Another phone aimed squarely at the mid range

The Samsung Monte S5620

Samsung has announced the launch of the new Monte S5620 mobile phone for the UK.

A 3-inch touchscreen device with a widescreen QVGA capacitive display, this phone is once again about making social networking on the go a simple task.

To that end, Samsung has squished Facebook and MySpace applications onto the Monte, as well as offering Bebo and Twitter widgets for the home screen.

There’s also support for a variety of IM applications on board, so while this may be aimed at the mid range of the market, there will be a need for some unlimited data too.

Soon to be smart

The Monte is running Samsung’s proprietary TouchWiz UI, which will soon be replaced by Bada (the company’s new smart platform) but for now that means movable home screen widgets ad the like.

You’ll be pleased to know there’s 3G on board for quicker web browsing, although with only a 1000mAh battery we’d imagine this phone might run out of juice fairly sharpish if it’s constantly pulling down content.

Anyway, we’re still waiting on a UK release date, and we’ll update this story when we find out any more.

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