Tinkle

“A North American mobile phone operator with awful North American mobile phone coverage.”

— Description at Bawsaq.com

“Tinkle Wireless. Tinkle everywhere. Tinkle in your ear!”

— Slogan

Tinkle Mobile Technology (BAWSAQ: TNK), commonly shortened to Tinkle, is a telecommunications company in the HD Universe, much like Badger and Whiz. The player can buy stocks from them at the Bawsaq.com website in GTA V.

Description[]

The company is suggested to be a long-running organization, as an older wall-painted advertising in Varsity Heights may be seen depicting the company in its older name, Tinkle Telecom Corp. The company competes with Whiz Wireless, with Whiz going so far to use the catchphrase "Whiz is stronger than Tinkle". The Tinkle Cellphone was manufactured by Panoramic, hinting that they were partners. There is also advertising for a new limited edition version of their phone, called the Tinkle Watersport, which is likely water proof, as the name suggests. This phone model is also completely blue.^[1]

In Grand Theft Auto IV, they have advertisements on the in-game television and radio, as well as billboards across Liberty City and the Alderney State, with storefronts situated in Algonquin and Bohan, as well as offices in Alderney City. They are also one of the official sponsors of the CNT program I'm Rich.

In Grand Theft Auto V, Tinkle provides wireless service to both Michael De Santa and Franklin Clinton's cell phones. Tinkle is also partnered with Fruit Computers to provide wireless service to the iFruit smartphone. This is very evident in Fruit Computers advertisements, in which every pictured iFruit has the Tinkle logo clearly visible on the screen.

The company also has offices and a large communications tower at the Tinkle Building in Downtown Los Santos. In Grand Theft Auto Online, the building is also seen to have residental floors where players may puchase an apartment.

Influence[]

Tinkle is a parody of AT&T Inc. This is backed up by the fact that Tinkle and Whiz are competitors, much like AT&T and Verizon in real life. Tinkle's implication as a long-running organization reflects AT&T's status as the United States' oldest telecommunications company.

Like Whiz, Tinkle's name is synonymous with urination, with the company using suggestive slogans like "Tinkle in your ear", "Tinkle underwater" and "Tinkle everywhere". Tinkle's logo is a yellow teardrop, clearly resembling a droplet of urine. Tinkle's Watersport phone model also reflects this, as the term "watersports" is a term for a sexual activity that involves urine.

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Grand Theft Auto V[]

During a random event that can be found in Chumash, the player will encounter a man named Timm, an equity broker in Algonquin, asking for a ride to the Los Santos International Airport. If the player takes him to the airport fast enough, he will give a tip to invest in Tinkle in the BAWSAQ website.

Stock Tip[]

Invest all the money of all three protagonists in Tinkle stocks before completing the random event, take Timm to the airport before the time runs out and wait 18-24 hours in-game, until the percentage of return reach its maximum return, in this case about 33%, then sell the Tinkle stock. As the random event is not needed to progress the storyline or achieve 100% completion, it is best to wait until after completing the storyline and receiving profits from the final heist before doing this mission to maximize profits.