Sony Xperia Arc Cost Price In India

Here’s the complete details of Sony Xperia Arc. Sony Xperia Arc price in India and its features, specs are given below.

After the not so good performing Xperia X10 series of phones sony finally decided to give its Xperia family a total overhaul. And this time it seems Sony has delivered upto the mark. Sony has launched three new handsets under its Xperia range of android smartphone, Sony Xperia Arc, Sony Xperia Pro, Sony Xperia Neo.

Sony Xperia Pro features a QWERTY keyboard. The Xperia Neo is a mid end version while the Xperia Arc is the high end version. The Xperia Arc appeared for the first time in January at Consumer Electronics Show.

Sony Xperia Arc Features

• Sony Xperia Arc has a 4.2-inch Reality Display with a resolution of 854 x 480 pixels.
• The front has only the four physical standard Android buttons namely the Home, Back, Menu and Search buttons.
• Sony Xperia Arc has android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and unlike the poor updates service for the Xperia X10, Sony has promised its users to deliver regular Android updates for this phone.
• Sony Xperia Arc is available in two colors: Midnight Blue and Misty Silver.

• 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network: HSDPA 900 / 2100 – LT15i ; HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800 – LT15a
• Dimensions: 125 x 63 x 8.7 mm
• Weight: 117 g
• 4.2 Inches AMOLED with 16 Million colors and a resolution 854 x 480 pixels and is powered by Sony Mobile Bravia Engine.
• Multi touch input.
• Scratch resistant surface.
• 8 MP camera with Exmor R Image Sensor, Touch focus, LED flash, geo-tagging, face and smile detection.
• 1GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon
• 512 MB RAM
• 320 MB internal storage expandable upto 32GB using microSD card(8 GB memory card included)
• 720p HD recording @30FPS with continuous autofocus, video flash light.
• 3.5mm audio jack so that you can plug in earphones of your own choice.
• 2G Data:  GPRS upto 86 kbps and EDGE upto 114 kbps.
• 3G Data: HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps.
• WiFi 802.11 b/g/n; Wi-Fi hotspot.
• Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) certified.
• Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP.
• MicroUSB v.2.0
• HDMI port.
• TV-out (720p video) via HDMI and composite.
• Supported Audio formats: MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player.
• Supported Video formats: MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player.
• Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS.
• Web browser with full HTML and Adobe Flash 10.2 support.
• Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic.
• Sensors: Digital compass, Accelerometer, Proximity sensor.
• Stereo FM radio with RDS.
• GPS Navigation with A-GPS support
• Pre-loaded Apps: Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Facebook and Twitter integration, Document viewer.
• 1500 mAh Li-Po battery

• Sony Xperia Arc is a perfect multimedia companion. Multimedia capabilities are brilliant.
• The phone’s Exmor R camera sensor really adds a lot to the camera. The phone delivers excellent quality pictures even under low light conditions.
• The Xperia Arc screen is almost perfectly black when the backlight is off which also adds a lot to its really stunning looks. The visual improvements added by the mobile Bravia engine are also credible.
• The Xperia Arc seems a lot better than its X10 series predecessors when it comes to ease of use of software. Software seems perfect.
• Sony’s UI seems pretty and resource hogging but even then the Xperia Arc never loses any stability.

• The shutter key is mysteriously placed on the exact opposite edge of the place where we naturally have the shutter keys in digital cameras.
• The phone has a single core processor; by investing a few more bucks you could easily get a dual core processor phone with performance at par with this phone.
• No secondary front camera present

Sony Xperia Arc Review

Sony Xperia Arc proves that Sony has been seriously devoted to its Xperia family in the past times. The phone seems to be perfect in every aspect. Only some minor glitches are present, which will be removed by further due updates. Sony, by launching its first gingerbread phone  has really showed its seriousness towards high end phones in the Android segment.

Sony Xperia Arc Price in India

Sony Xperia Arc will cost only a mere Rs. 27400/- only.

Sony Xperia Arc Competitors

The Sony Xperia Arc will face competition from:

• Samsung galaxy music
• LG Prada 3.0
• LG Optimus Vu

Due to its high cost it may face competitions with a few dual core phones like HTC Sensation, LG Optimus 2X also