The highly desirable HTC Hero which was unveiled earlier this summer for will become Sprint’s first Android phone on October 11. Not only has the device been re-tooled with an EV-DO rev. A radio for Sprint’s 3G network (the world version is WCDMA,) but it has also received a total chassis overhaul.

But looking at the two versions side-by-side, the physical design has been almost completely rethought. Where the HTC Hero was slim and angular, with the now-trademark “chin” cropping up from the device’s tail end, the Sprint Hero has been rounded out and flattened. It actually ends up looking more like T-Mobile’s myTouch 3G more than the original Hero.

[via betanews]