, it does seem to be a fairly comprehensive package.

The Design 4G has essentially appended global roaming capabilities to the original Evo 4G, which became Sprint's top-selling launch day phone when it was released in 2010. We'll see if the Evo 4G's successor performs as well on October 23.

Additional specs:

• Android^TM 2.3, Gingerbread
• HTC Sense
• Aluminum unibody design
• 1.2GHz processor
• 4-inch qHD capacitive touchscreen display
• Dual cameras: 5MP rear-facing camera/camcorder with flash and HD video recording and 1.3MP front-facing camera for video chat
• World Phone capabilities
• 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot, supporting up to eight Wi-Fi enabled devices on the Sprint 3G or 4G network
• Wi-Fi® b/g/n capable

If you're a Sprint customer, will you be shopping the Design 4G? Tell us in the comments below.