Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc revealed ahead of announcement [video]

By on Jan 5, 2011 at 11:31 AM
CES January 5, 2011

Ahead of an official announcement due today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a new Android phone from Sony Ericsson has been revealed. Affectionately referred to at BGR HQ as the “Sony Ericsson Why-Isn’t-This-The-Xperia Play,” the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc features a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, a 4.2-inch 854 x 480-pixel touchscreen display, an 8-megapixel camera with flash and HD video capture, the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS and a slim contoured body measuring 8.7mm at its thinnest point. We’re not sure the remarkably slender case and sexy design is enough to make up for last year’s specs, but there should be a few more treats in store from Sony Ericsson today so keep those fingers crossed. Hit the break for a video of the Arc in action.

[Via Engadget]

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  • Nasn55

    Which carrier will get this phone?

  • Anonymous

    SONY Has ALOT of ass kissing to make up to the Android Community after that 1.6 Debacle last year…. This is looking really good so far… especially if it will actually LAUNCH with Gingerbread

  • http://twitter.com/Ether813_IX Ian Ximinies

    Hey, it is Sony Ericsson, Gingerbread and Launch all in the same article, it is a start :-) a much better one than last year

  • Anonymous

    Phone looks good. Awesome hardware choice is the greatest part of Android. And those widgets look good too (hope there’s play/rwd/ffd in notification bar!). Don’t disappoint Sony!

  • http://twitter.com/atBrSwa Brando

    Announcing the Sony XPERIA Arc. Available in October…

  • http://twitter.com/ChazClout ChazClout

    Looks like a classy phone but the X10′s update debacle, the custom UI Sony put on the phone would concern me update wise.

  • Donny

    Mmmmmm I smell vapor

  • Cessione Del Quinto

    It looks really nice

  • Spdr-Mn

    This thing looks awesome, I really liked the Xperia X10 but didn’t get it because of 1.6, but this looks awesome. Get it at&t! Get it!

  • BradyV

    GSM OR CDMA?

  • Anonymous

    No dedicated search button = FAIL. I use the search button all the time, does no one at SE not really use an Android phone?

  • Anonymous

    Nice, funky shape. Looks promising, I’m kind of glad it’s not a 12MP camera considering the 1 LED. Go SE!!!!

  • http://twitter.com/jrcrow79 EK

    meh..boring

  • Dextosenergy

    Also known as Sony Ericsson Anzu, Sony Ericsson X12
    Unofficial preliminary specifications

    General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
    3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
    Announced Not officially announced yet
    Status Rumored. Exp. release 2011, Q1
    Size Dimensions 125 x 63 x 8.7 mm
    Weight 117 g
    Display Type Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
    Size 480 x 854 pixels, 4.2 inches
    – Scratch-resistant surface
    - Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
    -Sony Mobile Bravia Engine
    - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
    - Timescape/Mediascape UI
    Sound Alert types Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
    Speakerphone Yes
    – 3.5 mm audio jack
    Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
    Call records Practically unlimited
    Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 16 GB included, buy memory
    Data GPRS Yes
    EDGE Yes
    3G HSDPA, HSUPA
    WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, DLNA
    Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
    Infrared port No
    USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
    Camera Primary 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
    Features Touch focus, image stabilization, geo-tagging, face and smile detection
    Video Yes, 720p@30fps
    Secondary Yes
    Features OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v3.0
    CPU Qualcomm MSM8250 Snapdragon 1 GHz processor
    Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM
    Browser HTML
    Radio
    Games Yes
    Colors Black
    GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
    Java Yes, via third-party application
    – Digital compass
    - HDMI port
    - MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
    - MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
    - 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

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