Review
Sony Xperia Arc S is an impressive Smartphone, which is designed to perfection. Xperia Arc S has the design almost the same as of Xperia Arc. The Smartphone has overall thickness of just 8.7 mm.
Specifications
Arc S comes running on the Android 2.3.4 OS alongside Sony Ericsson's own Timescape UI. The Xperia Arc S has a 4.2 inch reality display which produces sharp and crisp images with Sony Mobile Bravia Engine. The Smartphone is powered by a 1.4 GHz processor, which has been upgraded from the original Xperia Arc. The improved CPU improves battery performance, 20% faster web rendering and 25% camera start up time than original Xperia.
Xperia Arc S comes with 8GB of memory pre- installed. The Smartphone has an 8.1 MP camera on the back which is capable of 720p HD video recording. The camera has Sony's Exmor R mobile imaging sensor to take quality shots even in low light.
Advantages
1) The Smartphone has a slick and slim design, which makes it very handy.
2) The display is very clear and bright.
3) The built of the phones is very sturdy,
Disadvantages
1) 1.4 GHz processor optimises the performance of the Smartphone.
2) Xperia Arc S has a very classy design, with overall thickness of just 8.7 mm.
Comparison
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General
- 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- 3G Network: HSDPA 900 / 2100, HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
- Announced: 2011, August
Size
- Dimensions: 125 x 63 x 8.7 mm
- Weight: 117 g
Display
- Type: LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Size: 480 x 854 pixels, 4.2 inches
- Scratch-resistant surface
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Multi-touch input method
- Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Timescape UI
Sound
- Alert types: Vibration; MP3 ringtones
- Loudspeaker: Yes
- 3.5mm jack: Yes
Memory
- Phonebook: Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
- Call records: Practically unlimited
- Internal: 320 MB storage, 512 MB RAM
- Card slot: microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included
Data
- GPRS: Yes
- EDGE: Yes
- 3G: HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
- WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
- Bluetooth: Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
- Infrared port: No
- USB: Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
Camera
- Primary: 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
- Features: Video calling, touch focus, geo-tagging, face and smile detection, 3D sweep panorama
- Video: Yes, 720p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light
Features
- OS: Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread)
- CPU: 1.4 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8255T Snapdragon
- Messaging: SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
- Browser: HTML
- Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS
- Games: Yes + downloadable
- Colors: Pure White, Midnight Blue, Misty Silver, Gloss Black, Sakura Pink
- GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support
- Java: Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
- Digital compass
- HDMI port
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- TrackID music recognition
- NeoReader barcode scanner
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Facebook and Twitter integration
- Document viewer
- Adobe Flash 10.2
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input
Battery
- Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh
- Stand-by: Up to 460 h (2G) / Up to 460 h (3G)
- Talk time: Up to 7 h 25 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 35 min (3G)
- Music play: Up to 37 h