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The cheap and colourful INQ Chat 3G is a perfectly adequate device for general messaging and phone use with an impressive keyboard and decent call quality. But the budget phone's 2.4in screen only has a resolution of 320 x 240 and its operating system is generally slow so not the best device for web browsing. Read full review

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8/10

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By Edward Chester
Reviewed 11 January 2010
Updated 26 May 2011

Price as reviewed

£89.99

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Reviewed by Edward Chester
11 January 2010

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INQ Chat 3G details

Design: 6/10
Features: 8/10
Performance: 7/10
Value: 9/10
Overall: 8/10

Pros & Cons

Pros

Stand-out design
Easy to handle
Impressive message capabilities

Cons

Stiff keyboard keys
Plasticky look and feel
Slow refresh rate

Price as reviewed

£89.99

Manufacturer

INQ

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iamwhoiam

12:06 AM on 11 January, 2010

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Weird maze game at the back of the back panel?!

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12:18 AM on 11 January, 2010

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I think your review was worded overly harshly, this costs 90 quid! An iPhone 3GS 16GB costs FIVE times as much.

Clearly a phone for a casual user, if you needed a second phone this would be a fairly good choice in my opinion..

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9:13 AM on 11 January, 2010

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3 have the Nokia E63 at £100 PAYG at present, which strikes me as a better all round bet at this kind of price point.

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10:01 AM on 11 January, 2010

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@xenos: I think your review was worded overly harshly,

Didn't seem harsh to me,.. And also gets a value of 9.

Ed said > it fits its remit of a cheap messaging device perfectly. The integrated social networking apps are all easy to use, the browser is decent, the keyboard is impressive, and the price is definitely right.

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12:36 PM on 11 January, 2010

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Don't forget each time you top up, for the next 3 months you get 150mb internet and 600 free texts to use. Of course everyone should know by now Skype is free forever on 3.

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12:51 PM on 11 January, 2010

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I'm interested in finding out how good the Twitter client is, compared to say, Gravity, on S60?

The review was ok, although I can't see why two days usage is "not great". It strikes me as "about average these days". Surely then the 3GS's half-a-day is "abysmal"?

Oh, any shots of the packaging it comes in? :)

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4:51 PM on 11 January, 2010

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I'm not sure what there is to say about it. It shows your feed and has a box for status updates. It's quite clear and easy to navigate. Seems little different to Gravity which seems little different to twitterific, etc. It's free and advert free which does appeal.

What's wrong with saying it's not great? Average isn't great. The 3GS gets two days easily when used the same amount.

Yes. Added.

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4:55 PM on 11 January, 2010

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Oops, sorry, thought we did have a photo of the box. I'll try and get one sorted tomorrow.

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5:56 PM on 11 January, 2010

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Doesn't the INQ Chat have GPS? 3's literature says it has so why was it not reviewed?

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6:11 PM on 11 January, 2010

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It does indeed, as noted in the feature table. There's not much to say, it's there, it works with GoogleMaps and various novelty apps available through the INQ hub. It's nothing special.

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VERY slow phone!

15th October 2011, By doctorwho12

nice layout
nice keyboard

slow web surfing
horrible camera
slow operating system
slow texting

This phone is cheap, yes. But i would strongly NOT recommend this phone. I have had this phone for 9 months and i am tired of having to wait for the phone to keep up with me (and im not even a fast texter). The camera on the phone is 3 megapixels and it is terrible you cant get one nice shot! When web surfing the phone is even slower than its texting speed! When at the store do NOT go with this phone you can get a way better deal DONT GET IT!

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