Style and handling summary for Samsung Monte Slider review
The Monte Slider looks good - it's shiny, and well built too
User friendliness summary for Samsung Monte Slider review
While basic functions are fine, the more advanced ones would have benefited from user-friendly menus
Feature set summary for Samsung Monte Slider review
There are more features than you need really, with internet browsing and Facebook, and quite a few the Slider cannot handle
Performance summary for Samsung Monte Slider review
If you want to call or text it does the job well, but it can't cope with much more than that
Battery power summary for Samsung Monte Slider review
Nothing to write home about, but if you're only calling and texting it should do the job
Full Review and Specification for the Samsung Monte Slider
Samsung has always done well producing phones at a competitive price, and it was one of the first to bring out a slide phone. Which bodes well for the Monte Slider doesn't it?
Looking good
Well, it certainly looks that way at first glance. It's aimed at those on a budget, has a good build quality and is compact enough to slip into a pocket or small bag. Its glossy coating may look a tad cheap, and its slide function is not as smooth as that on other Samsung handsets, but then it wins out on low price.
The Monte Slider is light as well as petite, yet it boasts a large keyboard with user-friendly keys. On the front of the device you'll find the usual set of Samsung keys - that is Send, End and direction pad, along with two keys that change their function depending on what you're doing. There's a pleasant simplicity to the rest of the device - you'll find no showy effects or extra buttons. The only slightly odd thing is the large writing on the back, which tells you about the camera resolution - and as it's only 1.3 megapixels you wouldn't think they'd want to shout about it. Mind you, the camera's image quality is not as bad as you might think, although unsurprisingly there's no flash, which rather limits you in any poor light situation.
Back to basics
The camera aside though, the Monte Slider doesn't seem to know what it's meant to be. As a basic phone is performs well - you'll find texting a breeze and the quality of voice calls good. But the display has a lower resolution than that found on most phones these days, which does make it appear a bit cheap. But it's not really a problem. Despite the resolution, the home screen works okay and also has some program shortcuts, which include Music Player, Internet, Google, Facebook, Flickr, MySpace and so on (tweet fans note that Twitter is not included).
There's not much to say about the basic music player, and because the phone has little in the way of onboard memory if you play more than a tune or two you'll run out of space, so music fans will need to buy a microSD card. And forget about using your own headphones - the supplied pair fit in the Samsung charging socket (you don't even get a microUSB socket).
Offline
However, what's really galling is the lack of 3G or Wi-Fi, which means trying to make a connection is insufferably slow. Unless you have never experienced the joys of a smartphone, you'll despair at the slow speed.
So here is the Monte Slider's identity crisis; is it a compact, very able and well-priced basic handset or does it want to target the social networking user? Because there are lots of handsets that have done well from featuring some social elements - INQ has been particularly successful in this area. But those devices have also benefited from good data transfer speeds. On the Monte Slider we found that even trying to log in proved a chore and we were timed out several times before we could connect to a site successfully. And trying to navigate was beyond a joke - just try scrolling at a snail's pace down a narrow page when you're trying to catch up on Facebook.
Those are the bad points, but when it comes to doing basic tasks, the device does a great job. It has Bluetooth, which you won't find on many devices in this budget range - and an FM radio (although you're stuck with the supplied headphones to listen to it).
The verdict
All in all, the Monte Slider is a decent basic handset that seems to have pretensions above its station. It's great that it includes Bluetooth and an FM radio, but some of the more sophisticated features are just a step too far for a phone of this kind. The camera is far from flashy, but does a decent enough job, and the music player is okay - even if you do need a microSD card to make use of it. With no 3G, Wi-Fi - or even a headphone jack - it's not going to appeal to a lot of users, but that low price probably will.
The Monte Slider looks good - it's shiny, and well built too
User friendliness summary for Samsung Monte Slider review
While basic functions are fine, the more advanced ones would have benefited from user-friendly menus
Feature set summary for Samsung Monte Slider review
There are more features than you need really, with internet browsing and Facebook, and quite a few the Slider cannot handle
Performance summary for Samsung Monte Slider review
If you want to call or text it does the job well, but it can't cope with much more than that
Battery power summary for Samsung Monte Slider review
Nothing to write home about, but if you're only calling and texting it should do the job
Full Review and Specification for the Samsung Monte Slider
Samsung has always done well producing phones at a competitive price, and it was one of the first to bring out a slide phone. Which bodes well for the Monte Slider doesn't it?
Looking good
Well, it certainly looks that way at first glance. It's aimed at those on a budget, has a good build quality and is compact enough to slip into a pocket or small bag. Its glossy coating may look a tad cheap, and its slide function is not as smooth as that on other Samsung handsets, but then it wins out on low price.
The Monte Slider is light as well as petite, yet it boasts a large keyboard with user-friendly keys. On the front of the device you'll find the usual set of Samsung keys - that is Send, End and direction pad, along with two keys that change their function depending on what you're doing. There's a pleasant simplicity to the rest of the device - you'll find no showy effects or extra buttons. The only slightly odd thing is the large writing on the back, which tells you about the camera resolution - and as it's only 1.3 megapixels you wouldn't think they'd want to shout about it. Mind you, the camera's image quality is not as bad as you might think, although unsurprisingly there's no flash, which rather limits you in any poor light situation.
Back to basics
The camera aside though, the Monte Slider doesn't seem to know what it's meant to be. As a basic phone is performs well - you'll find texting a breeze and the quality of voice calls good. But the display has a lower resolution than that found on most phones these days, which does make it appear a bit cheap. But it's not really a problem. Despite the resolution, the home screen works okay and also has some program shortcuts, which include Music Player, Internet, Google, Facebook, Flickr, MySpace and so on (tweet fans note that Twitter is not included).
There's not much to say about the basic music player, and because the phone has little in the way of onboard memory if you play more than a tune or two you'll run out of space, so music fans will need to buy a microSD card. And forget about using your own headphones - the supplied pair fit in the Samsung charging socket (you don't even get a microUSB socket).
Offline
However, what's really galling is the lack of 3G or Wi-Fi, which means trying to make a connection is insufferably slow. Unless you have never experienced the joys of a smartphone, you'll despair at the slow speed.
So here is the Monte Slider's identity crisis; is it a compact, very able and well-priced basic handset or does it want to target the social networking user? Because there are lots of handsets that have done well from featuring some social elements - INQ has been particularly successful in this area. But those devices have also benefited from good data transfer speeds. On the Monte Slider we found that even trying to log in proved a chore and we were timed out several times before we could connect to a site successfully. And trying to navigate was beyond a joke - just try scrolling at a snail's pace down a narrow page when you're trying to catch up on Facebook.
Those are the bad points, but when it comes to doing basic tasks, the device does a great job. It has Bluetooth, which you won't find on many devices in this budget range - and an FM radio (although you're stuck with the supplied headphones to listen to it).
The verdict
All in all, the Monte Slider is a decent basic handset that seems to have pretensions above its station. It's great that it includes Bluetooth and an FM radio, but some of the more sophisticated features are just a step too far for a phone of this kind. The camera is far from flashy, but does a decent enough job, and the music player is okay - even if you do need a microSD card to make use of it. With no 3G, Wi-Fi - or even a headphone jack - it's not going to appeal to a lot of users, but that low price probably will.
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