Way back in June 2011, we detailed Sprint's roadmap for the rest
of that year and pretty much every device we discussed has been
released: the Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch, the BlackBerry Bold
9930, and the BlackBerry Torch 9850 all arrived on Sprint. There
was one device that didn't, however: the Samsung Epic 2, the
QWERTY-slider followup to the original Samsung Epic 4G. Since
then, the only evidence we had of its existence was this post at
PocketNow and an entry in the Wi-Fi certification database.
Until now, that is, as it has appeared on the Cellebrite systems
used to transfer phone data. The Samsung product number,
SPH-D705, slots it in right where you would expect it, between
the Epic 4G (SPH-D700) and the Epic 4G Touch (SPH-D710), but
whether or not it's coming to Sprint is another matter entirely.
The fact of the matter is that the rumored specs for the device
are pretty ho-hum by today's standards: a 4-inch qHD display,
1.2GHz single-core Hummingbird processor, and 8-megapixel camera
(although the incl