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Xperia arc discussion Thread |
hihihans
Joined: Mar 15, 2009
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From: Netherlands
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I had a 5 minute play with Arc this morning. It felt solid, smooth UI and a stunning screen 
The girl who owns it comes from a cheap Samsung clamshell. She's amazed every time she touches Arc 
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Bonovox
Joined: Apr 13, 2008
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Mine never felt solid 
Phone?? What phone?? |
Caspa
Joined: Nov 28, 2001
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From: London, UK.
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I REALLY want one...
Been relegated even further with the work phone as the Bold was playing up... Now using a Curve so dont even have 3G!!! |
Ricke77
Joined: Nov 08, 2010
Posts: 120
From: Sweden
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It is as solid as a plastic phone can get. Much better all other plastic phones I ever used. I like it alot. Ive been using mine now for 2 weeks and it just keeps gettin better and better.  |
justus333
Joined: Apr 21, 2007
Posts: 163
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Little update on the battery issue. Ever since switchin back to the stock launcher, battery life is quite good. Not overwhelming but manageable.
Avoid the Launcher Pro! |
Caspa
Joined: Nov 28, 2001
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From: London, UK.
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You guys are just making it worse for me and my crappy Curve!
Havent had a phone this rubbish since I was last between jobs and had to get myself a temporary phone which was some Nokia twenty quid jobby!
Seriously tempted to just go out and get one on contract and just whack my work sim in it! |
hihihans
Joined: Mar 15, 2009
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From: Netherlands
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Just do it Caspa! 
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rickster2kuk
Joined: Jul 14, 2004
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From: Southampton, UK
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Got my Arc this morning. I was sceptical but this really is a big improvement over the X10. Screen is incredible, so vibrant, and looks so like the AMOLED screens Samsung use.
Speed and fluidity of the OS is much better than X10.
Few first niggles; very easy to press the bottom of the screen when trying to press the button, have to be careful. Also the LED light on the side isn't that easy to see compared to the X10.
Anyone notice the stock calendar doesn't seem to display all day events in the 'month view', you can see them in agenda but not highlighted on the month view.
I miss not having the integrated timescape widget on the main screen, with the Arc at present you can only have either FB, Twitter, Messages not a combination of both, which seems a little strange. I liked the X10 widget which basically showed everything (email, FB, messages, etc).
Also miss the web thumbnail widget on the X10 which gave you the three pains showing 'most visited' and 'recently visited' weblinks, that was handy but I think they've removed it in Gingerbread.
Haven't had a good indication of battery life as I've hammered it today what with setting everything up. |
prodjsxb
Joined: Jul 13, 2003
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On 2011-04-14 20:53:00, Ricke77 wrote:
It is as solid as a plastic phone can get. Much better all other plastic phones I ever used. I like it alot. Ive been using mine now for 2 weeks and it just keeps gettin better and better.
Exactly! It may be plastic, but it is very good quality. The chassis is solid!
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Bonovox
Joined: Apr 13, 2008
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As usual I must have had a shitty one cos mine was terrible. The whole casing would creak if clutched & battery door was not a good fit.I could feel quite a bit of give underneath the battery door where I could tap it & hear it knock the battery 
Phone?? What phone?? |
Caspa
Joined: Nov 28, 2001
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From: London, UK.
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On 2011-04-14 23:41:39, rickster2kuk wrote:
I miss not having the integrated timescape widget on the main screen, with the Arc at present you can only have either FB, Twitter, Messages not a combination of both, which seems a little strange. I liked the X10 widget which basically showed everything (email, FB, messages, etc).
thats interesting as i dont like unified inboxes and didnt think i would use the widget, but if its just one i could... |
prodjsxb
Joined: Jul 13, 2003
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On 2011-04-15 02:08:17, Bonovox wrote:
As usual I must have had a shitty one cos mine was terrible. The whole casing would creak if clutched & battery door was not a good fit.I could feel quite a bit of give underneath the battery door where I could tap it & hear it knock the battery
Weird, the Arc I have does not flex at all, so no creaking. Battery cover is a perfect it. Was yours a prototype or something? Maybe the battery cover was defective from the mould and was the cause of the problem?
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HYPER-X10
Joined: Mar 16, 2010
Posts: 86
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My Arc turned up this morning and I have to say, I'm extremely impressed.
It's night and day compared to the X10. Even after using the Arc for 10 min, grabbing the X10 was like a step back in time. Anyone who thinks it's just a small upgrade (i.e. people who don't have one) is on crack
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fjcarlsson
Joined: Jan 29, 2008
Posts: 162
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I can only agree with what most people are saying here, the build is solid. I'm really happy with the Arc so far but I do miss the latest version of the calendar in X10, it is like taking a step back going to andriod default, especially as the email client has been updated to. what the X10 calendar was like. Maybe we'll get it back in a future update. The screen and responsiveness is amazing and the few grams they shaved off the weight compared to X10 makes a big difference. |
Caspa
Joined: Nov 28, 2001
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From: London, UK.
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I've read that the Timescape widget plays a major role in battery drain... Maybe people can test it out and see how much they get out of the battery without the widget... |
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Posted: 2011-04-14 17:18
