Sony Ericsson Xperia arc

Announced : 2011, January

For

• Astonishingly thin body
• Attractive user interface tweaks
• Nice customisable floating dock
• Single-core processor handles most tasks well
• Decent battery life
• Crisp display
• High-resolution camera
• Stunning screen
• Very sleek form factor

Against

• Small, fiddly power and volume buttons
• Doesn't feel as nice to hold as the predecessor
• Text entry system is a bit last generation

 Sony Ericsson Xperia arc is a bizzare-looking handset with a curved form (hence the Arc name) and dimensions of 4.92 x 2.48 x 0.34 (125 x 63 x 8.7 mm). It sports a 4.2-inch screen with a resolution of 480x854 and an 8-megapixel camera. Under the hood, the phone has a 1GHz Qualcomm processor, while Gingerbread is running the Arc show.he most important upgrade that the Arc S brings over the Arc is the 1.4GHz single core Snapdragon processor. The Arc was powered by a 1GHz processor, and to be honest, didn’t feel sluggish in any way. Logically, the power boost should ensure that the Arc S performs well. And it does! Android remains smooth as silk in terms of UI navigation and in opening apps. We left a bunch of apps open in the background, and even then, there was not even the trademark “slight slowdown” of the OS.

 Specification

Physical Specification
Handset Weight	117 g
Handset Dimensions	125 x 63 x 8.7 mm
Form Factor	Candybar
Display
Size	480 x 854 pixels, 4.2 inches
Pixel density:	233 ppi
Touch Screen	Yes, Capacitive
Type	LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors	16M
Features	Scratch-resistant glass
Secondary Display	No
Camera / Imaging / Video
Camera	Yes 8 MP
Resolution	3264x2448 pixels
Zoom	Yes
Flash	Yes
Camera features	Touch focus, image stabilization, geo-tagging, face and smile detection
Secondary Camera	No
Video	Yes, 720p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light,
HD	No
Media
Audio	Yes: MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
Video	Yes: MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
Video Streaming	Yes
Ringtones	Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3
FM Radio	Yes
Headphone Jack	Yes: 3.5mm
Connectivity
Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1
Irda	No
Wlan/Wi-fi	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB	Yes: USB 2.0
GPS	yes
Internet browsing
Browser	Yes,Supports: HTML
Built-in online services	Facebook,Flickr, Twitter
Messaging
SMS	YES
MMS	Yes
Instant Messaging	Yes
Email	YES
Hardware
System chip	Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon
Processor	Single-core 1 GHz Scorpion
GPU	Adreno 205
Memory
System memory	320 MB storage, 512 MB RAM
External Memory	Yes, microSD, up to 32GB
Platform
OS	Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0
Network/Data
Frequency Bands	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100HSDPA 1700 / 2100 / 1900
GPRS	Up to 85.6 kbps
EDGE	Up to 236.8 kbps
3G	HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
Battery
Type	Li - Po
Capacity	1500 mAh
Standby	Up to 430 h (2G) / Up to 400 h (3G)
Talktime	Up to 7 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G)
Other features
Sensors	Accelerometer, proximity, compass