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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Samsung S5620 Monte Unlocked Quad-Band GSM Phone with 3 MP Camera, Wi-Fi, gps navigation, E-Mail, Stereo Bluetooth--International Version With Warranty (Black)

The Samsung S5620 Monte boasts a host of multimedia features and a sleek, sophisticated design – providing the style and performance of a high-end handset at an affordable price. With a stunning contrasting orange and graphite, or black and silver, colour casing and an intuitive TouchWiz 2.0 Plus User Interface (UI), the Monte is set to become the latest must-have full touch Samsung device.

Amazon Sales Rank: #4628 in Cell Phone Accessories Color: Black Brand: Samsung Model: S5620 Monte Black Dimensions: 4.25" h x .48" w x 2.11" l, .21 pounds This unlocked cell phone is compatible with GSM carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile. Not all carrier features may be supported. It will not work with CDMA carriers like Verizon Wireless, Alltel and Sprint. Unlocked Quad-Band cell phone compatible with 850/900/1800/1900 GSM and 3G HSDPA 900/2100 plus GPRS and EDGE data capabilities. 3 megapixel fixed focus camera; Smile Shot; QVGA video recording at 15 fps; video call camera; 227MB integrated memory; hot-swappable microSD card slot (up to 16GB) in a Latest TouchWiz UI, Smart Unlock. Wi-Fi; GPS receiver with A-GPS; Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP; standard microUSB port; 3.5mm audio jack; Accelerometer for screen auto rotate and turn-to-mute; FM radio with RDS; social networking integration ? Facebook, MySpace and so on. Up to 9 hours of talk time, up to 780 hours of standby time.

Most helpful customer reviews 126 of 128 people found the following review helpful. Amazing UNLOCKED Smart Phone with Easy to Use WiFi, FM Radio Recording More! By Daisy S Before I bought this phone I spent HOURS researching smart phone and this one had 9 of 11 things I was looking for in a NEAR PERFECT phone. The good is shown below and the bad. Good:- 1. Lightweight phone, comfortable to carry and hold in my hand - I give a PLUS ONE STAR! I detest a large and bulky phone. 2. A 3.5 jack for standard earphones! Reason that I bought this phone - I give a PLUS ONE STAR! 3. Touchscreen works great - I give a PLUS ONE STAR! 4. Easy to connect to Wi-Fi - I give a PLUS ONE STAR! 5. Internet browser is easy to zoom into, just press your finger down to enlarge the screen - I give a PLUS ONE STAR! 6. Unlocked and NO CONTRACT (I use home WiFi and local WiFi hotspots for Internet browsing) saves me money - I give a PLUS ONE and a HALF STARS! 7. Accepts up to 16gb SD Card - I give a PLUS ONE STAR! 8. FM radio and the radio records music - I give a PLUS ONE STAR! 9. Low cost smart phone compared to other smart phones with these features. 10. LONG BATTERY LIFE--I get 4 days as I turn off WiFi when I am not using Internet!Bad:- 1. No QWERTY Keyboard. (After practicing the keyboard is easy to use and I am getting more and more used to it).A MINUS ONE STAR FOR THIS! 2. Samsung's own proprietary operating system- I prefer Windows OS or Android, this OS on this phone is so different! A MINUS ONE STAR FOR THIS! 3. Because this phone is unlocked there are NO Internet or MMS settings (picture and multimedia messaging) and must be placed into the phone MANUALLY. It took me over 3 hours to find the settings in forums and type each setting into the phone, however, I was able to set up the phone for both MMS and Internet. The WiFi set up in just one minute with no problem, however! A MINUS ONE STAR FOR THIS! 4. Setting up email accounts is very tricky, but can be done, however, I had to research on the internet the POP3 and IMAP settings and try several times to get this to work. A MINUS ONE STAR FOR THIS!****Total Stars I Give To This Phone: 5 STARS because of all the pros and long battery life.FINAL NOTE: First, if you just use WiFi and DO NOT USE A DATA PLAN from your carrier or send/receive picture messages (just send and receive text messages), this phone is easy to set up right out of the box! However, if you do need a data plan with your carrier and love to send video, pictures, audio (MMS) messages, then you will need to manually place the settings for DATA INTERNET (so you can use your carrier's Internet when not on WiFi) and MMS. However, if you want to set up these settings and you are not a tech savvy person or don't want the hassle of manually doing these settings, I would suggest that this phone should be a NO GO for you. By the way, if this helps, I use T-Mobile and went to the T-Mobile forums on how to set-up a NON T-MOBILE phone for MMS and INTERNET and found the settings there. I had to try THREE times to get it just right on both, but now the INTERNET and MMS work great on my phone. If you need the settings for AT&T, there are probably forums on their website as well. Also, you can also call either carrier and sometimes they can send you the settings to your phone to get the INTERNET and MMS. Remember anytime you buy ANY kind of unlocked phone, it will need the INTERNET and MMS Settings put in manually or have the carrier send BOTH settings to your phone. UPDATE NOVEMBER 30, 2011A common question about this phone and other UNLOCKED SMARTPHONES: Q. Does AT&T or T-Mobile make you buy a data plan on a pre-paid pay as you go phone? From my own experience with AT&T and T-Mobile and as of now (things can change), this is my answer below. Please read carefully as your own UNLOCKED SMART PHONE with prepaid no data is needed, read below please: Answer from my personal experience using both AT&T and T-Mobile Pay as You Go (Pre-paid-NO

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