Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc

Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc

This Phone is from a family of very beautiful phones from Sony  called the Xperia. Now sony was calling the xperia x10 on which this phone is based the size 0 phone. So this would be -1 then. Jokes apart this phone is very slim in fact unbelievably slim and is a real head turner, in fact its even too slim if you can all it. lets quickly head to the review.

Design- Well what can I say, its just 8.5 mm in thickness at its thinnest part so for a phone this big its very thin. This is one of the  phones that I am very pleased with in terms of build quality. The phone feels very steady to hold in your hands and feels good. the only issue is that the screen is a fingerprint magnet. But that's a small price to pay for stunning looks. The phone does have a scratch resistant surface, good to know that your investment is safe.

Features. - The biggest feature of this phone like the other xperia is the time scape. Sony have really pulled it off when it comes to this. If you are a social networking person who is always staying online on multiple accounts, it wont get any better than this. The phone uses the bravia engine for its display and the display looks really sharp and have no issues with it. Watching hi def videos on the device is very good. The phone feels faster than the xperia x10 and surely is a improvement from it. The Battery life was ok for a phone screen this big.

Things I didn't like -  The first thing is that even though this is a flagship model of sony still there was no front camera, so no video calling. This s a turnoff cause now-a-days even the sub 100$ phones have them. I don't know why sony did this. I was also disappointed by the camera quality. Even though its a 8 mega pixal camera it was not able to take good photos. Even a nokia phone with a good 5 megapixal was able to get better and sharper Images than it.

Have a look at the full detailed specifications-      

  

Network support GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
               HSDPA 900 / 2100
                 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800 (2g and 3G support)


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
Features
- Scratch-resistant surface
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Multi-touch input method
- Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Timescape UI
- Has 3.5mm jack
-Call records Practically unlimited
Memory Internal 512 MB RAM
       Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included
Data GPRS Up to 86 kbps
EDGE Up to 237 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, DLNA
Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera Primary 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash.
Features Touch focus, image stabilization, geo-tagging, face and smile detection
Video Yes, 720p@30fps
OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
CPU 1GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Colors Midnight Blue, Misty Silver
GPS with A-GPS support


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

So what do I  think of this phone. Well  is you are looking for a phone for just social networking ( I know there are cheaper phones for that) and you want a phone that is stunning to look at and you don't mind paying the price then go and get this phone.  I know its not value for money but then that's not who this phone is aimed it.

As usual  any comments or questions just email me or leave a comment.