Samsung GT-S5620 Monte Touch Screen Mobile Phone

[Humberto]

Introduction

With a successful appearance with a convenient form, the Samsung GT-S5620 Monte, presented in "dark black" color, which starts at a market price of from 180 - € (without contract, shipping and depending on the provider) is now available at every store. With 3-inch touchscreen, which with a new customizable and easy-to-use user interface is provided, memory expansion via Micro SD cards supports up to 16GB, FM Radio, 3.2 MP camera, EDGE, HSDPA and Wi-Fi equipped, makes the Monte quite impressive. How does the Samsung GT-S5620 behaves in practical test, our report shows.

Processing Features

1. First impression of optical / special features to support the design - Touchscreen mobile phone in glossy plastic with a very handy forms.

2. Housing material / surface quality - Smooth plastic surface.

3. Housing Dimensions - With a weight of 92 grams and dimensions of 109 x 54 x 12.4 mm it fits comfortably in your hand and can be stowed in almost any pocket.

4. Quality of the keypad / touch screen precision - Precise response of the touch screen.

5. Implementation of the folding or sliding mechanism - NA.

6. Quality of the battery compartment cover - The battery compartment cover is made up of plastic and can be opened by a little stiff, but easily closes and sits perfectly.

7. Supplied items - Manual, stereo headset, battery, charger, USB cable, software. We have also pointed out the included accessories may vary, depending on network provider.

8. Processing Results - The beautiful touch screen phone, consists of high-gloss plastic. With quite handy dimensions and light weight it sits almost greatly in the hand. The touch screen response scores equally. The TFT display is clear and sharp colors and shapes can be noticed. The accurately fitting battery compartment lid is made up of plastic, can be opened, although with some difficulty, however, seats perfectly. The supplied accessories or items also scores for the Samsung Monte mobile phone.

The battery compartment cover is made up of plastic


The Silent-key placed at the side of the phone


Headset and USB connection


The loudspeaker was positioned at the back

[Humberto]

Business Features

1. Supported networks - Triband, GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900, UMTS (WCDMA 850/2100).

2. Data transfer - Bluetooth 2.0, USB, WAP 2.0, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA 3.6 Mbps., WLAN, GPRS (Class12).

3. Reception and voice quality - The Samsung GT-S5620 has an impeccable reception quality, even if the network coverage is not so perfect. The vocal sounds playback at medium volume is lifelike and enjoyable.

4. Voice quality of the speaker - The voice sounds normal, that means, volume yet well understood. However, at higher bit scratchy.

5. Battery life (with normal use) - Max. 3 days - a good average.

6. Storage capabilities of Contacts - SIM: Name, phone number, telephone number: Mobile, Email, private, group, disk space; Phone: First name, last name, mobile - Change private: Type: Mobile - Business network - business / private, Fax, Etc., Video Call, Email - home / office; group: office, family, friends, ring tone, vibration, Birthday, Memo, Other Add fields: Mobile Home, business, fixed network: home, business, fax, Etc., Video Call, Email: Home, Office, URL: Private, business, DTMF, group, Message tone, nickname, company, profession, address: Private, business.

7. Profile - Normal, Mute, Car, Meeting, Outdoor, Offline, the profiles can be preset and easily adapted to their own needs.

8. Calendar settings - Create: Schedule: Title, start date, start time, alarm: off, on time, 30 minutes before, 1 hour before, 1 day set in advance, details of: End date, End Time, Details, location, alarm, holiday setting: on / off; Repeat: Off, Daily, every week, every month, every year; Repeat until (date); Anniversary: Title, date, alarm: off, on time, 30 minutes before, 1 hour before, 1 day before, alarm time, details: Set alarm tone, Details, Holidays: Define a repeat on / off, every year: on / off, list of events: Schedule, anniversary; options: Go to day view, week view, delete: Today, this month, all the information before today, all data; calendar settings: Week beginning: Sunday, Monday; Display View: month, week, day, remembrance events in absence; Memory status: Schedule 200 , 100th anniversary.

9. Notes feature - 1000 characters per note; Writing language: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Turkish, T9 Text Input: T9 Abc, T9 ABC, T9 abc, Numeric, Symbols created Memos: Edit, Send via: message, email, ActiveSync, Bluetooth, delete options, Bluetooth printing, memory status 100 messages stored.

