Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S

The Sony Ericsson Xperia arc S (Xperia LT18) is a high-end smartphone developed by Sony Ericsson running with by Google's OS Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread). It is an upgrade of the Xperia Arc. The device's primary improvement over its predecessor is a 1.4 GHz Scorpion Snapdragon CPU, compared to the same model at 1.0 GHz in the Arc. Aside from the CPU speed upgrade, additional hardware remains unchanged. Sony Mobile Communications officially confirmed via their facebook page that the Xperia arc S along with the Mini Pro it would not receive the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update, It is being assumed that the rest of the 2011 Xperia smartphones will not receive the update too, But at the moment only the Xperia arc S and the Mini Pro have had an official statement regarding the Jelly bean update.

Features of Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S

• Quad-band GSM /GPRS/EDGE support
• 3G with 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
• 4.2" 16M-color capacitive LED-backlit LCD touchscreen of FWVGA resolution (480 x 854 pixels) with Sony Mobile BRAVIA engine
• Android OS v2.3.4 Gingerbread
• 1.4 GHz Scorpion CPU, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 chip-set
• 512 MB RAM
• 8 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and geotagging, 3D Sweep Panorama
• 720p video recording @ 30fps with continuous auto-focus and stereo sound
• Wi-Fi b/g/n and DLNA
• GPS with A-GPS
• micro SD slot up to 32GB (8GB card included)
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
• Voice dialing
• Adobe Flash 11 support
• Deep Facebook integration
• microHDMI port
• Ultra slim (8.7mm at its thinnest point)

Main disadvantages

• The competition has dual-core CPUs and better GPUs
• Display has poor viewing angles
• No front-facing camera
• No smart dialing
• Non hot-swappable microSD card slot
• Shutter key isn’t particularly comfortable

Specification of Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S :

General	2G Network : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network : HSDPA 900 / 2100 - LT18i 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	Audio quality: Noise -89.3dB / Crosstalk -90.2dB Alert types: Vibration; MP3 ringtones Loudspeaker: Yes, Voice 67dB / Noise 65dB / Ring 76dB 3.5mm jack: Yest
Memory	Card slot: micro SD, 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 Features: Touch focus, geo-tagging, face and smile detection, 3D sweep panorama, image stabilization Video: Yes, 720p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer Secondary: No
Features	OS: Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), v4.0, not upgradable to v4.1 Chip-set: Qualcomm MSM8255T Snapdragon CPU: 1.4 GHz Scorpion GPU: Adreno 205 Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, 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 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	Type: Standard battery, Li-Ion 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

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