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[Xperia Arc General] caqo71:
Look, the headphones that comes with the xperia arc, are not of my taste, and neigther the music Player that is built in. Your W705 sounds a lot better.

BUT!!!. I purchased SE MH500 headphones (Hands-free), and installed PowerAmp on the arc and now I fly with the music quality, this sound even better that the best SE Walkman series out there.

The phone is not intended to be broken if you carry it in your poket, that's would be ridiculous, they're not suppossed to be in pocket when you're making sports, or something like that, and i guess that you don't sit down with your glasses on your back pocket, right?
[Xperia Arc General] drmoonshine:
Lol some ones a real hater tbh there is nothing wrong with my arc I think its the user not the phone it seems this way to me anyway how many arc users do we have here and how many hate as much as u

Hope u enjoy your s2 I also hope you take care of it much better
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
That man's an idiot... the bendability of the back cover makes the phone more robust not less.. it means that the phone flexes when pressure is applied, instead of snapping..

Facebook does load when tapping an update in Timescape - he said it doesn't

My front buttons feel solid.

Why do you need "light up buttons" - can't you remember the location of the THREE buttons.. it's really not hard!

He says it support HDMI out via Micro USB port !!!!! moron.

I don't disagree with everything he says... it would be good to have a bit more friction on the back cover.. and the camera and on/off buttons are too small..
[Xperia Arc General] keyz86:
Hi everyone i have updated my original post for those still undecided. I have an S2 now and sold my Arc and its the best decision i ever made. Go back to my first post and read why!!! :)
[Xperia Arc General] Rycon33:
I could have gotten the sgs2 also only if it hasn't the iphonish look. Everything really boils down to personal preference, i love my arc, prettiest-looking fone at the moment IMO, and functionality just suits my need!

- Sent from my Sony Arc
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
You may not like the hardware part of Arc that's fine.

But what you wrote about software is pure crap.

Arc unresponsive?! Man learn how to use the device or don't install bloatware lol. You made me laugh.
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
You forgot to mention one thing. The S2 is a Samsung. Samsung and quality are two words that can not coexist!
[Xperia Arc General] SXUsr:
Just had a quick browse of the S2 forum, and was no surprise to find unhappy users there too, weird eh, funnily enough though, on every forum for every phone you can find unhappy users, wonder why that could be. :rolleyes: ;):p

Personal preferences, not got a clue what they're doing, installed all kinds of crap, faulty unit, the possibilities are endless. :D
[Xperia Arc General] keyz86:
well you should have had a go on mine! it was awful and didnt get any better after factory resets with no extra apps installed
[Xperia Arc General] keyz86:
Until about 6 months ago i didnt own anything from Samsung, but now i have a TV, Freesat HD+ Box, Bluray Player and, Home Cinema System and now the S2 all from Samsung and all are amazing quality, the S2 especially has magnificent build quality!

Sony even seems to think so too since most of the LCD panels that go into their TV's and Vaio computers are made by Samsung!
[Xperia Arc General] rumnyc:
This thread is such an epic fail.

If I wanted iphone, i would get iphone, not wannabe (but far inferior) samsung s2.

OP if you are happy with samsung obviously the arc was never going to be your to your liking so good bye and don't let the door slam you on your way out.
[Xperia Arc General] emorej:
i just came from SGS2, and now i have the arc, in my own opinion SE arc looks elegant than the S2, built quality is better 2x..in terms of UI appearance the arc is better for me its simple, colors are natural, while on the arc they are like cartoons color. in terms of battery arc is slightly better. SGS2 is fast but i think Arc is not far beyond and i find it in same level with the S2. On S2 when you open it after sleep it will take around 3sec or plus, closing application on S2 also are slow at 3sec, you have to reboot it to make it fast again, but on arc opening it after sleep takes only 1sec, closing and opening of apps takes 1-2sec which is faster than the S2..Im happy with my arc, the only one im not happy about now is i got the silver color, i like the ocean blue but since there is no stock, due to excitement i just satisfied my self with the silver one..:D:D

PS:

Sound quality on arc is better than the S2

Camera shots on arc are slightly better than on the S2

Lockscreen on arc is far better, while on S2 is ugly..lols
[Xperia Arc General] abhisheak.bansal:
after reading your review i changed my mind,ordered a arc for myself

but is is out of stock in Delhi,INDIA,new stock will arrive in at least 10 days..........
[Xperia Arc General] emorej:
you'll be ok with the arc, S2 is higher specs phone but arc is not far away,it is just based on user satisfaction. And one of the thing that you will love most with the arc is its look, it was really engineered to be the best looking phone in the market.

