Sony Xperia Arco S

Quick specs

• 147 grams
• 5.2 ounces

• 126.0 x 66.0 x 11.9 mm
• 5.0 x 2.6 x 0.5 inches

• Talk time (up to) 7 hours 10 minutes [1]
• Standby time (up to) 310 hours [1]
• Music listening time: 23 hours [1]

Available colours

Camera and video

• 12.1 megapixel camera with pulsed LED flash and Auto focus
• Sony’s Exmor™ R for mobile CMOS sensor
• 16x digital zoom
• f/2.4 Aperture
• HD video recording (1080p)
• 3D Sweep Panorama
• Image playback, supported formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG
• Image capture, supported format: JPEG
• Video playback and recording, supported formats: 3GPP, MP4, WebM, PIFF
• Video recording, suported formats: 3GPP, MP4
• Face detection and Smile detection
• Touch capture and Touch focus
• Fast Capture
• Front-facing camera (1.3 megapixel, 720p)

Display and design

• 4.3”, 1280 x 720 pixels 16,777,216 color TFT with wet finger tracking
• Reality display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine
• Shatter proof sheet on scratch-resistant glass
• Capacitive touchscreen with on-screen QWERTY keyboard
• Screenshot capturing
• Dust protected and water resistant (IP55 / IP57) [2]
• Gyroscope

Pre-loaded applications

• Google Voice Search
• Google Talk2™ application
• Google Mail
• Google Maps with Street View and Latitude

Entertainment

• TrackID music recognition
• xLOUD Experience – audio filter technology from Sony
• FM Radio with RDS
• 3.5 mm audio jack for headphones
• Audio playback, supported formats: MP3, 3GPP, MP4, SMF, WAV, OTA, Ogg vorbis
• Audio recording, supported formats: 3GPP, MP4
• 3D and motion gaming
• Timescape with Twitter integrated
• Sony Entertainment Network (selected markets only)
• PlayStation® Certified
• TV launcher

Connectivity and communication

• USB High speed 2.0 and Micro USB support
• WiFi and WiFi Hotspot functionality
• HDMI Support
• DLNA Certified
• Synchronisation via Exchange ActiveSync
• aGPS
• WebKit web browser with Pan & zoom
• Bluetooth technology
• Native USB tethering
• NFC

Memory

• Internal phone storage: up to 16 GB (up to 11 GB user-accessible memory)
• RAM: 1 GB
• Expansion slot: microSD™ card, up to 32 GB

Networks

• GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
• HSPA+ 850, 900, 1900, 2100

• 4.3 inch scratch-resistant TFT touchscreen with wet finger tracking
• 16 million colours / 1280x720 pixels

• Google Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
• 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Dual Core processor

• 12.1 megapixel camera with auto focus
• 16x digital zoom, LED flash