Samsung S5620 Monte

I WANT ONE!! 

fab i love all the apps but facebook is really slow

Don't buy it 

I was initially impressed with the handset, however, after a while icons from my home screen start disappearing and i get no pop ups whenever i receive a text message! Can be very frustrating. The only way around is to constantly turn the phone off and on again! Texting can also be quite slow. There is no flash on the camera. Unfortunalty i am stuck with this handset for 2 years!!!

Regret choosing this model!!

Very poor life of the battery as it last only for 15 minutes talk time and only 6 hours standby and its get flat.What to do with other good features if you can't use it....NEVER GO TO BUY THIS HEADACHE

I WANT ONE!! 

This phons is brilliant!!!!! I got it from vodafone and it has done nothing wrong att all! The camera is excellent and so is the recording. I just can't falut this phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't buy it 

When I first received the handset I was quite impressed and liked it. The wifi and 3G are good and the menu relatively easy to navigate. Texting was a problem at first as I've been used to Nokia phones but I've got used to it and it isn't too bad though still not as intuitive or as responsive as I'd like.

I've now had it 3 months and I wish I'd chosen a different handset.  The battery life which started out well has now got to the stage where I have to charge it daily if it's on standby and more if I use it.  The Kies software that comes with the phone is slow, unresponsive and I've given up trying to use it; probably the worst piece of software I've ever had the misfortune of using.  I've also found the menu system to be frustrating.  This is probably because I have large fingers but it seems to be taking longer and longer to respond and at times opening menus or changing screens different to those that I was attempting to open.

The calendar feature (which I my old phone I used a lot) is not helpful.  I've tried numerous ways to synchronise it with my computer (including Kies above) and have yet to find a way that works consistently.  When I have got the calendar on the phone the event list takes you to the earliest event (which could be years ago depending on how many entries are in your calendar) and creating new events and editing existing ones is time consuming.  

In all a good phone to start off with but the more you use it and get used to it the more flaws become apparent.

apart 4m cap touch screen &gesture control
nothing is great. no flash, does not play youtube
videos, no app on home site, kies does not support app install of app, no smart search,
internet browsing worse, 'page too large' is what appears mostly, cant record call, restarts
by itself at times and memory settings goes to
phone memory, just do not fall for its screen

Not bad, there are better out there but its inexpensive when compared to others

Has both 3G+ and Wi-Fi which is a nice touch, quite quick for checking email and streaming video!

The camera isn't bad but is lacking a flash, the battery is ok, but could be better.

The music player is useless if you want to browse through your music as there are no search options all you can do is scroll. I just set up 5 playlists and left it at that.

Im struggling to find any ddecent 'widgets' or 'apps' that I want. Google mail and maps are good but the facebook app is rubbish.

I didn't pay a lot for the phone so I didn't expect a ground breaking smartphone, Im quite happy with what ive got

I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS PHONE. I HAVE HAD A DAILY MESSAGE ON SCREEN OF NO SIM MODE FOR THE PAST FIVE DAYS. oNE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO KEEP TAKING THE SIM OUT EVERY FEW MINUTES.I CONTACTED THE ORANGE SHOP WHERE I PURCHASED IT FROM AND THEY WERE NOT AT ALL SYMPATHETIC TO MY PLIGHT. I ASKED THEM IF I COULD CHANGE IT FOR ANOTHER MODEL CONSIDERING THAT I HAD ONLY HAD IT THREE WEEKS BUT THEY STATED "YOU WILL GET USE TO IT". I FIND THIS UNACCEPTABLE AS I NOW HAVE TO KEEP IT FOR 24 MONTHS. SO ANYONE THINKING ABOUT PURCHASING IT, REMEMBER THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CHANGE IT ONCE YOU HAVE SET UP YOUR PAYMENT PLAN.

Don't buy it 

great looking phone.pity about the poor battery life.holds its charge for 12-18 hours and after 15 minutes talk time battery goes flat.BUYER BEWARE.your contract company dont want to know tou after 3 months so definitely avoid this one

what can i say its slow the battery life struggles to last an hour even when you barely use it!!!!!!

Dear viewers,

This Phone is Good in lots of things like it has 3G video calling options and cheap.

But i felt very bad after buying this phone.

1. Text cannot be copied and pasted. 3g support need this.
2.to browse the music files stored in memory card we can only scroll. no search options. after playing a song and when we click back it goes again to first song. if i need to play 254th song i will have to keep scrolling all the 254 songs. No search by name - option.
3. FM radio reception is just for name sake. when signal strength is slightly weak lots of noises come.
No auto tuning facility from earphone available like other phones.

No SKYPE SUPPORT.

Only hope is it has video calling facility. but i dont know what happens when i get 3G facility active.

Only GOD knows how this phone will help me. Go for Some other mobile manufacturers. Price Rs.10,000/- is waste.

Display failed in one month and still waiting to get a spare from company to get serviced. Waiting for 2 weeks. bad customer service in Chennai. Service centers dont get spares easily.
Hari
(hariprasathu@gmail.com)

I love this phone. my girlfriend and I got one each and we are both over the moon with this phone. the features are amazing. got it from o2 and got iron man the full film on an SD card and it plays perfect. The most annoying thing is waiting for my tariff to change so i can get free internet and start using it to its full potential. Keep it up samsung

very nice phone... in Europe is called Onix. The touch screen is ok, suports docs (pdf, doc), looks great. For the moment I explore the features.

Just drag ur fingers once on the mp3 player screen, and shuffle, repeat options will appear. Quite amazing this is not written in the manual of monte phone. Further, phone is excellent. Camera quality is gud, sound quality is amazing, better than sony. Howver, some how I feel the O.S is not upto the mark. Whenever, you receive any bluetooth content, it doesn’t ask you if you want to see the file, it saves the file automatically as per the extension. Further, will update the page as per the future issues… http://www.cdmacellulars.com

I WANT ONE!! 

Bought this handset on monday on pay as u go on o2 network from phones 4u and i must say its a very good phone with a responsive touch screen and with a iphone feel to it, the added bonus is the a-gps maps and being ful 3g it has very good connectivty,very good call quality and very good battery life,plus you can move the app's round to ur liking,its very light and nicely sized not as bulky as a iphone,its great for txting and u have very good choice of widgets inc bbc iplayer.all in all a very good phone and a thumbs up for samsung this time round.

Loving the Samsung Monte.  What makes this a pucka phone for me is the TouchWiz and Accelerometer.  Would of gave it 5 stars if the camera was slightly better.  Ive just got the monte with a free xbox too, can't complain at that!