Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc demo video

A few weeks ago we got to see the new Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc at MWC and later at a small event in London. James and I were in attendance and we were able to record a short video of the Arc in action. We were both really impressed with the Arc, it has a wonderful display and feels like a quality piece of hardware.

Sony Ericsson have kindly given us one of their early prototype units to take a look at. In fact we’ve been lucky enough to receive one of only a handful of working prototypes currently in the UK so I’ve spent some time pawing over it in the video below which will hopefully give you a taster of what the Arc has to offer. I didn’t manage to keep the video under the 20 minutes I was aiming for but I hope you enjoy it anyway.

We’ll have a full review of the XPERIA Arc once the hardware becomes final and we’ll have a full unboxing video once we can get our hands on a retail version!

Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc specification:

Operating system: Google Android
Processor: 1 GHz Qualcomm MSM8255
Size: 125 x 63 x 8.7 mm
Weight: 117 grams
Available colours: Midnight Blue, Misty Silver
Main screen: Colours 16,777,216 colour TFT, Resolution 854 x 480 pixels, Size (diagonal) 4.2 inches, Scratch-resistant Yes – Shatter proof sheet on mineral glass
Input mechanisms: Text input On-screen QWERTY keyboard, Touch screen Capacitive (multi-touch), Touch gesture Yes – multi-touch
Motion sensor: Acceleromoter
Memory: Phone memory Up to 512 MB, Memory card support microSDT, up to 32 GB
Camera: Camera resolution 8.1 megapixel, Smart zoom Up to 2.46x
Photo flash: LED
Video recording: HD 720p
Accelerometer
Proximity sensor
Ambient light sensor
eCompass
GSM GPRS Up to 86 kbps
GSM EDGE Up to 237 kbps
UMTS HSPA cat 6 (upload) Up to 5.8 Mbps
UMTS HSPA cat 8 (download) Up to 7.2 Mbps
Talk time (GSM) 6 hours 55 min
Standby time (GSM) 430 hours
Talk time (UMTS) 7 hours
Standby time (UMTS) 400 hours
Music listening time 31 hours
Video playback time 7 hours 25 min
Battery: 1500 mAh