In order to respond the high demand of the advanced touch-screen mobile phones, Samsung mobile company launched Samsung Monte (S5620). The phone runs on the company’s proprietary operating system and the TouchWiz 2.0 Plus full touch user interface. The phone supports for 3G HSDPA up to 3.6Mbps, UMTS (900/2100) and EDGE/GPRS (850/900/1800/1900).
The form factor of Samsung Monte is a sleek touch-screen phone with the curved back design that makes it comfortable to grip and very handy. The handset weight is only 92 grams which makes it lighter and the handset size is about 108.8 x 53.7 x 12.4 mm. The screen measures 3 inches TFT capacitive touch-screen (WQVGA) with 262K colors and resolution of 240x400 pixels. It features accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate, turn to mute and smart unlock.
The camera of Samsung Monte features 3.2 megapixels with digital and optical zoom up to 4x, normal capture mode, self-capture and timer mode, night shot, white balance and several photo effects. The camera is capable of capturing image or photo with maximum resolution of 2048×1536 pixels and recording video with QVGA quality at 30 frames per second.
The phone offers a true-to-life feature through DNSe technology that provides the 3D sound effect. The music player supports for MP3, AAC, AAC+, and WMA formats and the video player is capable of playing H.263, H.264, MPEG4 formats. The phone also comes with Stereo FM radio and a 3.5 mm headset jack. To store the multimedia files, the device is packed with the internal memory of 240 MB and external micro SD (Trans Flash) up to 16 GB.
In term of connectivity, Samsung Monte supports for Wi-Fi capability, Bluetooth 2.1, USB 2.0, WAP v2.0, USB mass storage, default web browser, SyncML (DS, v1.2) and PC ActiveSync.
The phone has been added with standard battery of 1000 mAh with talk time of up to 290 minutes (On 3G network) or up to 580 minutes (On 2G network) and standby time of up to 450 hours (On 3G network) or up to 760 hours (On 2G network).
Other value-added features of this mobile phone are the a-GPS, Google Map, Native SNS Application, Multi IM, Facebook and MySpace apps, Mobile printing, Mobile tracking, Document viewer, Video message, streaming and telephony.
Overall, Samsung Monte comes with so many attractive and impressive features that invite users to buy or to own it. Despite of the great features, there are still disadvantages of this phone such as the absence of on-screen QWERTY keyboard, unstable flash support, and the task manager needs some improvements. [IS]