PS: I had a chance to try arc before on android 2.3 it was laggy and some force close are there. But the one i bought came with 2.3.3 which i had base my review..
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
And apparently 2.3.3 upgrade corrected most bugs.
[Xperia Arc General] pngface:
Samsung's notification bar does look better (more useful) but I'm going to have to disagree with the OP on the rest
[Xperia Arc General] adiktz:
So finally you are getting an arc... Great...!!!

I bought my self the day it launched in India... I was probably the first one in the city to switch on the ARC... Even before those Sony Center employees... And I never felt disappointed...!!!

And i m happy i took the decision to get an arc... Its superb... Elegant...!!!

Everyone around just die to have a closer look at it...!!!
[Xperia Arc General] pngface:
Whoever designed the 3.5mm headphone jack is plain retarded.. half the earphones out there don't work with this phone (I tried Apple, SGS, HTC Desire) basically anything with a mic that's not designed by SE will not work with the Arc. Funny, considering how all these work with the X10.

I used my Arc earphones for 20 minutes and they don't work properly anymore.
[Xperia Arc General] abhisheak.bansal:
super agree with you....:D
[Xperia Arc General] george232:
I had an Arc the day it was released, returned it because of some annoying build-issues and now...I am buying another one.

It's not the spec-king, but it's the best 4"+ non-AMOLED screen out there and the camera is top-notch. LED is nice, I like the screen ratio, hardware button for the camera, unlockable bootloader...it's just a nice phone all around.

I have to say, I'm rather unimpressed by the Dual-Core competition (SGS2, Sensation, Optimus Speed)...
[Xperia Arc General] abhisheak.bansal:
real look into the mobile industry(Unbiased review):-

SAMSUNG:-Make dual core phone,but only haveONE cheap and copied (iphone4) design in mind.

HTC:-Used to make good phone,but off lately lost the charm for which once it was known....Also have only few design in their mind(thankfully not copied from APPLE).

LG:- Have a very much similar story like

samsung

SONY ERICSSON(SE)

:- May not known to make most powerful phones off the market,but makes pure mesmerizing designs (do not copy from

any

mobile manufacturer).

HOPE THIS ANSWERS ALL THE DESIGN RELATED QUERIES
[Xperia Arc General] dsmaori:
I completely agree with you in terms of design. I loooove the way the arc looks however for me personally, having a smartphone is more about performance than looks. Whilst the Arc is probably the best out there in terms of looks, I'm going to sell my Arc and get a kinda ugly lookin S2
[Xperia Arc General] abhisheak.bansal:
Niether i have s2 nor arc,but believe me fallow,you should not buy s2,u gonna regret latter coz arc is not slow anymore due to timely update by SE,and right now there are no application in the market which requires dual core processor power,arc can now run anythng without any delay or problem

Moreover,even after 2 months,u will still hold in your hand and say what a beauty i am holding

after, 2 weeks after buying s2,u will it hold in your hand and say what a piece of **** i am holding (i cant find better words to explain my feelings) :)

NOW IMAGINE

WHEN YOU ARE HOLDING ARC IN A PARTY OR AT A PUBLIC PLACE

People wiLL WONDER WHAT A GREAT ,SEXY,HOT PHONE IS HE HAVING.....THEY WILL FEEL JEALOUS (I AM LITTLE OVER FLOWN IN EMOTIONS)

WHEN YOU ARE HOLDING S2 IN A PARTY OR AT A PUBLIC PLACE

people will not be aware of its useless power,and say what a piece of plastic is he holding....real bizarre

REMEMBER BATTERY LIFE OF ARC IS BETTER THAN S2.........

LOVELY ARC,SEXY
[Xperia Arc General] abhisheak.bansal:
sometime i wonder will arc ever have so many roms,tweak,fixes just like s2 have????
[Xperia Arc General] adiktz:
Sure it will...!!! We just have to wait...!!! Once we have one Rom out, development will surely speed up...!!!
[Xperia Arc General] keyz86:
This is absolute rubbish! Im not going to deny the arc is a great looking phone cos it sure is! But while i had it a few people i saw said 'oh that's looks nice' ...and that was it. But since I've had my S2 loads of people have been stunned by it not only in looks but the sheer power it has, just how quick is runs and how it opens everything instantly and its spec and features AND three people I've shown it too have bought one themselves because they where so impressed with it!

