Looking for a Knight to Save You?

I'm due for my new upgrade (thanks to being a Sprint Premier customer), but I haven't decided on a phone yet. I've looked at both the HTC EVO and the Samsung Epic 4g, and was quite impressed with both of them, but I got the sense that they just really didn't "fit" me.

First of all, they are both 4G phones, and honestly, I don't have any need for 4G. I'm not in that much of a rush that I want to spend an extra $120/year to get 4G. Plus, 4G is not even officially available yet where I live.

I just want a 3G phone that has similar specs to an EVO or Epic, which doesn't currently exist in Sprint's lineup. They have lower-end phones similar to the Hero, such as the Samsung Intercept and the LG Optimus, and some Sanyo phone I absolutely do not care about. None of them have the faster processors like Samsung's Hummingbird or the Snapdragon. I would also like it not to be super-huge (no man-purse for me, thank you!), and have a usable keyboard.

But lo and behold there seems to be a phone in the pipeline. It's called the HTC Knight per Phonearena.com. It's suspected to have a horizontal slide-out keyboard, and a 3.7" screen.

According to PhoneArena, it's supposed to be the CDMA version of the Desire Z, which sounds good to me. I believe it has the Snapdragon processor.

I hope Sprint announces a date soon!