INQ Mini 3G - under £60 and in 3 Stores for October

The INQ Mini 3G goes on sale early October, adding Twitter to the range of internet apps built into the phone.

The slimline INQ Mini 3G, which follows on the success of the award-winning INQ1, will be available free on the £15 Internet Texter plan. The tariff, created for the launch of the INQ1, offers free internet, free 3-to-3 calls, free voicemail and 75 minutes for £15 a month. It will also be available free on any Mix & Match tariff.

On Pay As You Go, the handset slots neatly into the value end of 3’s range at £59.99, offering a market leading price for such an anticipated phone. Top-ups start from £5 online and £10 from all other outlets, and with every top-up customers get a bundle of free texts, a generous allowance of Mobile Internet access, free 3-to-3 calls and free voicemail. The larger the top-up, the greater the rewards – and you can use them for 90 days whether or not the balance is in credit.

Both Pay As You Go on 3 and all contract tariffs come with free Skype-to-Skype calls and free Windows Live Messenger in the UK. And if you buy the INQ Mini 3G on the £15 Internet Texter plan, or on Pay As You Go, all your internet, including Facebook and Twitter, is covered by your bundle.

The INQ Mini 3G adds Twitter to the range of great internet products built into the heart of INQ’s phones, adding to Facebook, IM and Skype. Applications are easily accessible from INQ’s carousel menu system which can be pulled up on any screen using the handy switcher key.

The new Twitter application lets customers make the most of the ‘always on’ capability that the applications on the INQ1 are known for. Like Facebook, IM and Skype, after the first log in, Twitter stays ‘on’ in the background, letting customers send ‘tweets’ and ‘retweet’ using the phone’s application.

As well as improved software and additional functionality, the INQ Mini 3G is the first mobile to follow the new look and feel for future INQ handsets. It can also be customised with a range of seven coloured backs. INQ Mini 3G will be available with red backs in-box, other coloured backs will be available from 3 Stores.

Charlotte Blanchard, Director of Products & Services, says “We’re committed to making the Mobile Internet affordable and easy to use for consumers. That applies whether they’re using Skype to call their mates in Australia, or retweeting Perez Hilton’s latest bit of showbiz gossip on Twitter. Our goal is to offer consumers the best Mobile Internet experience, and INQ’s new products are a key part of that story.”

The INQ Chat 3G will follow the INQ Mini 3G later this year.