Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc preview: First look

10 January 2011
Sony Ericsson is back at it and they are pushing pedal to the metal with their latest unusually curved and unusually streamlined sports car – the XPERIA Arc. Once one of the top three phone manufacturers, Sony Ericsson has been through some hard times, but the company underwent a painful restructuring and it found a way to make its handsets desirable again...

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  • ninoy
  • PU2
  • 12 Jan 2011

screen: better than x10, but still aint top notch.. c'mon SE, we want a perfect phone! O_o

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    • F4R
    • Px8
    • 12 Jan 2011

    first look is awesome,but dont know with its price.. i hope cheaper than galaxy s 2.. then i will buy it...

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      • X10
      • 0ad
      • 12 Jan 2011

      tkolev, 12 Jan 2011The camera on the DHD is a joke only to someone stupid enou... morewhat phone do you own???

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        • tkolev
        • n2@
        • 12 Jan 2011

        Anonymous, 11 Jan 2011wow, the camera on HTC HD is a joke!! I guess the final ... moreThe camera on the DHD is a joke only to someone stupid enough not to know how to turn the sharpness down. Here is a list of what you get from the DHD and won't ever get with Arc:

        1. Solid built alluminum body
        2. HTC Sense
        3. HTC support and updates for about a year
        4. Community support after HTC directs their resources to more recent phones
        5. More RAM
        6. More ROM

        In April 2011 SE will still be struggling to catch up to HTC's level in October 2010. Six months after the release of the DHD they are making a worse flagship?!? Good job!

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          • Anonymous
          • SH{
          • 11 Jan 2011

          wow, the camera on HTC HD is a joke!!

          I guess the final version of arc will be a really top of the line shooter - surpassed only by the N8.

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            • Anonymous
            • nGI
            • 11 Jan 2011

            Prof, 11 Jan 2011No ambient light sensor... In fact, no one can make the PE... morei hate ambient light sensor on milestone

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              • Anonymous
              • smQ
              • 11 Jan 2011

              willstay, 11 Jan 2011Somewhere in the preview it is mentioned it lasted for 3 da... more3 days on moderate use with minimum third party apps installed that is. My htc desire with 3g off gets over two days untill installed apps from the market reducing it to just over a day........perhaps proving googles claim that android is energy savey just some of the third party apps aren't

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                • Anonymous
                • smQ
                • 11 Jan 2011

                don't get me wrong im a super amoled/super amoled plus fan but why does everyone,gsmarena included criticize phone screens over colours getting washed out at insane angles that nobody views their phone from,i've certainly never used my phone looking at it at a 5 degree angle!!

                Seems a good effort of a phone from sony but im just not a fan of their styling or font/ui themes. I will applaud them though over the fact that the arc is the only newly announced phone with gingerbread out of the box

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                  • Anonymous
                  • prm
                  • 11 Jan 2011

                  hahahahaha Galaxy S 2 far far far better than this CRAPY CHEAP PLASTIC !!!!!!!

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                    • AMH
                    • mE}
                    • 11 Jan 2011

                    willstay, 11 Jan 2011Somewhere in the preview it is mentioned it lasted for 3 da... moreMy HTC Legend running 2.2 runs for 3-4 days on moderate use

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                      • willstay
                      • Px0
                      • 11 Jan 2011

                      Somewhere in the preview it is mentioned it lasted for 3 days on moderate use!! IS THIS RIGHT?? If true, this is amazing for Andriod phone!! And the video recording is really good (otherwise every other video sample from top of the line smartphones have some kind of jittery effect on moving objects - it looked lot smoother here)

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                        • AMH
                        • mE}
                        • 11 Jan 2011

                        If SE is going to ship it first on April, then they would have made the biggest mistake ever.
                        LG Optimus 2x Tegra2 dual core is coming on february, now in europe you can begin to preorder.
                        If SE Xperia Arc comes on April with this Single Core CPU.
                        SE FAILS BIG TIME, AND WILL KILL THIS WONDERFULL PRODUCT AS IT DID WITH X10!!!!!

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                          • Petp
                          • Yhw
                          • 11 Jan 2011

                          ship it in the USA on AT&T or Tmobile before Q1 and i'll be the first in line!!!!!
                          otherwise theres wayyy too many good phones coming out with better specs (atrix, iphone5, infuse...etc)

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                            • IamEzio
                            • kHB
                            • 11 Jan 2011

                            and still the "retina" is better :D

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                              • jim
                              • Rbq
                              • 11 Jan 2011

                              Anonymous, 11 Jan 2011I am not a hater here, I like the design, but spec. is terr... moreyes ! I agree

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                                • Anonymous
                                • qTx
                                • 11 Jan 2011

                                I am not a hater here, I like the design, but spec. is terrible. Dual Core is the next gen of smart phone. plus this phone won't come out until april, which is too late. Late become SE habit lately. Don't you agree?

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                                  • West D
                                  • mqM
                                  • 11 Jan 2011

                                  Anonymous, 11 Jan 20113.5 mm should be on the top side, having it on the left sid... moreObviously you could have done it better then?
                                  personaly i think its a amazing looking phone.
                                  And it seems its function and form, which makes it even better. Cant wait to get my hands on one of these.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 0TX
                                    • 11 Jan 2011

                                    Anonymous, 11 Jan 2011Galaxy S is running 2.2.1, X10 is still only on 2.1. Havin... more3.5 mm should be on the top side, having it on the left side is very bad design by SE, and the volume rocker is to small!

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 0TX
                                      • 11 Jan 2011

                                      AMH, 11 Jan 2011Talk about outdated?? this is has 2.3 Gingerbread. Outdate... moreGalaxy S is running 2.2.1, X10 is still only on 2.1.
                                      Having the 3.5 mm on the left side and on the top side is very bad design by SE, and the volume rocker is to small!

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                                        • Bob Smith Junior
                                        • Rxc
                                        • 11 Jan 2011

                                        [deleted post]LCD panels used in Bravia TVs come mainly from a 50/50 Samsung-Sony Partnership. Sony also use Sharp panels on some of their TVs.