No one that saw my Arc thought that much of it! Plus the headset issue for me was enough to sell it alone!
[Xperia Arc General] PollPixx:
At the toilet again, so thanks to ts for this topic, the other useless topic has been closed lately, but now I do have something to read again during the bricking process...

As I said before, I don't like tomatoes, but what's the point in spreading that news all over the vegetable and fruit forums? Just sell what you don't like and buy another one.

If you visit forums, you can't buy any car, phone or what so ever anymore, because about everything you will find unhappy users.

Well, finished dumping, so back to the F1, lets hope there will be a restart...

Sent from my arc or optimus 2x
[Xperia Arc General] rustynuts34:
Why dont we have a lovers thread and a haters thread all the lovers stay out the haters thread and vise versa. ;-) Then everyone can get along without having to constantly defend their pride and joys. :-)

Sent via noahs ark
[Xperia Arc General] ucubz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4oP1IkOzC0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Not that big different in speed in daily use, somehow arc win in several opening application test. Just big gap in synthetic benchmark.

Just to remember, it's dual core vs single core.
[Xperia Arc General] pngface:
Argh thanks for spoiling the race :@

I recorded it so that I can watch later and I've been avoiding FB all day for that reason.. never thought xda would have f1 spoilers :p
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
What a race it was!!!!!!
[Xperia Arc General] PollPixx:
Yes, lets hope the 10th of July it's as exciting as yesterday, I will be there, so lucky I am going to two races this season.... Belgium as well, can't wait

Sent from my arc or optimus 2x
[Xperia Arc General] daveybaby:
Agreed.

@pngface, he hasnt spoilt anything significant in the race, well worth watching.
[Xperia Arc General] PollPixx:
But when he recorded it he might missed a lot due to the delay :lol

Never meant to spoil your race mate, but I didn't say anything important did I?

Sent from my arc or optimus 2x
[Xperia Arc General] kokbiel:
I really don't get it. Is it really so hard to ask things when shopping?

What I did when I shopped for a new headset was, walk in to a store, look at the shelf with headsets, read on the packages until I found one that did not say "for iphone" but rather "not for iphone, htc or blackberry". Bought that one and it works like a charm.

Think

Look

Act

far better than

Act

Complain
[Xperia Arc General] pngface:
I didn't exactly buy the phone.. I got it for free.

Doesn't change the fact that most headsets don't work with the phone

So if my friend wants to listen to music on my arc with her samsung earphones, she gets a message saying "Accessory not supported" and music plays out of the speakers
[Xperia Arc General] Touranaga:
I might be able to help on this one.

When unboxing i tried the default headphones and the the sound was satisfying though when I increased the volume to the max, a noise appeared... I thought that's the stock player problem. Later i downloaded a player to try it again and the noise persist. I plugged after my gamer SteelSeries Syberia 2 headphones and...hm the difference was enormous....it just sounded great. Way, way better than my miss's old W830.

Regardless the complainings about the Arc I would definitely say that is a faulty phone. I have mine for 2 mounts now and the only problem i experience is when i reboot the phone occasionally it shuffles the icons...no lag, no delay. It's a truly worthy phone.
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
Lol Belgium is amazing.
[Xperia Arc General] pngface:
You're right, was an amazing race though!
[Xperia Arc General] caqo71:
Sorry, but I need to write this in spanish...

A todos los imbeciles que se compraron un xperia arc....... Por que mierda se quejan tanto si vieron uno y mil reviews sobre el telefono en comparacion con la competencia???. Se creen inteligentes por que compran un telefono que no les gusta y despues lo venden???. Harto gueones son.

Sorry again, but I don't get unminded people...

"Sent from your sad last buy, fool"
[Xperia Arc General] kdombaz:
Hi

Thought give you a heads up on the sound quality. I had few phones and also dedicated players (ipod etc). This one is the best by far. Really. I bought it for my hols and loaded lots of music and used it with my really good headphones and also with existing headphones and cannot fault it.
[Xperia Arc General] abhisheak.bansal:
WHICH HEADPHONES DO YOU HAVE?

anybody can tell me any good headphones with deep bass????

right now I am the owner of SONY MDR-570LP
[Xperia Arc General] ShyamSasi:
I use Shure SE315-K it's awesome sound quality.
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
To be honest headphones bundled with Arc are great. I have no idea what's the problem but the bass is bouncing.

