With almost every mobile phone focusing on social media and multimedia abilities, the Samsung Monte S5620 makes a special effort by including Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity and loads of pre-installed widgets.
External Beauty
Measuring around 109x54x12 cm, the Monte S5620 has a slender figure with curvy and rounded edges. It has a glossy look with just three physical buttons. It possesses a 3-inch capacitive touch screen that allows for easy menu navigation.
The handset is surrounded at the edges with a 3.5mm audio socket, volume controls, and a charging port that can also be used for connecting to a USB socket and a microSD memory card slot. There is a dedicated lock button as well as a camera control button.
Widget World
Although the Monte does not have access to the app store like the iPhone, it includes loads of preinstalled widgets. Users can also download additional apps with the widgets hotkey at their disposal.
The home screen can accommodate social media tools, YouTube, Google Search, clocks, calendar and BBC iPlayer. Users have been provided the option of classifying and grouping the widgets category-wise as they tend to crowd the home screen of the phone.
Social Media & Internet
The Monte S5620 comes with widgets for almost all the social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc., users need to click on the relevant widget and sign into it for socialising on the net. Users can browse the web on the Dolfin 1.5 browser, which is nimble and quick enough for faster web surfing.
Presence of Google Maps allows users to determine their location using Monte’s GPS capability. Now you can also go ahead and start geotagging photos and updating your location on Google Latitude.
Web browsing, social networking sites and GPS maps, all these can be accessed at a reasonable speed over the device’s 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity.
Camera & Multimedia
The Monte comes built-in with a 3.2 mega-pixel camera with smile-shot and face-detection features. The camera loads quickly and is capable of capturing shots and videos quickly. The photo and video quality sometimes seem to lack lustre.
The 3.5mm headphone jack is located at the top of the phone. The proprietary headphones come with an in-built remote that lets users answer calls while on the move. The music player offers good quality sound and allows users to organise and sort music files whilst creating and managing playlists.
Verdict
The Monte S5620 has been packed with a good amount of interesting features and useful tools, which make it a good choice for people who are on the lookout for a budget-friendly handset with features resembling the high-end smart phones.
