Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S

 

GENERAL
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - LT18i

HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800 - LT18a

SIM
Mini-SIM

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), v4.0.4, 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; GLONASS

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)   

Price group

TESTS
Loudspeaker
Voice 67dB / Noise 65dB / Ring 76dB

Audio quality
Noise -89.3dB / Crosstalk -90.2dB

Camera
Photo / Video