Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc is an Android powered smartphone comes with an impressive load of features and a sleek candy bar design having a trim profile at 0.342 inch and sporting a large multi touch 4.2 inch touch screen with Retina Display(854×480 pixels) enhanced by Sony Bravia engine for visual brilliance, and running with Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS on 1 GHz Qualcomm CPU under the hood and having 8.1 Megapixels camera with Sony Exmor R CMOS Sensor for 720p video capture & smile and face detection plus built-in HDMI connector, built-in HDMI connector, 512MB of internal memory, microSD slot for more memory expansion up to 32GB.
Connectivity wise, Xperia Arc is having stereo Bluetooth, a-GPS, DLNA, Wi-Fi and gets a digital nedia player with TrackID music recognition app, a NeoReader barcode scanner, 3D games, video streaming, Wisepilot navigation, Android Market, Google maps and a whole host of Google services. It weighs in at 117 grams.
Full Technical Specifications of Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc
| Network | |
| 2G Network | GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz |
| 3G Network | UMTS/HSPA 800, 850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz |
| Dimensions | |
| L x B x H | 125 x 63 x 8.7 mm |
| Weight | 117 g or 4.1 oz |
| Form Factor | Candybar |
| Display | |
| Type | TFT Capacitive Touch Screen |
| Size | 4.2 inches |
| Colors & Resolution | 16Million Colors & 480 x 854 pixels |
| Input/ User Interface | Reality display with Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine LED-backlit LCD Time Scape UI Mediascape UI Multi Touch Accelerometer/ Proximity Sensor |
| System Properties | |
| Operating System | Android 2.3 Gingerbread |
| CPU | Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon 1 GHz processor 512MB RAM |
| Storage Capacity | |
| Internal Memory | 512MB of internal memory 8GB card included |
| Expandable Memory | micro-SD card slot for expansion up to 32GB |
| Browser & Messaging | HTML With Flash support, Webkit browser MMS, SMS, Threadview SMS, IM, Email, Pushmail |
| Camera | |
| Still | – 8.1 Megapixels with Sony Exmor R CMOS sensor – 3264×2448 pixels – LED Flash, Auto Focus, Image Stabilizer – Digital Zoom, Geo Tagging, Face & Smile Detection |
| Secondary | No |
| Video Recording | – 720p HD video recording capable @ 30fps – 1280×720 Pixels |
| Connectivity | |
| DATA | GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA |
| Bluetooth & USB | v2.1 with A2DP Stereo & v2.0 Micro USB |
| Headset | 3.5mm stereo headset jack |
| Radio | Stereo FM with RDS |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n DLNA |
| GPS | A-GPS |
| 3G | Yes |
| HSDPA | Up to 7.2 Mbps |
| HSUPA | Up to 5.76 Mbps |
| GPRS | Up to 86 Kbps |
| EDGE | Up to 237 Kbps |
| Video & Audio | |
| Video Formats | MP3, WMA, AMR, OGG, AAC, AAC+, WAV |
| Audio Formats | MPEG4, H.263, H.264 |
| Battery | |
| Type | Li-Po 1500mAh Standard Battery |
| Standby Time | Up to 430 hours Up to 400 hours(3G) |
| Talk Time | Up to 7 hours(3G) Up to 6 hours 55 min(2G) |
| Other Features | NeoReader barcode scanner Wisepilot turn-by-turn navigation TrackID music recognition TV Out, HDMI port Google Maps, G-Talk, Android Market Adobe Flash 10.1 |
| Colors Availability | Misty Silver & Midnight Blue |
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc is also known as also known as Sony Ericsson Anzu, Sony Ericsson X12, Sony Ericsson LT15i.
Price & Availability
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc will be will available in the first quarter of this year 2011. We don’t have the exact details of pricing and which GSM carriers subsidize the phone in the United States.