Let's face it, whenever we thought about Android smartphones, this Japanese telecommunication giant is not the first firm that comes to your mind, whilst they have had a few remarkable launches such as the Sony Xperia X10, the Xperia Arc & the game-centric Xperia Play, Sony has been labeled a fringe player in the Android smartphone competition & its handsets are generally on the high-end of the pricing spectrum, even then, the Japanese mobile manufacturer has retailed an impressive number of smartphones in the Xperia range (more than 30 million till now), & do they continue to innovate in this space?

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S comes with an extremely slight outer curve to its elongated corners, and this is highlighted by the inward curve of silver side panel, and some consumers have made lots of noise about this attribute, even though we are not specifically taken with it, would you make noise about any outdated handset?

We also felt that the smartphones major disappointment was its build quality, as it seems less strong than other handsets here, and in particular, the back plate seems huge, sleek & extremely flexible, so keep this smartphone well far from heavy-handed friends of yours. On the other side, the Xperia Arc S posses an extremely light overall weight of merely 117 grams, which is useless when we combine it with the poor build.

We did not like the Japanese majors positioning of the headphone input on the higher left corner of the smartphone, as this smartphone needs more pocket-space than it should have, & our headset connector can damage the handset or even users clothing. The display is an astounding 4.29 diagonally, however we still were not successful to reach right transversely for one-handed usage, and the screen is dazzling, sharp & clear, and the resolution of 480 x 854-pixels is sufficient for production of even fairly tiny text, although we would have admired the panel to be a bit brighter. The handset is the clear indication of the glorious pas that the Japanese mobile maker enjoyed with its Swedish partner Ericsson, so do you miss this manufacturer?

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