[virginmediauser]

I'm thinking about swapping my current phone a k770i and i have just come across the 3 INQ and have been looking up on it and it does look quite good from the pics and youtube videos i've seen.

Does anyone here own one or tried one as i'd quite like to get some thoughts on it before i decide if i want it as i took the k770i without thinking and i don't like it that much apart from the fact it looks good.

cheers

[frailfury]

I'm glad you asked this as I am thinking the same. I am upgrading this saturday and unless they give me what I want, I may be forced to get an INQ. Looks ok, has all the bells and whistles.

[virginmediauser]

I got upgraded to the k770i but to be honest i just don't like it and i did want a 6500 but becuase i tried to get one not long before my upgrade they realised i couldn't upgrade for a week or two so in the end i got a phone i didn't like but going to go for the INQ.

looks like it does everything i want but would like to get some opinions from people who have one or have tried one to see what they think.

[frailfury]

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Originally Posted by virginmediauser

I got upgraded to the k770i but to be honest i just don't like it and i did want a 6500 but becuase i tried to get one not long before my upgrade they realised i couldn't upgrade for a week or two so in the end i got a phone i didn't like but going to go for the INQ.

looks like it does everything i want but would like to get some opinions from people who have one or have tried one to see what they think.

What do you mean? You got a phone you didn't like from 3 before the upgrade date?

I was looking to get the Nokia 600 Slide from them on my upgrade for free as apposed to paying them £99 as per their website, just dunno if they will do this for me at the 15mth upgrade stage or not.

[satellitebadger]

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Originally Posted by virginmediauser

I'm thinking about swapping my current phone a k770i and i have just come across the 3 INQ and have been looking up on it and it does look quite good from the pics and youtube videos i've seen.

Does anyone here own one or tried one as i'd quite like to get some thoughts on it before i decide if i want it as i took the k770i without thinking and i don't like it that much apart from the fact it looks good.

cheers

I bought my girlfriend an INQ1 for Christmas.

The phone is good looking and feels high quality, with a pleasing sliding mechanism and decent-size buttons. We did initially have a problem with the battery cover falling off, but we fixed this by pushing the memory card in very hard so that the battery was seated better - although, to be honest, I still think the battery cover is poorly designed.

The biggest problem is the reception capability of this phone compared to other phones on the 3 network. I have used 3 before with a chunky old Motorola phone and not suffered any significant reception issues, so I know we're in a good signal area (Colchester, Essex), but this phone switches erratically from full 3G reception to 2G reception and to "Emergency Calls Only", even when you're not carrying it around and it's just sitting on the window sill. This is a significant issue and I would suggest you wait to see if 3 fix it with a downloadable software update before you commit to an INQ1.

The jury is still out on battery life at the moment.

The integration with Facebook, Skype and MSN is neat. The MSN log-in seems to periodically expire, so you have to log in again at least once a day, but once you've logged in to Skype and Facebook, you stay logged in for ever. The phone doesn't seem to like doing "intensive" Facebook things like looking at pictures full-screen at times when you don't have 3G reception, although it will let you read status messages and view profiles. Skype and MSN don't seem to have any 2G restrictions.

The best feature of this phone in my opinion is the integrated Contacts list - you can import your contacts from Facebook, MSN and Skype and then merge them together, so you have one entry per person containing their user names on all those services (as well as their email address and phone numbers). The status of each contact will also be displayed as you scroll through the contacts list, so you can quickly see who is online on Skype, MSN etc. The contact list will also display, by default, the profile picture from Facebook, which really brings it to life.

Only Skype gripe I've noticed is that incoming Skype calls appear generically as "Skype Service" - i.e. it doesn't tell you the user name. Call quality on Skype seems acceptable, although I haven't rigorously tested it yet.

Don't be fooled by video demonstrations on YouTube into thinking this phone is integrated with Last.fm, YouTube, MySpace etc. It is not. There are quicklinks set up to those services, but not all of them work.

As an alternative to the INQ1 you might want to check out the 3 Skypephone S2, which seems to have many of the same features at a lower price, although the S2 phone feels a bit cheap in my opinion compared the INQ1.

Hope these comments help.

[virginmediauser]

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Originally Posted by frailfury

What do you mean? You got a phone you didn't like from 3 before the upgrade date?