10. Built-in voice recorder (dictaphone) - Settings: Standard name: voice memo, recording time: remove 1 minute, 2, 3, 4, 5, 60 minutes limit for MMS, Standard memory: phone, memory card, memo recording, ", options: send: message, email, Exchange ActiveSync, Bluetooth , Set as: call sign, call sign for video call, caller ringtone, details: name, format, size, distribution, city sounds, the quality of the recording is fairly well and can definitely be described as useful to other phones. The minimum noise in the background interfere minimally with the playback.

11. E-mail functionality - Connection type: POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP. Setting up the email accounts is done in few steps. However, the types of servers are to be manually entered, as in many other mobile phone it is already retrieved from the network. Emails are retrieved quite fast. Attachments can also be downloaded at a short period, are represented uncompromisingly, if it is not too large.

12. Internet functionality - The loading of the website takes no time. Also quite elaborate pages loads up on the Monte with no problems. Thanks to zoom function, it is very easy to read. Depending on the structure of each page (crowd images, banners, etc.), it takes some time, but still is very fast. It goes fast, if you use the built-in Wi-Fi function and the Samsung connection to the home network with DSL connection integrated into the Net. Small blemish on the edge: For Internet access via WiFi is not found on the net part.

13. PC synchronization - The needed USB cable and software are included. The synchronization of the GT S5620 runs completely at uncompromising speed and error free from using Outlook.

14. Other features - Protocols, Facebook, My Space, Communities, Chat, alarm, music recognition, Google, WiFi, downloads, dictionary, synchronize, ActiveSync, imaging, games: Google Maps, Palringo, Millionaire, California Gold Rush, Brain Challenge, Asphalt 4 (unfortunately only demo versions ); calculator, currency conversion, world clock, timer, stopwatch, voice memo.

15. Business Results - The quad band mobile phone with WAP 2.0 provides, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, WiFi and Bluetooth that are designed for speedy data transfer of any kind and also 3 days battery life is quite OK. Calendar, profiles and contacts are to the usual standard, and are not to be complained. The notes function scores with 1000 characters per note for the Samsung Monte phone. The Voice Recorder provides useful results with minimal noise in the background. The email account is easily adjusted, even if the server type must be entered manually, and retrieving the mail depending on the size of the notes are also done very quickly. Finding and opening web pages with elaborate side takes little time. Samsung Monte runs error-free and the synchronization with Outlook on the PC is also done pretty easily. Supplied with the accompanying USB cable and software is also included. The Monte has 4 games (but unfortunately only demo versions) and different features, such as Direct access to Facebook or My Space, a dictionary or Google Maps, which also enhances the Samsung Monte mobile phone.

Video telephony on the Samsung GT-S5620 Monte Touch Screen Mobile Phone

[Humberto]

Multimedia Features

1. Camera Equipment - 3.2 MP camera with digital zoom; mode: camera, video camera, recording mode: Single, Smile, series, panorama, mosaic, frame, scene mode: None, Portrait, Landscape, Night, Sports, Sunset, Text, Settings: Resolution: 2048x1536 , 1600x1200, 1280x960 320x240, 2048x1232, 1600x960, 1280x768, 400x240; effects: No, Grey, Sepia, Negative, Exposure Metering: Matrix, spot, image quality: very fine, fine, normal, Shutter Sound: Sound 1, 2 , 3, Off; memory: phone, memory card, reset settings: Reset camera settings: yes / no; guides: on / off, check: on / off; GPS connection: on / off, white balance: Auto, Daylight, Incandescent, Fluorescent , Cloudy, Self-timer: Off, 2 sec, 5 sec, 10 sec; Brightness: -3 to +3; Quick View. Finishing options: Clear Send By: Message, Email, Exchange ActiveSync; options: Upload to Web, open the Set as: wallpaper, caller ID, Image Editing: file: save as, effects: Filter: Antique, backlight always black and white, blur, Color Boost, fog , Milky, moonlight, negative, color separation, Sepia, sharpener, Solarize, stamp, style: Cartoon, embossing, lights, magic pens, mirrors, noise, oil painting, color, markings, Spot Light, Warp Effect: Distortion downward bias overall picture, mouth shrunken, mouth, raised face, raised balloon head, balloon head (light), distortion lower half, distortion center, distortion with speed limit; Customize: Automatically adjust, brightness / contrast, color, turning 90 ° right, 90 ° left; size Change: 1600x1200, 1280x960, 640x480, 320x240, 160x120, customize, add image, text, insert image, emoticon, Clipart.

