Sony Ericsson Xperia arc S
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The Sony Ericsson Xperia arc S (Xperia X13) is a smartphone
Smartphone
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 developed by Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson
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 running version 2.3 of Google
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's Android operating system. It is an upgrade of the Xperia Arc.

Released in September 2011. The device's primary improvement over it's predecessor is a 1.4 GHz Scorpion Snapdragon
Snapdragon (processor)
Snapdragon is a family of mobile system on chips by Qualcomm. Qualcomm considers Snapdragon a "platform" for use in smartphones, tablets, and smartbook devices.The Snapdragon application processor core, dubbed Scorpion, is Qualcomm's own design...

 CPU (compared to the same model at 1.0 GHz in the Arc.) Aside from the CPU speed upgrade, additional hardware remains unchanged.

Hardware

The display is a 4.2 inch Capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 854 x 480. It supports multi-touch
Multi-touch
In computing, multi-touch refers to a touch sensing surface's ability to recognize the presence of two or more points of contact with the surface...

, is scratch resistant and features the mobile bravia
Bravia
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 engine from Sony
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 and is capable of displaying 16,777,216 colours.

The camera is 8.1 megapixels with Exmor R for low light capturing. It is capable of recording video at 720p
720p
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 High Definition.

Storage on the device is 1GB with 320MB free for user storage, this is expandable with to up to 32GB with a microSD card.

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