I was looking to get the Nokia 600 Slide from them on my upgrade for free as apposed to paying them £99 as per their website, just dunno if they will do this for me at the 15mth upgrade stage or not.

I meant i "Couldn't" get the 6500 slide because i still had 2 or more weeks left before my upgrade date or however long was left.

When i did get an upgrade i got a k770i which is what i wanted but after a month or so i just didn't like it and got bored of it which is why i now want the INQ.

[frailfury]

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Originally Posted by virginmediauser

I meant i "Couldn't" get the 6500 slide because i still had 2 or more weeks left before my upgrade date or however long was left.

When i did get an upgrade i got a k770i which is what i wanted but after a month or so i just didn't like it and got bored of it which is why i now want the INQ.

What choices were you given when you upgraded? Could you not sway them to give you a phone for free when it's chargeable on their site?

[virginmediauser]

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Originally Posted by satellitebadger

Hope these comments help.

Cheers, they do help alot becuase the videos do show the phone off quite well but from experience with my current phone i know things can be worse the more time you spend with the phone.

[frailfury]

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Originally Posted by virginmediauser

Cheers, they do help alot becuase the videos do show the phone off quite well but from experience with my current phone i know things can be worse the more time you spend with the phone.

Mate, you read my comment above?

[virginmediauser]

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Originally Posted by frailfury

What choices were you given when you upgraded? Could you not sway them to give you a phone for free when it's chargeable on their site?

I could have got a 6500 slide and a few others i can't remember which though but after a quick play with the k770i i decided to go with that without actually thinking about how well it would be in the long term and how it actually works in proper use all the time.

[frailfury]

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Originally Posted by virginmediauser

I could have got a 6500 slide and a few others i can't remember which though but after a quick play with the k770i i decided to go with that without actually thinking about how well it would be in the long term and how it actually works in proper use all the time.

Were you given options for free handsets though that were say £100 to new customers online?

I was gonna upgrade over the phone and ask for a nokia 6600 slide for free, it's £100 online to new ppl.

[virginmediauser]

Don't think i was given an actual list of all handsets i could have but i knew what handsets they offered although i had to phone them up and get an upgrade or so the man in the shop told me as they could only treat me as a new customer or seomthing.

when i phoned them up they just asked me a few questions on the type of phone i wanted and i leaned towards nokia and sony erricsson and they then offered me the skypephone s2 when i told them i already had the original skypephone.

Not to bothered anyway as i've used the k770i until i could find a decent phone i would like.

[frailfury]

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Originally Posted by virginmediauser

Don't think i was given an actual list of all handsets i could have but i knew what handsets they offered although i had to phone them up and get an upgrade or so the man in the shop told me as they could only treat me as a new customer or seomthing.

when i phoned them up they just asked me a few questions on the type of phone i wanted and i leaned towards nokia and sony erricsson and they then offered me the skypephone s2 when i told them i already had the original skypephone.

Not to bothered anyway as i've used the k770i until i could find a decent phone i would like.

So how are you going to get the INQ, buy it?

[virginmediauser]

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Originally Posted by frailfury

So how are you going to get the INQ, buy it?

i'll just get it PAYG and stick my contract sim in it

[frailfury]

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Originally Posted by virginmediauser

i'll just get it PAYG and stick my contract sim in it

You could sell the sony handset you have then to pay for the PAYG one.

[kiellliam]

If you get the INQ on the £15 or £20 contract you get unlimited texts "around 3500" and unlimited Internet "around 1gb"

The only reason i can see msn & Skype signing out on me is the msn server and also i sign in on other computers so it logs me out on me INQ mobile and my battery cover fits completely flat and snug

[Bang Bang Boom]

I have the INQ1 and love it. had it almost 3weeks and it seems to be gettin better on its own without a software upgrade! skype is fantastic, call quality is like a normal call, messages come through just as quick as txts. msn is good, did have a problem with it crashing my phone but it seems ok now. when i get a skype call i get the callers name, you have to save the number and skype name to ur phonebook. my signal seems to be good. the internet is shit when using native browser, download opera mini 4.2 for better web browsing

[virginmediauser]

Well unless i can find any other phone that i like fairly cheap i'll probably get an INQ1 and stick my current contract sim in it.