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Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S vs HTC Windows Phone 8S

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Summary
Performance

Snapdragon S2

512 MB RAM

Snapdragon S4

512 MB RAM

Display

4.2" (10.67 cm)

480x854 px

4" (10.16 cm)

480x800 px

Rear Camera

8.1 MP

Single Camera

5 MP

Single Camera

Battery

1500 mAh

7.5 h talktime (3G)

1700 mAh

8 h talktime (2G)

Storage

1 GB

32 GB (Expandable)

4 GB

32 GB (Expandable)

Front Camera

N/A

N/A

Expert Rating
User Ratings

★★★★★
★★★★★

4.3/5 based on 214 ratings

★★★★★
★★★★★

3.6/5 based on 156 ratings

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General
Launch Date

September 24, 2011 (Official)

November 20, 2012 (Official)

Operating System

Android v2.3.4 (Gingerbread)

Windows Phone v8

Custom UI

Timescape UI

Performance
Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255T

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8627

CPU

1.4 GHz, Scorpion

Dual core, 1 GHz, Krait

Graphics

Adreno 205

Adreno 305

RAM

512 MB

512 MB

Display
Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

61.61 %

59.99 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass

Design
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Dimensions

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

Height: 120.5 mm
Width: 63 mm
Thickness: 10.28 mm

Weight

117 grams

113 grams

Colours

Black, Blue, Pink, Silver, White

Black, Blue, Grey, Red

Camera
Main Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

8.1 MP f/2.4, Primary Camera

5 MP, Primary Camera

Sensor

Exmor-R CMOS image sensor

Autofocus

Flash

, LED Flash

, LED Flash

Image Resolution

3264 x 2448 Pixels

2592 x 1944 Pixels

Camera Features

Digital image stabilization
Face detection
Smile detection
Touch to focus

Digital Zoom
Face detection
Touch to focus

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 30 fps

1280x720 @ 30 fps

Front Camera
Battery
Capacity

1500 mAh

1700 mAh

Type

Li-Polymer

Li-Polymer

Removable

No

TalkTime

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

Up to 8 Hours(2G)

Standby time

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

Storage
Internal Memory

1 GB

4 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

SIM1: Micro

Network Support

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

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

SIM 1

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

3G Bands:
UMTS 2100 / 900 MHz
2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
3G Speed:
HSDPA 42.2 Mbit/s ↓, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s ↑
GPRS:
Available
EDGE:
Available

SAR Value

Head: 0.66 W/kg

Head: 0.97 W/kg, Body: 1.08 W/kg

Wi-Fi

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

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

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

, v2.1

, v3.1

GPS

with A-GPS

with A-GPS, Glonass

USB Connectivity

microUSB 2.0

microUSB 2.0

HDMI

Multimedia
FM Radio

, RDS, Stereo FM

Loudspeaker

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

3.5 mm

Sensors
Other Sensors

Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass

Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer

Applications

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

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