We’ve a long held belief here, and one that comes into our mind more and more as the months roll by and ever more so-called advanced phones roll before our eyes, that there’s something to be said for having a basic, bottom rung kinda phone.
And we should say straight away, seeing as how this is what this blogs about, that this isn’t any kind of negative criticism of the INQ Mini 3G. Yes, we’re saying this phone is utterly basic, but why does that have to be a bad thing? It doesn’t do anything wrong, as such, it just doesn’t try and pretend to do things that it’s not supposed to (being a hella cheap phone). In fact, for just shy of seventy quid to get this thing on pay as you go (and cheap INQ Mini 3G deals aplenty to be found on contract too), you you should be thankful this thing does anything.
But it say a lot towards what INQ have achieved that this thing does actually do quite a lot, and do it well too. All the Twitter, Facebook, Windows Live, Gmail and other keeping-in-touch style things are looked after better in the phone’s software than just about anywhere else. These aren’t just bolted on apps – the INQ Mini 3G has been designed from scratch with these in mind, making them work seamlessly with the phone’s operating system.
There’s a 2.2″ 240 x 320 pixel display, a basic bur effetive 2 megapixel camera and 3.5G support, all packed into a casing that is as robust and solid as any of those old Nokia’s that used to last for years. And like those, you can also switch and change the casing on these things, with seven different garish options for you choose from.
So there we have it. Check out this INQ 3G Mini review if you want more convincing, but we’re sold already: cheap is the new expensive.
