Sony Ericsson comes out clean with the latest XPERIA Arc

10 January, 2011
The Sony Ericsson Product Blog has a very interesting post showing off the XPERIA Arc on video and adding also some important clarifications about the device. Here's what you need to know about the new...

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  • 10 Jan 2011

abhi, 10 Jan 2011Nobody is joking, it's definitely better than super amoled.... moreTrue, It's screen is the best, best design looks, best UI.
But laggy, and will be laggy as hell after a couple of weeks and a dozen of programs installed. i wished so hard that this would be my come back to SE.

I dont know, does SE have stupid Engineers!!
Why the F""K didn't they put a Tegra2 inside of it to get rid of the lag!!!
Now this shows they are becoming cheap on their faithful customers

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    • TL5
    • 10 Jan 2011

    nick, 10 Jan 2011ok, but it isnt like it's the first LED backlit LCD screen.... moreNobody is joking, it's definitely better than super amoled. See the comparison of reality display with super amoled & retina on gsmarena.
    Super amoled is just sh*t in producing colours. Colours on super amoled r extremely over saturated & artificial. Even samsung accepted this & that's why samsung is bringing an improved version "super amoled plus" to make colours look more natural but on the other hand the Reality display already provides natural colours with great brightness level, great contrast & great viewing angles.

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      • 10 Jan 2011

      I was waiting to get my hands on this phone and buy it.
      But now no more, im really disappointed about the lag when he pinches to zoom, i keep reseting my HTC Legend because of the lag. ENOUGH.
      Im buying a LG Optimus 2x, smooth as butter

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        • Anonymous
        • njB
        • 10 Jan 2011

        the best android phone

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          • nq3
          • 10 Jan 2011

          nick, 10 Jan 2011ok, but it isnt like it's the first LED backlit LCD screen.... morepreview will be out these days and we will see reality vs s amoled!
          winner is obvious!
          bravo bravia!

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            • 10 Jan 2011

            [deleted post]it just better...

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              • nxw
              • 10 Jan 2011

              [deleted post]ok, but it isnt like it's the first LED backlit LCD screen. the iphone uses an LED backlit LCD, but it still has all the downsides a traditional lcd screen has.

              and better than superamoled? hahahahahahaha. are you joking mate!

              also as much as I think iphone's are pretty average devices, the screen on the iphone is 2nd in the industry

              AND AND how can you all make comparisons with the N8 when this phone hasnt even been brought out? compare them properly photo-wise then this phone actually comes out

              i cant believe you all fall for some of the marketing rubbish sony ericsson spill out!


              lol...still laughing at the superamoled claim. that's legendary.

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                • 10 Jan 2011

                make.believe, 10 Jan 2011 The reasons why The Arc's camera is better than Nokia N8 ... moreYOU explain it very good . but dont forget some people dont know what Exmor R is . they only know about MEGAPIXEL , noobs .

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                  • 10 Jan 2011

                  I'm disapointed with SE.
                  I don't think it's smart to annouce a new model on the same day that they killed another one (X10).
                  I've bougth the X10, it's a good phone but next time I'll look for a company that respect their customers.

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                    • 10 Jan 2011

                    Pitch to zoom is very laggy.

                    It is very beautiful, but this Arc should be another fail as X10 was... Comes pricely and after 1 year costs less than a half...

                    If you like Android, Samsung has the best choices.

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                      • TL5
                      • 10 Jan 2011

                      nick, 10 Jan 2011some serious lag there. also the screen registers 4 touc... more4 touch points r only for that particular app used. It would do 5 for any other app.
                      It's not simple LCD screen , it's a LED backlit LCD Reality display powered by Sony's mobile Bravia engine.
                      Just look at the comparison of this display on engadget & gsmarena with retina & super amoled .
                      These comparisons r enough to prove that it's much better than retina & super amoled.

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                        • 10 Jan 2011

                        make.believe, 10 Jan 2011 The reasons why The Arc's camera is better than Nokia N8 ... moreExcept that's a theory. Now all we have to do is wait for the practical test

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                          • 10 Jan 2011


                          This is a photo taken from the gsmarena team that shows how the new reality display from Sony brought both the retina display from apple and super amoled from samsung to shame! After all seeing is believing right? So no matter how much you speak but like they say a picture is beyond 1000 words.

                          The reality display is the middle phone, while the iphone is on it's right side and the galaxy s is on it's left.

                          Enjoy the new display from Sony, The Bravia mobile display!

                          http://st.gsmarena.com/vv/newsimg/11/01/arc-hands-on/gsmarena_006.jpg

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                            • 10 Jan 2011


                            The reasons why The Arc's camera is better than Nokia N8 :

                            1- Uses one of the most advanced sensors of Sony which is the Exmor R compared to a regular sensor from Nokia.

                            2- The Exmore R sensor will also allow the device to take very good photos and records in HD in low light conditions and also at night time.

                            3- The Arc has a flash light for video recording while nokia has nothing! So at night time no use of the N8's camera.

                            4- 720p at 30 FPS vs 720p at 25 FPS for N8, which means the Arc will also have better HD recording.

                            Results :

                            The Arc not only beats N8 in it's camera but it beats it as a real smartphone, a smartphone that is fast with an advanced 1GHz processor vs outdated 680mhz with symbian, a smartphone that has many interesting apps, a smartphone that is very good at browsing the internet and using multimedia.

                            SE you have done it again, and you have brought nokia to shame.

                            Sony= make.believe

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                              nick, 10 Jan 2011of course, the N8 camera is a much better camera unit. the ... moreLOL N8 even dont have flash for videos + can record only 25fps which is very poor , but im sure u dont understand what means . so go educate ur self first .

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                                • 10 Jan 2011

                                some serious lag there.

                                also the screen registers 4 touch points? why is that so amazing? most modern samsung devices take 5.

                                also LCD screen. it's so obviously a simple LCD screen. you cant boost colours on an LCD screen because it's an LCD screen. am i making my point clear


                                IT'S AN LCD SCREEN! IT'S RUBBISH.

                                im sorry but there's just nothing revolutionary here. this phone wouldnt look out of place at the beginning of 2010. that's when the nexus one came out. even that had an amoled screen!

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                                  • 10 Jan 2011

                                  make.believe 2, 10 Jan 2011YEAH they said : We could change we could change we could ... moreand still the "Retina" is better :P

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                                    k9plums , 10 Jan 2011I'm not a nokia fanboy as I have a htc desire and a htc her... moreof course, the N8 camera is a much better camera unit. the Satio just uses a very cheap camera module

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                                      • 10 Jan 2011

                                      make.believe 2, 10 Jan 2011Untill today Best camera phone was SE SATIO . and right now... moreI'm not a nokia fanboy as I have a htc desire and a htc hero, but thats just wrong th satio is in no way the best camera phone I think its fair to say the N8 completely thrashes the satio

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                                        • 10 Jan 2011

                                        make.believe, 10 Jan 2011 Did you hear the last part of the song? We could change w... moreYEAH they said : We could change we could change we could change the game . AND THEY DID . and i guess BRAVIA ENGINE is more better than they show it on video .
                                        1. Noise reduction
                                        2. Sharpness
                                        3. Color Managment
                                        4. Contrast Enhancement

                                        This is Reality display . SE make.believe