Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S

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VOTING RESULTSDesign 7.6Features 7.2Performance 7.2

NETWORK

Technology

GSM / HSPA

LAUNCH

Announced

2011, August

Status Available. Released 2011, SeptemberBODY Dimensio

ns125 x 63 x 8.7 mm (4.92 x 2.48 x 0.34 in)

Weight 117 g (4.13 oz)

SIM Mini-SIM

DISPLAY Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size 4.2 inches (~61.7% screen-to-body ratio)

Resolution

480 x 854 pixels (~233 ppi pixel density)

Multitouch

Yes

Protection

Scratch-resistant glass

  - Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine- Timescape UI

PLATFORM

OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), not upgradable to v4.1 (Jelly Bean)

Chipset Qualcomm MSM8255T Snapdragon

CPU 1.4 GHz Scorpion

GPU Adreno 205MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included

Internal 1 GB (320 MB user available), 512 MB RAMCAMERA Primary 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check

quality

Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama

Video 720p@30fps, check quality

Secondary

No

SOUND

Alert types

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Loudspeaker

Yes

3.5mm jack

Yes

COMMS

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot

Bluetooth

v2.1, A2DP, EDR

GPS Yes, with A-GPS; GLONASS

Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS

USB microUSB v2.0, USB HostFEATURES

Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass

Messaging

SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email

Browser HTML, Adobe Flash

Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

  - ANT+ support- HDMI port- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic- MP4/H.264/WMV player- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player- TrackID music recognition- NeoReader barcode scanner- Document viewer- Voice memo/dial/commands- Predictive text input

BATTERY   Li-Po 1500 mAh battery

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 Colors Pure White, Midnight Blue, Misty Silver, Gloss Black, Sakura Pink

SAR EU 0.66 W/kg (head)    

Price group

TESTS Camera Photo / Video

Loudspeaker

Voice 67dB / Noise 65dB / Ring 76dB

Audio quality

Noise -89.3dB / Crosstalk -90.2dB