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Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc hits shops in April

by Sarah Griffiths on 2 February 2011, 13:18

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Sony Ericsson's Xperia Arc handset will hit the shops in April, according to Three.

The handset is the company's first smartphone to be powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread as well as the first offering to form part of the new Xperia range expected to make its debut this year.

The Arc is 8.7mm thin but packs a 4.2 inch touchscreen Reality Display as well as an 8.1MP camera, HD video recording and face tracking technology, HDMI connectivity and 1GHz processor. Three said it will announce information on the handset's pricing ‘soon'.

Sylvia Chind, head of branded devices at Three, said, "The Sony Ericsson Arc is a great addition to Three's range of smartphones. The HD Video recording capability is particularly impressive with its Exmor R sensor and other multimedia features - such as a face detection feature - allowing you to take, watch and share high quality movies."

Here is an image of the Xperia arc.

 

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Posted by jimbouk - Wed 02 Feb 2011 14:32
Fingers crossed no-one buys it and SE realise that you can't just screw over your customer base with delays and lack of updates to smartphones.
Posted by sven256 - Wed 02 Feb 2011 15:12
Totally agree.

They are not too far off being out of business, maybe this will push them over if it fails.

It's only what they deserve, and it may kick other manufactures up the back side.
Posted by cheesemp - Wed 02 Feb 2011 16:57
Surprised it isn't shipping with 2.1 - After all 2.1 with UX is far superior to 2.2 (according to @SonyEricssonUK!).

Yes us X10 owners are still mad.
Posted by Brewster0101 - Wed 02 Feb 2011 19:57
I am sure it will be excessively expensive and not up to par with HTC or Samsung's offerings.

Hopefully this will kill SE
Posted by crossy - Wed 02 Feb 2011 20:49
cheesemp
Surprised it isn't shipping with 2.1 - After all 2.1 with UX is far superior to 2.2 (according to @SonyEricssonUK!).
:D … that made me laugh
cheesemp
Yes us X10 owners are still mad.
Yep, we were mad to believe SE wouldn't screw us over the same way they did with Vivaz and Satio owners. On the upside there's no evidence to say that they won't pull exactly the same trick (next year?) with the Arc's replacement.

But maybe we shouldn't criticise too much - after all we are getting that upgrade that gives dual-touch etc. Shame it's the last official one. Not that I'm much bothered since there's freeX10 and now a Cyanogen port for the X10. And there's a thriving “community” on SE's own support forums dedicated to these. :D
Brewster0101
I am sure it will be excessively expensive and not up to par with HTC or Samsung's offerings.
Sorry, going to disagree here. My X10 (from Three!) was pretty price competitive with equivalent Samsung offering at the time I bought it. And okay, the HTC option was cheaper, but not by much and tbh the phone didn't look as good as the X10 does (yes, I know, with that degree of shallowness I should have bought an iPhone!) ;)

Didn't I hear somewhere that Samsung were also getting slagged off for delayed delivery of Froyo for some of their phones too? Although even a “delayed” 2.2 is better than SE's scheme.

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