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Samsung Galaxy R vs Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S

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Summary
Performance

Nvidia Tegra 2

1 GB RAM

Snapdragon S2

512 MB RAM

Display

4.2" (10.67 cm)

480x800 px, 222 PPI

4.2" (10.67 cm)

480x854 px

Rear Camera

5 MP

Single Camera

8.1 MP

Single Camera

Front Camera

1.3 MP

Single Camera

N/A

Battery

1650 mAh

9.6 talktime (3G)

1500 mAh

7.5 h talktime (3G)

Storage

2 GB

32 GB (Expandable)

1 GB

32 GB (Expandable)

Expert Rating
User Ratings

★★★★★
★★★★★

3.3/5 based on 595 ratings

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4.3/5 based on 214 ratings

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General
Launch Date

September 24, 2011 (Official)

Operating System

Android v2.3 (Gingerbread)

Android v2.3.4 (Gingerbread)

Custom UI

Timescape UI

Performance
Chipset

Nvidia Tegra 2

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255T

CPU

Dual core, 1 GHz, Cortext A9

1.4 GHz, Scorpion

Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce ULP

Adreno 205

RAM

1 GB

512 MB

Display
Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

59.83 %

Screen Protection

Design
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Dimensions

Height: 125.70 mm
Width: 66.70 mm
Thickness: 9.55 mm

Height: 125 mm
Width: 63 mm
Thickness: 8.70 mm

Weight

132 grams

117 grams

Colours

Black

Black, Blue, Pink, Silver, White

Camera
Main Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

5 MP, Primary Camera

8.1 MP f/2.4, Primary Camera

Sensor

Exmor-R CMOS image sensor

Autofocus

Flash

, LED Flash

, LED Flash

Image Resolution

2592 x 1944 Pixels

3264 x 2448 Pixels

Camera Features

Digital Zoom

Digital image stabilization
Face detection
Smile detection
Touch to focus

Video Recording

320x240 @ 15

1280x720 @ 30 fps

Front Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Resolution

1.3 MP, Primary Camera

Battery
Capacity

1650 mAh

1500 mAh

Type

Li-ion

Li-Polymer

TalkTime

Up to 9.6(3G) / Up to 22.5(2G)

Up to 7.5 Hours(3G) / Up to 7.5 Hours(2G)

Standby time

Up to 550(3G) / Up to 660(2G)

Up to 460 Hours(3G) / Up to 460 Hours(2G)

Storage
Internal Memory

2 GB

1 GB

Expandable Memory

, Up to 32 GB

, Up to 32 GB

User Available Storage

Up to 320 MB

USB OTG

Network & Connectivity
SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM, GSM

Single SIM, GSM

SIM Size

SIM1: Mini

Network Support

5G Not Supported in India, 3G, 2G

5G Not Supported in India, 3G, 2G

SIM 1

3G Speed:
HSPA
GPRS:
Available
EDGE:
Available

3G Bands:
UMTS 2100 / 900 MHz
2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
3G Speed:
HSDPA 14.4 Mbit/s ↓, HSUPA 5.8 Mbit/s ↑
GPRS:
86 kbps
EDGE:
237 kbps

SAR Value

Head: 0.66 W/kg

Wi-Fi

, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n)

, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

, v3

, v2.1

GPS

with A-GPS

with A-GPS

USB Connectivity

microUSB 2.0

HDMI

Multimedia
FM Radio

, RDS

, RDS, Stereo FM

Loudspeaker

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

Sensors
Other Sensors

Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass

Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass

Applications

Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF), Adobe Flash support, Image/video editor

ANT+ support, TrackID music recognition, NeoReader barcode scanner, etc.