As for total experience as a musician I say buy studio headphones and you will be amazed. I use Audio Technica ATH M50 and they kick ass.
[Xperia Arc General] elnitrox:
the freebie headset i didnt like so much maybe im not use to or something thats why im not using its there in the box..
[Xperia Arc General] caqo71:
SE MH500 are better than the stock ones. Use them with PowerAmp and you'll notice the difference.
[Xperia Arc General] byted:
Unfortunately, I have to agree with the person who started the thread. Most of the issues he highlighted are the same I encountered. I want to love the Arc. It's a nice looking phone. It performs well when it has memory free. But once it gets to that critically low point, the phone stutters. I've never seen any other Android phone allow the OS to get to 30MBs of free ram. And this is coming from 5 different Android phones. I wonder if the problem is Sony's memory management or if it's core Android.
[Xperia Arc General] caqo71:
I hope that it's core android, because many of the programers of applications put a function to avoid low memory problems, like sudden close, or lag. I have installed a lot of apk's with those options, end they are for all android phones.
[Xperia Arc General] gk_terato:
Get autokiller memory. I set mine to aggressive and I never dip below 90mb free ram. Always silky smooth, downside is sometimes it is too aggressive and kills off my web browser when i reply texts and stuff.. But opera just reloads the page anyway so no biggie. Need root.
[Xperia Arc General] sennyqtek:
I use batteryguard to kill active tasks wich works well for me. I haven't been below 130. I don't do autokill so I don't have any tasks that stop when I'm busy..
[Xperia Arc General] sneakingimperator:
I also got 100 application and it not lags :S
[Xperia Arc General] zohaib0001:
My views

I am using Arc from last 2 months.

1) i have orange branded sim lock phone

but still my phone boot up fast like in 16 to 20 sec

Root for Locked boot-loader is available

2) you can not say that the arc camera is slow as we all know its capture pic fast

and its camera is Exmor R sensor, that S2 not have

3) Only have a lock on both phone the S2 is not good locking as compare to Arc

specially from back side.
[Xperia Arc General] MikuSE610:
I agree the ARC is tad slower than the S2, but it is just a headturner :)

The best option is to buy the both devices.
[Xperia Arc General] xtorm80:
3 of my colleagues are using s2

1 of them keep getting restart after connecting to pc mass storage

2 of them keep getting hang up and restarts

luck i guess or the programe they installed

and all of them got lousy gps

the only thing i wish is more ram in the arc, still make me wonder why 512? atleast 756 will be really nice, yes we all do agree it lags some times
[Xperia Arc General] foolmoron:
It lags and crashes a lot... it wouldn't have been that expensive to just add a little more RAM...
[Xperia Arc General] ransflyer:
Just gave mine to my step son.

I could not live with the lag and crashes anymore.

If there was 55mb free its was fine but as soon as it diped below (which is all the time) it was terrible! Less than 40mb and you could not answer calls before it went to answerphone due to the lag. Less than 30mb and it would just hang.

My exchange account has over 1,500 contacts (most with photos and notes) and countless diary entries as it's used for work, and even though I rooted it, removed the bloatware etc it still hit the below 55mb limit constantly.

My galaxy tab has twice the apps installed and the same exchange data and runs like silk. Why does it run some smooth..... because samsung gave it £10 more ram.

Sony really screwed up with the amount of ram they put in the Arc.

As I have a perfectly smooth android device (the tab) which I have rooted and tweeked it to my hearts desire, I only need a phone for calls, and to check my emails (when I don't have the tab) so I now own an iPhone4. I normally hate apple products (anyone who knows me will tell you) because of the restrictions etc, but it really, and I mean really, hurts me to say it, but it's super fast, silky smooth and feels like an object of desire rather than cheep plastic phone. It does not do everything. but what it does, it does Very well. Bugger!

So all of you with ram to spare enjoy your Arcs, and for those near the 55mb.. I feel for you.

