Sony Ericsson Xperia arc S

Xperia Arc S

2G - GPRS and EDGE 3G - UMTS and HSPA

Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n aGPS Bluetooth 2.1,

Micro USB 2.0 HDMI 3.5 mm audio jack

The Sony Ericsson Xperia arc S ( LT18i Xperia or / Xperia to ) is a high- end smartphone, which was developed by Sony Ericsson and with Google 's operating system Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) running. It is a new edition of the Xperia arc and the last phone of the brand Sony Ericsson before Sony and Ericsson from the joint venture parted.

It was published in October 2011. Except for the processor with 1.4 GHz ( instead of 1.0 GHz) and support for HSDPA 14.4 Mbit / s ( instead of 7.2 Mbit / s ) is the hardware identical to its predecessor Xperia arc.

  • 2.1 Pre-installed applications

Hardware

The Arc S has a 4.2 inch ( 10.67 cm ) TFT touchscreen display and is equipped with a 8.1 megapixel camera with Exmor R CMOS sensor for low light conditions. The camera supports 720p high - definition video.

The unit comes with an 8 GB microSD card and is expandable up to 32 GB ( SDHC).

It is available in the colors white, black, silver, blue and pink.

Camera and Video

  • 8.1 megapixel camera with LED flash and autofocus
  • Sony 's Exmor R ™ CMOS sensor for mobile phones
  • 16 x Smart Zoom
  • HD video recording (720p ) up to 30 frames per second
  • 3D Sweep Panorama
  • Image display, supported formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, WBMP
  • Image capture, supported format: JPEG
  • Video playback and recording, supported formats: 3GPP, MP4

Connectivity and communication

  • High -Speed ​​USB 2.0 and micro USB support
  • W - LAN and W- LAN hotspot feature
  • HDMI support
  • DLNA -certified
  • Synchronization through Exchange ActiveSync, Google Sync and Facebook
  • AGPS
  • Web browser with pan and zoom
  • Bluetooth

Memory

  • Internal phone storage: 1 GB ( 320 MB available )
  • RAM: 512 MB
  • Expandable memory: microSD, up to 32GB

Network

  • GSM - GPRS / EDGE = 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 1900 MHz
  • UMTS - HSPA = 900 MHz, 2100 MHz (Global except America)
  • UMTS - HSPA = 800 MHz, 850 MHz, 1900 MHz, 2100 MHz ( America)

Entertainment

  • TrackID music recognition
  • XLOUD Experience - audio filter technology from Sony
  • FM radio with RDS
  • 3.5mm audio jack for headphones
  • Audio, supported formats: MP3, 3GPP, MP4, SMF, WAV, OTA ​​, Ogg Vorbis
  • Audio recording, supported formats: 3GPP, MP4, AMR
  • 3D and motion gaming
  • Timescape with integrated Facebook and Twitter
  • Sony Entertainment Network (select markets)

Display

  • 4.2-inch TFT, 16 million colors, 854 × 480 pixels, 233 ppi
  • Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA ® Engine
  • Scratch-proof, unbreakable display
  • Capacitive touchscreen with on-screen QWERTY keyboard
  • Recording of screenshots

Software

The operating system of the Xperia arc S is in the delivery state Google's Android in version 2.3.4.

In January 2012, an update was followed by 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and in April 2012 an update to Android 4.0.4.

Is available on the support site of Sony that the Android version 4.0.4 will be the last and final version by April 2012. Thus, this smartphone is officially no longer supplied by Sony with updates.

However, it is possible to Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) on the Xperia arc S to install. This requires a so-called Custom ROM, such as CyanogenMod. As for installing such a Rome, however, root privileges are needed, you lose in carrying out the installation, the warranty rights from Sony.

Pre-installed applications

  • Google Voice Search
  • Google Talk
  • Gmail
  • Google Calendar
  • Google 3D Warehouse
  • Google Maps with Street View
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