2. Camera quality - In daylight and normal lighting conditions (indoors), the camera of the GT-S5620 has given good results. Colors and shapes are displayed on the display somewhat weakened. The sharpness losses looking at a large PC monitor (24 inch) are understandably greater. Nor should the cell phone with camera shots are kept quiet, otherwise the result is shown out of focus. In the darkness, it can capture only a little light. In complete darkness we can unfortunately get no results at all. It definitely lacks a powerful photo light or flash.

3. Video Camera Equipment - Recording Mode: Normal, limit for MMS; settings: Resolution: 320x240, 176x144; effects: No, Grey, Sepia, Negative, Video Quality: Very Fine, Fine, Normal; guide: on / off, audio recording: on / off, Memory: Telephone Reset, memory card, settings, White Balance: Auto, Daylight, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Cloudy, Self-timer: Off, 2 sec, 5 sec, 10 sec; Brightness: -3 to +3; Finishing options: Send by: Message, Email, Exchange ActiveSync; options: upload to the Web, set as caller ID, slideshow.

4. Video Quality - In daylight outside and normal lighting conditions (indoors) colors and shapes are displayed fine. Small pixel veil are not visible until you make faster movements. With normal movements one can achieve fairly good results. The zoom function can be used for easy movement blurring of the clip. In the dark, we can unfortunately get no results. In low light, minimal outlines and extremely weak colors are just visible. The video light is also missing here.

5. Facilities to the built in music player - Format: MP3, AAC, AAC +, WMA, music library: all songs, playlists, recently played, artist, album, genre, podcast, settings: Background music: on / off, sound effects: Normal, Rock, Jazz, Live, Classic, Mega Bass, concert hall, wide, bass boost, music clarity, externalization; Music menu: Playlists, recently played, played most frequently, recently added artists, albums, genres, composers, podcasts, to play list to add or delete;; Playlist: News, library; Send By: Message, Email, Exchange ActiveSync, Bluetooth options: Set as: Call for voice, call for video call, caller ring tone, Details: Basic information: name, format, size, distribution, Created on / at, city; Media information: artist, title, album, length of the title, genre, copyright, description, track number, format.

6. Sound quality of music player - The loudspeaker was positioned at the back. If one turns around the mobile phone, you can enjoy an even better sound. If it is kept on the back, some songs sound attenuated and lose intensity. The Central and bass songs sound quite well. Even at higher sounds or songs with more bass activity it is proving to play not as much overloaded. By the sound effects you can tailor the sound without adverse side effects to the source material. The included headset sounds good, which offers a homogeneous and very clear sound.

7. Radio present yes / no, sound quality of Radio - In favorable orientation of the antenna (headset) the representation of each transmitter is not to be criticized. The recordings from the radio are also useful and sound pretty good. From the start, the channel search found about 30 channels. The channel names are displayed and can be saved. Add to favorites, open all channels; options: search; settings: background music: a display on / off, channel-ID: on / off; alternative frequency: on / off, radio text: on / off, record quality: High, Normal, Low; Standard name: Radio; Favorites: Recording, music recognition, search.

8. Storage / location of the memory card - 230 MB of dynamic memory and expandable Memory SD cards supports up to 16GB. The slot is located on the side.

9. Multimedia Results - The camera equipment of the Monte is easy to use and has useful settings. The results of the 3.2 MP camera can be seen, when the phone is kept quiet during the recording. The results of the video only scores if you avoid quick movements. If a photo light / flash was available, then you surely would have been able to achieve good results even in the dark. The built-in MP3 player can be operated very easily. Playlists are laid out quite simply and easily. An FM radio with RDS is also available in the GT-S5620 phone. With over 30 radio stations equipped seats, which is also easier to use, fairly noise-free audio with favorable antenna orientation and excellent quality of the recordings, also scores points. The mobile phone has 230 MB internal memory and is expandable up to 16 GB.

