Samsung's just gone ahead and pulled the trigger on announcing its
S5620 Monte ahead of Mobile World Congress next week, offering a decent set of social features and Google integration at what should be a pretty reasonable price. The "reasonable price" part of this equation comes thanks to a 3-inch WQVGA display and 3.2 megapixel camera, though exact pricing hasn't been announced; meanwhile, you've got a whole host of features that you'd typically associate with higher-end devices like WiFi, Exchange ActiveSync support, and integration with Google's Latitude service to keep track of your friends' whereabouts from afar. Riding atop the latest "2.0 Plus" version of Sammy's ubiquitous TouchWiz UI, the phone features 3.6Mbps HSDPA on the 900 and 2100MHz bands (read: no US support here) and has AGPS, integrated FM radio with RDS, and microSD support up to 16GB. We should know more on pricing and availability around MWC, we imagine, but for now, specs and this lovely picture are all we're going to get.
posted Feb 8th 2010 11:59PM
Any word on 2G bands? If I've got WiFi for data I could give a crap about 3G bands.
@RITarded09 Quadband.
@Chris Ziegler
Being (guessing) 900/2100 and 800/1800 or 850/1900?
Forgive me if there is a defined 2G Quadband already defined somewhere.
@RITarded09 850/900/1800/1900 typically (and that's the case here).
Excellent. Thank you sir :)
That covers the 2G bands I would need for ATT.
The 5620 monte will probably serve as the successor to the S5600 Preston. It featured a 3-inch touchscreen and runs Samsung TouchWiz UI.
The Monte supports HSDPA network, GPS and WiFi. It has 200MB internal memory and a microSD card slot, a 3.5mm audio jack.
More Details: http://bit.ly/samsung-s5620-monte
This one has capacitive touchscreen but lacks a powerful processor.
Apparently, it has already reached the Philippines - which is the most gadget obsessed country, according to Google Insights for Search
http://www.techpinas.com/2010/03/samsung-monte-s5620-price-specs-photos.html