If you’re an anxious Sprint customer waiting for the HTC Hero to finally drop and a Best Buy Reward Zone members hold onto your pants because the handset is available for you today.

That’s right, Best Buy has announced today that members of their Reward Zone program will be able the buy the handset early for $179.99 with a 2-year contract.

As for everyone else? Well, you’re still stuck waiting until October 11th.

via engadget

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