Cell Phone Reviews

Unlike Samsung’s other Montes, this is far from a complete package. The slider reference pertains to the fact that the keypad slides out and the handset skips a touch screen altogether. It looks to be a low-end entry into the market for them trying to piggyback on the Monte name.

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The Samsung Ch@t B3410W is made for messaging. It’s a new version of the Corby and this time round it’s got Wi-Fi in it. The phone is certainly aimed at those who like to chat or use social networking and email often with its touch screen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It does skimp on a few features to keep the price down (GSM only, 2MP camera)

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Bringing some fashion to the mobile phone market is the new Samsung Diva S7070. Samsung stepped back from the standard black coloring for mobile phones and instead went with a white quilted look on this new touch phone. But is it a shallow representation? They stripped out some functionality of a standard smartphone, perhaps they think women don’t need Wi-Fi? (more…)

Samsung recently announced another touchscreen phone, the Monte (GT-S5620). It’s being released in Spain as the Onix and may appear in the States with a similar moniker (Onyx).

Samsung Monte Features:

• Display –3” 262K color WQVGA TFT touchscreen
• Camera – 3.2 megapixel camera
• Video – 15fps QVGA
• Memory
  • 227MB integrated memory
  • Microsd slot (up to 16GB)
• Network (3.5G)
  • GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 +
    UMTS 900 / 2100
  • GPRS + EDGE + UMTS (3G) + HSDPA
• Messaging
  • SMS
  • MMS
  • Email
• Connectivitiy
  • WIFI
  • Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP
  • USB
• GPS - A-GPS
  
• Multimedia –MP3, AAC, AAC+ and WMA. H.263, H.264 and MPEG4 video
• FM Radio
• Battery
  
  • 5 hours talk / 18 days standby (3G)
  • 9.7 hours ta;k / 32 days standby (GSM)
• Size - 109 x 54 x 12mm / 94 grams
• Color - black / silver or graphite / orange

Set to fit into the midrange price range.

Last month the specs and some photos were ‘leaked’ on the upcoming Samsung Wave (S8500). Since then Samsung has put out a good deal of information and the industry is abuzz with its possibilities. The phone is to be the first Samsung phone utilizing their new Bada operating system which is offering social networking, downloadable applications and more.

Samsung Wave specs:

• Display – 3.3” AMOLED touchscreen 800×480 pixels
• Camera – 5mpix autofocus, LED flash
• Video – 720p video (1280×720)
• Memory
  
  • 2gb internal memory
  • Microsd slot (up to 32GB)
  • 512MB of RAM (or more)
• Network
  • HSDPA 900/2100 (Aus. 850)
  • EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900
• Messaging
  • SMS
  • MMS
  • Email
  • Video
  • Push email
    
• Connectivitiy
  • WIFI b/g/n
  • Bluetooth 3.0
  • USB
• GPS
• Processor – 1ghz processor
• Operating System – Bada OS
• Multimedia – DivX, Xvid, MP4, AAC, WMA, MIDI and WMV, and support for virtual 5.1 surround sound
• FM Radio
• Body – Aluminum
• Size - 118 x 56 x 10.9mm (0.43 inches)
• Color - Ebony gray