Comparing specs: Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S vs. Apple iPhone 4S

The challenge:

Sony Ericsson has added one more brilliant product, dubbed Xperia Arc S, into its Google Android Xperia lineup. The new Sony Ericsson smartphone is expected to become a stiff rival to Apple’s most recent iPhone 4S. Of course, Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S is just one of a horde of first-class Android smartphones that will confront with iOS 5-based iPhone 4S this fall. Both devices highlight many outstanding features that mobile users of the new age wish for. Here we compare the features of Xperia Arc S and iPhone 4S under some basic parameters. The comparison will help you settle on one of these products. Lets us see what features make the smartphones special and wonderful in shelves.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S vs. Apple iPhone 4S

Round one:

Display:

Apple iPhone 4S is with the same 3.5-inch display of iPhone 4. Apple has not modified the display of the new iPhone as it was expected by analysts. The retina display of iPhone 4S has a resolution of 960 x 640 pixels at 326 ppi. Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S, in the meantime, features some larger 4.2-inch TFT display with a resolution of 854 x 480 pixels.

Winner: Apple iPhone 4S. The Retina Display of iPhone 4S has better clarity and quality over Xperia Arc S’ 4.2-inch TFT display. However, Xperia has a larger display.

Operating system:

The new iPhone plays on iOS 5, the most recent version of Apple’s famous mobile OS. You have around 200 cutting-edge features on iOS 5, including Siri voice recognition, iCloud and much more. Apple announced the new iOS 5 version for iPhone, iPad, and iPod for at WWDC 2011.

On the other hand, Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S runs on Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread. In fact, Google Android’s iOS 5 killer is not Gingerbread; it is the newly launched Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Maybe, Xperia Arc will be updated to Ice Cream Sandwich quite soon.

Winner: Apple iPhone 4S.

Processor:

Apple iPhone 4S is equipped with a 1GHz dual core ARM Cortex-A9 processor that encloses Apple’s famous A5 chipset and PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU. Apple previously used A5 chipset in iPad 2 and it is now in iPhone 4S also. Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S mounts 1.4 GHz Scorpion processor with Qualcomm MSM8255T Snapdragon chipset and Adreno 205 GPU.

Winner: Apple iPhone 4S.

Camera:

Apple has upgraded its iPhone series for the first time with an 8-megapixel camera on iPhone 4S. The phone is capable to capture video at 1080p with a resolution of 3264 x 2448 pixels. You have autofocus, LED flash, photo and video geo-tagging and many other features on iPhone 4S. Meanwhile, Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S sports an 8.1-megapixel camera with 720p HD video capture capability. All key camera features are there on Xperia Arc S also.

Winner: Apple iPhone 4S

Battery:

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S is powered by Li-Po 1500 mAh battery that offers 7 hours and 25 minutes talk time and 460 hours on standby. Apple iPhone 4S mounts Li-Po 1432 mAh battery that can run your device for 8 hours on 3G and 200 hours on standby.

Winner: Apple iPhone 4S.

Winner:

Indeed, the ultimate winner of the above comparison is iPhone 4S. In almost all parameters reviewed, Apple’s new generation iPhone is outperforming its Sony Ericsson rival, Xperia Arc S. Apple iPhone 4S is certainly more advanced in both hardware and software aspects in comparison to Xperia Arc S.

The verdict:

A huge crowd of customers had been in waiting for the arrival of the next generation iPhone for several months. As per Apple’s tradition, the 2011 iPhone upgrade was expected to come up in June this year. However, Apple delayed its official release until the second week of October. Whatever it may be, with many outstanding features, iPhone 4S has been creating ripples in stores since then. Sony Ericsson may be one of top smartphones on Android. However, it is not competent enough to take on iPhone 4S in a fray. However, Android lovers may prefer Xperia Arc S to iPhone 4S, because it is one of the most wonderful Android smartphones we have in stores.