3.2 MP camera


Uncomfortable headset but with good sound

[Humberto]

Handling / Menus

1. One-hand operation for the main functions possible - Yes, partially.

2. Call execute (with the menu item "Contacts") - Running a call and finding contacts is rather easy.

3. Adding / Creating / editing contacts - No restrictions on creating, adding or editing new and existing contacts.

4. Readability of the display - On the day and at night very good readability of the display. In direct sunlight or light radiation content can be seen just yet. But that is where, like almost all other mobile phones, on the setting of the theme and background image.

5. Pressure point of the keypads / reaction of the touchscreen - Uniform and precise response of the touch screen.

6. Handling the navigation elements to prospect the menus - NA.

7. Clarity of the menus - The menu has enough, but easily recognizable symbols. The design is clearly arranged and easy to read.

8. Extent of the menus - Comprehensive and fully adequate.

9. The design of the menus - The graphic design is typically as always being from Samsung, with easily recognizable menu icons.

10. Opportunity for the assignment of shortcut keys - The widgets on the shortcut to the menu, can be easily arranged to quickly reach the desired menu item.

11. Message Handling - Recipient: last contact, contacts, groups, T9: on / off, mode: T9 Abc, T9 ABC, T9 abc, Numeric, icons, media: Add image, video, audio, photo, record, record video, record sound, options: Paste: text template, business card, schedule, anniversary, task, memo, Favorite; Add Attachment: File, Business Card, schedule, anniversary, task, memo, subject to add add page Save in drafts, sending options: circuit switching / packet switching, character support Reply path: on / off, transmission report, call: a reserve / off; copy: on / off, Writing language: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Turkish.

12. Service photo and video camera - The icon for the settings of the photo / video camera is easy to find and the functions are easily adjustable.

13. Operation of Music Player - The MP3 player is easy to use and the menu is simply decorated. It is possible to arrange the menu according to your needs individually. The overall handling, and creating of a playlist or use of sound effects is not overwhelmed.

14. Reading of Memory - The reading of MicroSD cards is done reasonably quickly. Existing data from the memory card as far as possible from the format and file type are also shown completely.

15. File Management - Easy to create your own folders and move data.

16. Results - The Samsung GT-S5620 Monte is easy to use, for running a call, adding contacts, as well as the readability of the display speak for the it. The touch screen responds very precisely. The menu has an acting initially demanding design, but also timeless designed menu level. The simple operation of the camera and MP3 player are further plus points. In addition to the Monte, memory is read quickly and smoothly, and the data reflects the extent of the format or type permits. The insertion of the memory card is at the side of the phone. Creating your own folders and moving data can be easily done.

Overall conclusion

The Samsung offers the GT-S5620 Monte phone at a low market price with a very good equipment. With great workmanship and stylish design it sits perfectly in the hand. The 3.2 MP camera with a fairly simple operation also provides good results from normal light conditions. Unfortunately you can not deliver useful results in the dark with the still camera video, as a photo-video light or flash is missing. The internal music player with confident ease of use and sounds good (positioned on the rear speakers). However, we recommend to turn the Monte when listening to music around to hear good sounds. Extremely useful as well, you can arrange the items in the MP3 player according to their own preferences. The representation of the radio is in a favorable orientation of the antenna (headset) that is quite abrasive and noise-free. The recordings of the radio surprise with great results. Web pages load quickly. With the zoom function one can easily read the pages. Emails can be downloaded quickly and are easy to read. Even attachments can be downloaded without any problems, if not too large. The response of the touch screen is even and not to be criticized.

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13. PC synchronization - The needed USB cable and software are included. The synchronization of the GT S5620 runs completely at uncompromising speed and error free from using Outlook.

Does someone knows how to synchronize the calendar and tasks with this phone ?
I only see this option for the synchronization of contact list in Samsung Kies program.

[Expertz]

Does someone knows how to synchronize the calendar and tasks with this phone ?
I only see this option for the synchronization of contact list in Samsung Kies program.

Have you tried SyncML software that is compatible with your Samsung GT-S5620 Monte mobile phone to synchronize data. After each synchronization your mobile phone and Memotoo will have the same data, whenever you add, modify or delete data (an event, a task, a contact, or a note) your mobile phone and Memotoo will exchange only modified data and their contents will be identical.

[aggsondoc]

This mobile is simply beautiful. Definitely one of my favorites. I'd rather buy it then an iPhone. Everyone buys iPhones nowadays, but I think that this Samsung would be a better choice.

