Samsung S5620 Monte

Samsung S5620 Monte review

Release Date:  Q3 2010
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• 3.0 inches TFT touch screen
• 3G, Wi-Fi
• Up to 16 GB memory
• A-GPS support

• 3.15 MP camera - could of been higher

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The Samsung S5620 Monte is the latest offering from the mobile phone company in the S series range. Over the years, the mobile phone market has developed leap and bound. The mainstream class of the mobile phones has upgraded as the users can now avail reasonably good devices and great features at the affordable price range. Having a good camera, wi fi or even 3G are not just limited with the feature-rich smart phones. The mid-range phones are also incorporating such features and the Samsung S5620 Monte is one of them. This attractive mobile phone looks like a winner with the combination of 3 inches capacitive touch screen, 3.2 mega pixel camera, latest TouchWiz interface, WQVGA resolution, GPS, etc. The images of the Samsung S5620 Monte are flashed all over the internet, and it looks quite attractive. It brings the AMOLED type screen and there are possibilities of a second quarter release.

Look wise the phone bears a resemblance like the other s series phones like Samsung S5560 and Samsung S3650 Corby. However, it has everything that can make it another successful mobile phone by the company. We need to wait till the phone gets released in the market and check out the kind of response it gets.

Samsung S5620 Monte - network and connectivity

No matter a mobile phone comes with what amount of excellent features, the importance of good network and connectivity is crucial. Samsung S5620 Monte is supportive of both the 2G and the 3G networks. In terms of 2G, it supports the quad band GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900; while for 3G, there are HSDPA 900/ 2100. Data accessibility is another vital aspect in this feature-rich mobile phone. The users can avail good browsing experience with 3.6 mbps speed. WLAN connectivity is also supported by the handset with Wi Fi 802.11b/g. In addition to that, the data transfers and access can be made with Class 10 GPRS and Class EDGE. Those who want to transfer or avail new applications to the mobile phone, then he/she can use USB for with cable data transfer and Bluetooth® for wireless connectivity.

Samsung S5620 Monte Review - Display

The look is one of the most important aspects of a mobile phone. A phone might come with extra ordinary features, the chances of the likings by the users decrease, if the phone is not attractive. So, let’s take a look at the external appearance of the Samsung S5620 Monte. Almost the 90% of the frontal part of the mobile phone features the touch screen display. On top of the screen, the logo of Samsung is placed and at the bottom of the screen, you will find the menu button (at the centre), and the call key and end key. When you turn the phone reverse, you can see the camera lens, which is at the top-middle portion. Just under the lens, the logo of Samsung is encrypted. The design is quite sleek and the port for USB connectivity and the charger point are provided on the side. Now, let's check out the dimension of the mobile phone. Monte by Samsung measures 108.8 x 53.7 x 12.4 mm, and it weighs just 92 grams. So, it is quite easy and convenient to carry. Let's get back to the display features of the mobile phone and find out some details. The display screen is a 3.0 inch TFT capacitive touch screen that can provide 256,000 colours and a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels. The prominent highlights of the display of S5620 Monte are TouchWiz UI 2.0 Plus, Smart unlock, Turn to mute, and Accelerometer sensor for auto rotate.

Samsung Monte - Memory

To enjoy the best of features and applications to the fullest, memory support must be good in a mobile phone. A mobile phone might be capable of excellent applications such as gaming and music player, but the memory is limited. Low memory will not serve the purpose of such high-end features as the users will not be able to perfectly use the features and applications. For example, there is no point of having a fantastic music player if the mobile phone has got an insufficient memory. The user will not be able to load enough tracks as the device will be out of memory. So, let’s see where Samsung S5620 Monte lives up to the requirement of good memory support or not. It provides a 227 MB of internal memory that is capable of maintaining call records the phone book entries. This much of memory is definitely not enough for a mobile phone like Monte, and therefore, it provides an expandable memory option with the microSD™ card slot. The memory can be expanded up to 16 GB, which is quite good for supporting the diverse applications.

Samsung Monte Review - Camera

Samsung S5620 Monte is loaded with quite a decent camera feature. It sports a 3.15 mega pixel camera that provides the resolution of 2048x1536 pixels in the captured shots. Though, in terms of mega pixels, it could have been higher. The added features of the camera are geo tagging and smile detection. With the geo tagging feature, the users can maintain a track on the place where the shots are taken. Smile detection is a fabulous feature that comes with almost every digital camera these days. S5620 Monte has integrated the feature, which enables the camera to take images whenever the person in front of the camera smiles. The camera of the mobile phone is also capable of recording videos at QVGA @15fps and there is a secondary camera as well.

Samsung Monte Review - entertainment features

Among the other entertainment features, the mobile phone comes loaded with an integrated music player that can play MP3, WMA, and eAAC+ files; and a video playback that supports MP4, H.263, and H.264. The users can also tune into radio as stereo FM with RDS is provided in the handset. On top of that, handset is capable of social networking integration with live updates.