Introduction-
There is no denying that there has been avalanche of superior Android smartphones in the market. This year in the beginning we got in our hands the super cool and most stylish from the Sony’s Xperia series Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc. This is certainly the flagship product with super slim design and latest display technology consisting of Mobile Bravia Engine. Can this device take Japanese-Swedish mobile phone company to great heights? Let’s find out!
Display and Design-
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc is the most modish phone available in the market with super curvy design and weight of 117 grams with plastic casing and thickness of only 8.7mm making it incredible thin like wafer and excellent to hold.
Just below the display as seen in majority of Xperia phones there are navigational buttons which are rubbery in their feel and are easy to operate. It includes Menu, Home and Back.
This appealing handset is made entirely of plastic which is main reason for it being light, is available in two vibrant versions of midnight Blue and Misty Silver. Xperia Arc has chromed lining surrounding the edges. On the back edge there is camera sensor and on the extreme right lower edge there is camera shutter key.
Along the chromed band comes various buttons like power lock key at the top, on the right there is volume and microUSB openings, left has 3.5mm jack to insert the headphones
Display is LCD capacitive touch screen of 4.2 inches having the resolution of 480x 854 pixels. The highlight of the display is the technology which is only found in the Sony’s LCD TV- Sony's BRAVIA engine. The display is superior with vibrant and vivid videos and pictures put on the display.
User Interface-
Xperia Arc is served with the latest Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. However, the device is customized with it very own user interface of Timescape which is easy to handle and operate. It is perfect for arranging the various apps like text messages, tweets and posts on the Facebook wall under one single card.
Also there is arrangement of the four home screens which are filled with apps, shortcuts and live widgets. Also there is an apps bar which is running on the bottom and scales the most visited and popular apps on your phone.
Processor-
Xperia Arc is running on 1Ghz processor which might look little laid back in the current trend of smartphones with dual cores. But the device manages quite well without lagging in any front. We would give it full marks for its operations. You can open multiple windows with ease and operate various apps on the responsive screen.
Camera and Multimedia-
Xperia Arc comes with the whopping 8MP camera having the resolution of 3264x2448 pixels. There are several pre set modes and settings which enables you to capture perfect picture in any conditions. With auto focus, smile detection and screen recognition modes, this snapper is simply the best. Even in low light the pictures comes out bright and beautiful with its large aperture which allows more light to come in. Videos can be captured at 720p which are amazingly great in various contrast conditions. There is continuous auto focus in the recorder as well.
Music player is great too with excellent sound system. The User Interface of the player consist of equalizers, You Tube video playing option of the related song and Track ID for song recognition Video player plays awesome videos with the aid of the Mobile Bravia Engines giving sharp edges and contrast to the pictures.
Internet, Connectivity and Memory-
For the hassle free Internet web browsing there is Android 2.3 browser which is great for the amazing web experience on the phone. Zooming in and out of the screen, scrolling and multi touch instructions are easily rendered. Even the Flash contents like videos and pictures are displayed with ease with Adobe Flash 10.2.
The connectivity options include 2G, 3G, GPRS, EDGE and Wi-Fi. Bluetooth and USB are also rendered in the device for data transferral and sharing between the systems. With A-GPS you can search your own way. With micro HDMI port you can move the videos or pictures from your mobile to the big screen. The internal memory of the phone is 320MB in which 8GB has already been included and is further expandable to highest memory slot available of 32GB for unlimited storage of data.
Battery-
Battery of the phone is standard Li-Po 1500 mAh gives on an average 7 hours of talk time and 430 hours of standby time. Music play can be done for 31 hours at a stretch.
Verdict-
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc is the best smartphone from the company, the firm seems to have got it equations right in the smartphone arena with this super sleek and stylish handset. Moreover, the large display of 4.2 inches makes yet another addition to the list of why you should buy this. Though, the phone does not boasts of the dual core processors still there is no point where it might be lacking from other smartphones. Instead, it is the contender for the best and finest smartphone of the year 2011.
