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March 2011
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Looks great
Lightweight
Good camera performance
Screen viewing angles are fantastic
Relatively fast and stable in day-to-day operation
Wafer-thin
Curved case
Gorgeous wide-screen display
8.1-megapixel camera with innovative sensor
Excellent sharp 4.2in display
Topnotch snapper
Slim and light chassis
Fast Android Gingerbread operating system
Super thin
Ace camera
Android 2.3
Gorgeous screen
Sleek design
Great screen
Excellent photos and videos
Fast
Fluid interface
HDMI output
Good quality voice calls
8megapixel camera
HDMI out with cable provided
Astonishingly thin body
Attractive user interface tweaks
Nice customisable floating dock
Single-core processor handles most tasks well
Decent battery life
Stunning screen
We're big fans of the Arc's operating system. It runs Android – as with lots of other Android smartphones – but Sony Ericsson's own interface isn't anywhere as intrusive as some rivals
Offering quick responses and Android at its best. As we've come to expect from Android
The Arc is incredibly intuitive
Letting you move apps around and set up shortcuts on one of the five home screens. The fact
Big screen
Mini HDMI socket
Good camera
Impressive performance
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Small size
Promised battery life
The editors didn't like
Screen is a little yellow
Camera and video software could be better
Back key location had us hitting on-screen buttons
Thin
Plastic case seems delicate
No privileged access to PlayStation content or Sony's music and film catalogues
Poor battery life
Timescape is disappointing
No Mac compatibility
Some small issues with software usability
Slightly creaky design
Screen doesn't live up to the hype
Timescape widget is a bit fiddly
Tiny camera button
Solid
But still plasticky build
All plastic exterior
Ambient light detector can only be deactivated
Not adjusted
Sony Ericsson software not developed enough
Large and maybe unwieldy for those with smaller hands
Small
Fiddly power and volume buttons
Timescape widget is rather ugly
Text entry system is a bit last generation
Only five home screens
The biggest disappointment with the Xperia Arc is its woeful battery life. With some of the impressive features turned on
And taking advantage of that huge screen
It's easy to kill the battery within a day. Other than that though
The first thing you will notice about the phone is how thin it is, at just 8.7mm it feels like an iPhone 4 on a diet. The curved back fits great in the hand and is perfect for balancing the phone on the shoulder for some handsfree phone call action, From
Some may appreciate the two tone approach to the colour scheme on the back of the handset but personally we don't. Things also feel slightly too plasticky, with the size and weight of the Arc giving it an overly flimsy quality, Connectionwise the Arc fee
Great cameraThin, light and beautifulAttractive UI atop Android 2.3
Iffy ergonomicsDisappointing video qualitySome software issues
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The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc is definitely a very promising smartphone. It’s super sleek, smooth and packs a very decent camera, with HDMI-out capabilities.That being said the high-end market is getting pretty crowded nowadays, with phones like the LG...
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Published: 2011-01-08, Author: Michael , review by: mobileburn.com
Abstract: Sponsored links, if any, appear in green. We got the chance to spend a few minutes with Sony Ericsson's latest smartphone, the Xperia arc. The extremely sexy arc features a curved rear cover, as the name suggest, that measures only 8.7mm thick in its...
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Cool clamshell design. Speaker-independent voice dialing. Cheap price, without a contract. ...
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The Virgin Mobile Arc is a basic yet stylish camera phone, with decent call quality and an affordable price point. It also has Bluetooth and voice dialing.
The Virgin Mobile Arc has a slightly crowded keypad and bad photo quality.
If you want an attractive yet affordable basic camera phone, the Virgin Mobile Arc is one of the better options in Virgin Mobiles lineup. Specifications: Talk time: Up to 210 min; Combined with: With digital camera; Weight: 0.2 lbs See full specs Pric...
