Would be very very interested to know the picture quality of the phone's Exmor R camera =D

I've RSVPed
Hopefully would be able to go =D

This post has been edited by daijoubu: Mar 19 2011, 02:23 AM

Looking forward to meeting you people on Saturday
Not to mention the Arc

From the hands on session just now, some of my personal findings:

- UI is surprisingly smooth, with some slight stutter once in a while, but not often enough to hamper the feel.
- Timescape widget is a little laggy
- HDMI mirroring! Very very little lag between display on phone vs dislay on TV. Video playback is awesome, and plays back on both screens (tv and phone), but has a very slight jerk at times.
- Gallery looks very interesting. Like Xrossmedia bar style
- Display is stunning. Pixels are discrenible of course, but the colours are nice, and not washed out like the Desire HD
- Build quality is solid. Rear cover is just a piece of plastic, but everything fits nicely, and there is no creaking which gives it a cheap feel
- Very light, and deceptively thin
- Buttons have a nice click to it, but the camera two stage button i find it a tad bit hard to press

When free I will upload some sample photos taken with the Xperia Arc vs Iphone 4. Haven't compared them yet on a PC so can't say which is better.

Its just a pity that the Arc does not have:
1) Larger RAM
2) Larger in built storage
3) Front facing camera

But other than that, i think SE might have a good top of the line phone coming out soon. It's definately in my KIV list now, along with the Incredible S, and LG Optimus 2X =D.

Thanks to MobileFest for the opportunity

It is man =D.
The ARc is as light as the original SGS, but it feels way more premium and solid compared to the SGS

Whoa ur very fast =D.

I think its quite impossible for the price to drop so much in 2 months. At most would drop RM150-200 from the release price.

OMFG

http://www.gsmarena.com/you_can_unlock_the...g-news-2459.php

Sony allows the Arc, Neo, Pro and Play's bootloaded to be unlocked!!!
LEGALLY!

Sony Ericsson is DEFINATELY bringing a whole new mindset to the tables this year. Fast updates promised, legal bootloader unlock, man, i totally cannot wait!

http://www.whatmobile.net/2011/03/sony-eri...-review-part-2/

A more comprehensive review

Is this retail? We were told by SE that retail set should come with mini micro HDMI cable (Sony Ericsson branded)
Anyhow, you can purchase from sellers in Garage Sale

http://www.lelong.com.my/micro-hdmi-micro-...1-04-Sale-P.htm

This post has been edited by daijoubu: Apr 2 2011, 09:16 PM

Opps my bad

Btw GSMArena released their review of the phone
http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_xper...-review-584.php
Seems to be really good

And micro hdmi cable:http://www.lelong.com.my/micro-hdmi-micro-usb-2-1-1-5m-81022244-2011-04-Sale-P.htm

This post has been edited by daijoubu: Apr 2 2011, 09:17 PM

True, but i reckon Sony is moving slowly away from its propriety nature. They even dropped the M2 for the microSD card in all their latest phones. And micro HDMI is a proper standard HDMI defined by HDMI 1.4 (http://www.hdmi.org/manufacturer/hdmi_1_4/micro_connector.aspx), so it isnt propriety .

The only added feature i think for the Arc's micro HDMI is if you have HDMI-CEC enabled TV set, you can control some functions of the Arc from your tv set itself.

Whoa once u get it, give us a review of the Arc vs 2X vs Atrix!

Im curious for alfreds review is this better than the o2x in his opinion