Samsung has come up with one more low end mobile handset phone viz. Samsung C3200 Monte Bar. Monte Bar is a stylish phone with a solid bar casing. The phone comes with compatible features that help users in assisting in day to day communication and also in providing some of the best entertainment features. Accessing of internet, built in radio, camera are some of the other features supported by Samsung Monte Bar. Samsung’s Monte range includes Samsung S5620 Monte and Samsung E2550 Monte Slider touch screen handset.
Size and Dimensions
Samsung Monte Bar is covered by a black colored casing with golden orange colored sections all along the sides. This orange casing brightens up its overall look of the device. It has an overall smooth finishing that gives a comfy feel when handled. It weighs only 77.3 grams which is bit lightweight in nature. Monte Bar is suitable for usability as well as to carry in the pocket. The dimension of this phone is 111.8mm x 46.9x 13.3 mm. The display screen of the phone measures 2 inches with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. The colorful icons on the display helps user in assisting while selecting the features. Phone feels user-friendly to many of the users due to the presence of menu and select key. Besides the display screen, there is a subtle curve shaped keypad with well spaced individual keys can be seen.
Media and Entertainment
For entertainment purpose, Monte Bar is provided with few pre-loaded games that kills your free time. You can even download some of the Java games on your phone. A camera on the phone takes pretty good pictures. If the user wishes to share the photos with their loved ones it is possible by sharing via multimedia messages. Along with the capturing of the images, video recording is also possible which is done at 15 frames per second. The camera has a resolution of 2 megapixel. Options provided with the camera lets user to get the image type of their choice and to attain picture perfect. Video playback is supported in formats like H263, MPEG4 and H264 formats. Music can be played in formats like WMA, MP3 and eAAC+. Radio data system and radio recording both are supported by an integrated FM radio.
Multimedia messaging service is also supported by this Samsung Monte Bar phone. Users can share their photos and videos with other MMS compatible users. An MMS message may include photo along with text, video clip or a sound that gives a thrilling experience in communicating with the real world. Along with the call making facility, messaging is very easy in this phone since it includes a T9 dictionary that predicts the word when the user types the very first letter of the word. User need not type the whole word for the completions of the word rather just type the first letter and select the predicted word. This improvises the speed of messaging and the best of communicating.
The phone book stores all the saved contacts of the user. It can be easily accessible via the main menu. The phone book can hold up to 1000 contacts. Whenever a call or a new message arrives, the phone vibrates that alarms the user about the new arrival of the message or a call.
Technology
Monte Bar phone can be connected to other Bluetooth compatible devices by means of Bluetooth technology in this phone. The phone for the connection needs to be placed within ten meter radius of each other. Other devices can be connected physically via a micro USB port that provides USB connectivity. It also supports EDGE and GPRS technology that automatically enhances speedy data transfer on the phone. A built in web browsing icon is provided in the phone that can be accessed via the main menu. The phone works on Quad band GSM network that includes GSM 900, 850, 1800 and 1900. An internal memory of 40 megabytes is included. Memory capacity can be extended up to 8 gigabytes using a microSD card slot.
Battery
Samsung Monte Bar is powered by Lithium Ion battery of 960 mAh capacity. A fully charged battery powers up the phone for about 8.3 hours of talk time and 500 hours of standby mode approximately.