Yes you can access Yahoo IM over wifi internet. There's no need to subscribe with the network operator. About the radio, is it your new or old phone ? Was it working without headset before ? If its new than visit the Samsung gallery as it might be in warranty and doing R&D ourself can break the warranty.

how do u rate monte vis a vis corby pro?? which is better value for money..
thanks for ur efforts...

Well, to be precise Monte weighs 92 gms and has 3 inches TFT Capacitive Touchscreen with 256K Colors whereelse Corby weighs 135 gms and has TFT Resistive Touchscreen, 16M Colors, 7.11cm (2.8) which is not so great in comparison. The display size of Monte is also bigger than the Corby mobile and there are also quite few features less in Corby as compared to Samung Monte, but best deal for the buck would be Samsung Monte Mobile Phone only.

the music recognition doesn't work anymore. I didn't make any firmware or application update. I get a message like network unavailable but internet and emails works perfectly.
I have another bug it's impossible to log in for google applications (gmail, google docs,...)
I'm using wifi.

Does someone have an idea to solve these problems?

Hi there. Just bought the Samsung Player Star 2 S5620. It looks great but all the wording is in French. Understandable as I live in France but am English had the option to change the language setting but I can't find any way to change it with this phone. Can anyone help?!?!?!

[boshog]

I have the Samsung GT-S5620 Monte phone, I can not get it to play the radio without the headphones plugged in?? I switch the little icon from headphones to speaker but no sound?? I get sound from both the headset and the phone when I select the speaker icon but no sound once the headphones are unpluged?

Also is it possible to IM (Yahoo) without a paid subscription?? I have a pre-paid phone and only access internet via wifi?

Thanks for any information

[unidentified]

the music recognition doesn't work anymore. I didn't make any firmware or application update. I get a message like network unavailable but internet and emails works perfectly.
I have another bug it's impossible to log in for google applications (gmail, google docs,...)
I'm using wifi.

Does someone have an idea to solve these problems?

It seems to be your wifi issue on pc rather than the Samsung GT-S5620 Monte mobile phone issue? Are you able to ping google? Try ping google.com -t and tell us the result. It might be also a virus problem in your computer, so try to scan it by some antivirus software.

Hi there. Just bought the Samsung Player Star 2 S5620. It looks great but all the wording is in French. Understandable as I live in France but am English had the option to change the language setting but I can't find any way to change it with this phone. Can anyone help?!?!?!

Try to upgrade the firmware of your mobile phone from here and after upgrading you can even talk in english or change the language in english or try to hard reset it by using the following code - code *2767*3855#
Before hard reseting backup your phone because it will wipe out everything, from data to photos or contacts from your phone. After doing the hard reset, the phone will start freshly and at that time select English as your mobile phone Language.

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It seems to be your wifi issue on pc rather than the Samsung GT-S5620 Monte mobile phone issue? Are you able to ping google? Try ping google.com -t and tell us the result. It might be also a virus problem in your computer, so try to scan it by some antivirus software.

I've no problem on the computer.
I experience problems on the phone with the music regognizer but not with emails and internet (on the phone).
Does someone know the address of the server for music recognition included in the Samsung Monte ?
Does someone have the same problem ?

[Pugsly]

Samsung Monte has an embedded music search service to find music, which allows users to identify music and download it direct to their phone. So maybe it seems that your phone OS supporting this service might be corrupted. Therefore I advise you to upgrade to its latest firmware which will than resolve the music recognization issue. Or better get Shazam software installed on your mobile phone, it is a service for mobile phones that helps you identify music you hear around you.

[b_welding]

I tried this app on a neighbour's wifi and it works.
I will check the dns server list in my wifi router.
thanks

[oni]

Please, can anybody tell me the difference between
Samsung GT-S5620 and Samdung S 5620?

Is there a difference at all?
My reserche did not provide any satidfying results. ;-)
The only thing I could find was a difference in the stand by time of the mobile phone(s).

Thanks for your help!

[Dodger]

Yeah, there's not much different according to me apart from the price and name. GT-S5620 is also featured with Wi-Fi & 3G, Charismatic line, Comfortable grip, Native SNS Application, Enhanced Touch UI, GPS & Google Map, etc.. all those features that are available in Samsung S5620. In short, i can see both are one and same.

[suchu]

The voice recorder provides useful results with minimal background noise. Email is easy to adjust, even if the server type must be entered manually, and email recovery based on the size of the note is also very fast.