The other day Sony Ericsson were kind enough to send me an Xperia arc (wish they’d let me keep it!) so I thought I’d share some thoughts on it with you. I’ll be writing up a full review of course, but for now I’ll be touching on some areas that have jumped out at me over the last day or two so you can get a flavour for the handset.
I really have to say something about the battery life of the Xperia arc because this really has been the major issue for me since the handset arrived. In a word the battery life is … amazing! Yes folks this isn’t the X10 with its 6 hours of battery life, the Xperia arc has stamina and it will last you a day. In fact since first charging my test handset the battery is still going with 7% after thirty four and a half hours. Let me make that clear that’s 34.5 hours of usage (and I was watching YouTube videos, browsing the web, making a few calls, sending/receiving a few texts, downloading & installing a couple of apps, etc). I am really quite impressed by the staying power here.
The handset itself is very responsive, menus pop up without lag, apps open nice and snappy, etc. Ok so I have only had the handset for a day or two and haven’t spent the months clogging it up with apps and data that is normally the case for Android handsets, but even so there is a very real sense that this is a responsive device.
The screen has impressed me too; at the risk of sounding gushy the bright vivid colours and the large size makes watching videos and viewing pictures a dream. Back in February at MWC I watched the entirety of Toy Story 3 on an Xperia arc (great film by the way) and it was not only ‘do-able’, but enjoyable. The screen really is one of the highlights of the Xperia arc.
It’s all been glowing praise so far so there must be something that’s annoying me about the Xperia arc right? Well yes there is and though some might say it’s a minor issue I disagree. The onscreen keyboard has proved a bit of an irritation and I say it’s not a minor issue because it’s your source of data input for many things. Yes I realise you can replace the default keyboard with other options, but the point still remains that shipping a decent default option shouldn’t be an optional luxury. So what’s up with the keyboard? Well for starters it seems to not recognise pressing the space key sometimes, which is obviously annoying, but if you have a fast typing speed it really doesn’t hold up terribly well.
All in all the Xperia arc has been impressive and I’m looking forward to putting it through its paces. Look out for the full review soon!
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