Review
Sony Ericsson has announced next flagship of Arc, Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S. The handset's design & features are striking having rocking camera & heavy processor.
Specifications
Talking about its specifications it features 4.2-inch display screen having high resolution measuring at 854 x 480 pixels. It is also very slim at just 8.7mm thick & weighing only 117g. The Arc S operates on Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread operating system.
The device is powered by 1.4GHz processor & it offers speedy performance while using applications. On the back of the phone it boasts 8.1-megapixel snapper along with backlit CMOS sensor that capture better images in low light conditions. No secondary camera is available but supports HD video recording at 720p.
Advantages & Disadvantages
The design of the handset is unique & gorgeous having curved inwards on the back of phone. It has large display screen which is more attractive & it sports better view at the time of browsing or watching video. It offers speedy performance due to its 1.4GHz CPU processor.
The disadvantage of phone is that the handset still has single core processor which is disappointing for users. In terms of design there it is little bit identical to previous Arc.
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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