HTC Iris hits FCC, designers asleep?

The HTC Iris just hit the FCC, and to be honest, we're a little disappointed.  No, it's not the 2.4 inch dispaly, nor the EVDO, GPS, WiFi or two-megapixel camera, we're disappointed because the leaked renders are, well, kind of ugly. Sure, HTC has come through over the last five years with almost every phone design being somewhat attractive, so we'll give them the benefit of the doubt. The HTC Iris looks like it's some sort of Cavalier-esque followup, albeit taking unfortunate design queues from the Palm Gandalf. Here's hoping HTC slims down the phone design and goes less "balloon" and more "vavoom."

[via Slashphone, img via CTI-Miami]