Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc specs and review

Sony Ericsson announced XPERIA Arc on Jan 2011 and it is available now. It has 1 GHz processor, Android 2.3 OS and large 4.2 inches touchscreen

Following are the full specifications of Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc

Netork
- 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- 3G Network: HSDPA 900 / 2100: HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800

Display
- LED-backlit LCD capacitive touchscreen,
- 16M colors
- 480 x 854 pixels
- 4.2 inches screen
- Scratch-resistant surface
- Timescape UI
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine

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Dimensions
- 125 x 63 x 8.7 mm

Weight
- 117 grams

Conectivity
- GPRS, EDGE, microUSB v2.0
- 3G: HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
- Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP

Memory
- 320 MB internal, 8 GB included
- 32 GB expandable
- 512 MB RAM

Processor
- 1GHz Scorpion processor
- Adreno 205 GPU
- Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon

Operating System
- Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)

Battery
- Li-Po 1500 mAh
- Stand by time: Up to 430 h (2G) / Up to 400 h (3G)
- Talk time: Up to 7 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G)
- Music: Up to 31 h

Camera
- Primary: 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, Touch focus, image stabilization, geo-tagging, face and smile detection
- Video Recording: 720p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light

Multimedia
- Stereo FM radio with RDS
- 3.5 mmAudio jack
- Audio Playback: MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV
- Video Playback: MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV
- Walkman player
- TrackID music recognition
- HDMI port
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Colors
- Midnight Blue, Misty Silver

Other
- SMS(threaded), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
- SNS integration
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail
- Organizer
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Predictive text input
- GPS
- Voice memo
- Digital Compass
- NeoReader barcode scanner
- Adobe Flash 10.2

Rating
- Design: 8.8
- Features: 9
- Performance: 8.2

Review
XPERIA Arc is solidly built phone for everyone. It’s large 4.2″ screen is powered by Bravia engine and is awesome. It’s curved case easily fit into your hand. It’s 8.1 MP camera takes some really beautiful and detailed shots. It has Exmor R sensor that helps to retain the sharpness of images taken. But it do not have access to the PlayStation content. Battery life is also poor. You need to charge everyday.