Xperia Arc
General
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - LT15i
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800 - LT15a
2011, January
Available. Released 2011, March

Body
125 x 63 x 8.7 mm
117 g

Display
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
480 x 854 pixels, 4.2 inches (~233 ppi pixel density)
Scratch-resistant glass
- Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine
- Timescape UI

Sound
Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones

Memory
microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included
320 MB storage, 512 MB RAM

Data
Up to 86 kbps
Up to 237 kbps
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Yes, microUSB v2.0

Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Touch focus, image stabilization, geo-tagging, face and smile detection
Yes, 720p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light
1 GHz Scorpion
Adreno 205

Features
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0
Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon
Accelerometer, proximity, compass
SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM
HTML, Adobe Flash
Stereo FM radio with RDS
Yes, with A-GPS support
Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Midnight Blue, Misty Silver
- 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
Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh
Up to 430 h (2G) / Up to 400 h (3G)
Up to 7 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 31 h

Misc
0.66 W/kg (head)    

Tests
Contrast ratio: 1207:1 (nominal)
Voice 66dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 78dB
Noise -89.4dB / Crosstalk -91.5dB
Photo / Video