Sony Ericsson has revealed the successor to its award winning Xperia Arc smartphone called the Xperia Arc S, which is powered by a faster 1.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, making it the fastest Xperia smartphone to date and comes enriched with new features, and access to the Sony’s “Music Unlimited” and “Video Unlimited” services.
Keeping the sleek design from Xperia arc, the new Arc S measures 125 x 63 x 8.7 mm, weighs 117 grams and has same 4.2-inch (854 x 480) Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine. The phone now comes with a faster 1.4 GHz Qualcomm MSM8255T Snapdragon processor, compared to 1 Ghz in Xperia arc, and is backed by Adreno 205 GPU and 512MB RAM. Arc S has 320MB of built-in storage, plus an 8GB card in the box, while the rest of the specs are pretty much the same – 3G with HSDPA, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, micro USB port, HDMI output and a 1500 mAh battery.
On the bacpack, Arc S still has an 8.1 megapixel camera with Sony Exmor R CMOS sensor and f/2.4 lens, LED flash, auto focus, image stabilizer, noise suppression, touch Focus, Face and smile detection, Geo tagging and HD 720p video recording capabilities, but now enriched and with 3D sweep panorama mode, allowing you to view the pictures in 3D when you cennect the phone to a 3D TV through the HDMI connector.
Xperia arc S comes with Android 2.3.4 Gingebread and Sony claims that the new phone offers 20 percent faster web page rendering, plus 25% faster camera start up and media conversion.
Sony Ericsson Xperia arc S is expected to be available in Q4 this year, in Pure White, Midnight Blue, Misty Silver, Gloss Black, and Sakura Pink colors.
Source: Sony Ericsson