Sony Xperia™ arc S Reviews

Shoot crystal-clear stills in 8.1 megapixels with your Sony Ericsson Xperia arc S Android smartphone. Stay sharp with autofocus. Zoom in to get close. Sun going down? No worries. With the Exmor R™ för mobile image sensor your shots come out bright, even when it’s getting dark.

Scenes that pop out

Enjoyed the scenery on your last holiday? See those breathtaking mountains, dense rain forests and city streets come to life again. Use the 3D Sweep Panorama function for your holiday snaps. Then gather your mates in front of your 3D TV and amaze them with true depth, clarity and realism.

Reality display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine

Watch blooper videos. See cracking goals and spectacular saves. Have pictures of your kids close at hand on your business trips. Images and videos – view them all on the razor sharp, vivid 4.2” Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine.

Catch life with a Sony Ericsson HD phone

Dinner at mum’s. A birthday party in the garden. Your daughter’s first ballet show. Catch life as it happens in beautiful, 30 frames-per-second High Definition video – the Xperia arc S HD phone is lighting fast.

Specifications

• GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 - LT18i
•   HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800 - LT18a
• Announced 2011, August
• Status Available. Released 2011, September
• BODY 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 (~233 ppi pixel density)
• Multitouch Yes
• Protection Scratch-resistant glass
•   - Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine
• - Timescape UI
• SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3 ringtones
• Loudspeaker Yes
• 3.5mm jack Yes
• MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included
• Internal 1 GB (320 MB user-available), 512 MB RAM
• DATA GPRS Up to 86 kbps
• EDGE Up to 237 kbps
• Speed HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps
• WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
• Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
• USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
• CAMERA Primary 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
• Features Touch focus, geo-tagging, face and smile detection, 3D sweep panorama, image stabilization
• Video Yes, 720p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer, check quality
• Secondary No
• FEATURES OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), v4.0, not upgradable to v4.1
• Chipset Qualcomm MSM8255T Snapdragon
• CPU 1.4 GHz Scorpion
• GPU Adreno 205
• Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
• Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
• Browser HTML, Adobe Flash
• Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
• GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
• Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
• Colors Pure White, Midnight Blue, Misty Silver, Gloss Black, Sakura Pink
•   - 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
• - 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
• MISC SAR EU 0.66 W/kg (head)