Sent from a Galaxy (Tab) far, far away....
[Xperia Arc General] ShyamSasi:
I agree with the RAM they could have add little more. But mine never freeze I keep it minimal and clean. I don't use lot of Widgets which is saves me lot of memory and the home screen looks neat. I don't use Live Wallpaper. I have one exchange and 3 e-mail account then Skype, GTalk, Nimbuzz etc. running all the time. I never had any lags sometime memory dips to around 20 still no problem receiving calls etc. not sure why it's happening to you. If it less than 20 then it's natural because there is no memory to process. I get great battery life which no way in hell i'm gonna trade with any other phone. In my opinion SE has got it rite this time :)
[Xperia Arc General] ransflyer:
I had no widgets and normal wallpaper. I used a task killer but that effected battery. All in all you canttdo use anything that makes android great with the Arc. Made a video call on 3g using an application called qik on the iphone tonight. Very impressive.

Sent from a Galaxy (Tab) far, far away....
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
Hmm quite strange, my RAM never goes below 110 MB.

But I don't use games and most of the apps I use are installed on SD.
[Xperia Arc General] Kyraa:
Your problem sound like a too agressive task killer to me and not like insufficent memory. I use a live wallpaper and a lot of widgets, 3 email accounts and its absolutely smooth. Task killers are the most useless thing you could run on an android phone.
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
Looks like true for me.
[Xperia Arc General] ransflyer:
I took the task killer off. Rotted and stripped it back to basics with no widgets, just my exchange and google sync, and a few apps. Still lagged all the time.

My tablet on the other hand.. Ive just counted the number of shortcuts and I have 204! which is filling most of the internal 16GB and external 32GB card and runs super smooth because it has plenty of Ram.
[Xperia Arc General] doministry:
Strange indeed. Mine runs very well, stock, with some widgets and many apps.
[Xperia Arc General] uyo_kun:
After using my arc, it doesn't have any problem like a post you say. My arc doesn't get slower even I get 50 app, and even my arc still 2.3.2, My arc doesn't have camera bug

Sent from my LT15i
[Xperia Arc General] ransflyer:
Maybe there a bad batch, as some people are reporting lag etc and some are not. Mine was one of the first units, pre ordered and delivered on the release date. It had the other problem with the screen sticking up 3mm from the case in the top left.

Sent from a Galaxy (Tab) far, far away....
[Xperia Arc General] mitsudo:
I have been using arc for two months

non of those things you said happened to my phone ever since i updated to 2.3.3.

why dont you get your phone tested by sonyericsson?

my personal opinion, how much did samsung pay you to post this article?
[Xperia Arc General] ransflyer:
Do you really think I wanted to spend over £500 replacing a brand new beautiful phone! And I replaced it with an iphone not a GS2 anyway.

I had a xperia X1 before and loved that even though it had the known keyboard issue and cracks in the case (I use to buy a complete case/keyboard from Ebay every few months - look at the X1 forum) which I notice the Arc also suffers from. I could live with that because the phone worked so well.

That's why I went for another SE device.

If I did not sync my contacts etc, the Arc was fine, but as soon as I did...

I have the exact same exchange sync settings on my tablet and it's fine. But when you can't answer a call because of lag, it's time to say goodbye.

I've given the Arc to my step son who does not have so much data to sync and it works beautifully. So it's not a problem with the device, just the ram. I'm quite jealous of him. He has got a lovely phone for free, and I have just paid over £500 so I can answer a call.

Sent from a Galaxy (Tab) far, far away....
[Xperia Arc General] Poker gypsy:
Well they must be paying a lot of people? And paying me with invisible money lol no phone is perfect! So tell me how much did sony pay you?
[Xperia Arc General] vu2ikl:
Yes.. i think there might be problem with the first few batch of arc. Even x10 had issues in few batches.

Mine run smooth. With many apps, widgets and live wall paper.
[Xperia Arc General] refract:
@ OP

The headphone wiring is indeed annoying, but the rest of your article is crap, a friend bought a S2 and he has since traded his S2 for a Arc after he played a bit with mine.

You want an honest opinion ? Different tastes, don't rush in here providing your personal experience when it varies from person to person.
[Xperia Arc General] mitsudo:
to answer you question, They pay my with invisible money just like you

I have vaio, xperia, walkman, cybershot, and bravia.

I have to say I am a sony fan boy.

I used galaxy tab before, like the size though compared to ipad.

It was laggy and crush all the time at the begging, but after updated to new firmware, everything turned out fine.

Samsung is doing great with their products.

for personal reasons, I just dont like the brand.