When the Arc first came out I got one and to be honest, hated it. Too slow, FC's galore and lots of other random problems. I bought a Galaxy s2 and apart from it's ugliness, been pretty happy.
Now the new Arc S has a faster processor and FF camera so I'm thinking about going for one of them. Has anyone else made a similar move? What's your opinions on the S model in general over the standard arc?
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When the Arc first came out I got one and to be honest, hated it. Too slow, FC's galore and lots of other random problems. I bought a Galaxy s2 and apart from it's ugliness, been pretty happy.
Now the new Arc S has a faster processor and FF camera so I'm thinking about going for one of them. Has anyone else made a similar move? What's your opinions on the S model in general over the standard arc?
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The original arc has been perfectioned a lot with the latest updates.
I think it won´t differ a lot from the arc S.
And don´t worry about speed, because with android ice cream the UI will be rendered by the GPU.
dsmaori said:
When the Arc first came out I got one and to be honest, hated it. Too slow, FC's galore and lots of other random problems. I bought a Galaxy s2 and apart from it's ugliness, been pretty happy.
Now the new Arc S has a faster processor and FF camera so I'm thinking about going for one of them. Has anyone else made a similar move? What's your opinions on the S model in general over the standard arc?
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I think you got a defective unit in the first place.
If i were you, I would wait for Sony Ericsson ‘Aoba’ & ‘Nozomi’ 1.5GHz dual-core phones. 1.5GHz dual-core smartphone with Adreno 220 graphics and a 1280 x 720 pixel display (true HD resolution).
Thanks for your replies. It woiuld make sense to wait til the dual core but it would be nice to have a good looking phone again...
keyword : keep up with the updates.
when arc first came out, it has 2.3.2 preinstalled. several updates later, now we are at 2.3.4.. lots of diference. better performance, better batery life, lots of new features... everything is a lot better then 2.3.2.
btw, last time i check arc s doesn't have a FF camera
squalldua - you're right no FF camera on Arc S.. it's basically an arc with a faster processor.
Mobage said:
I think you got a defective unit in the first place.
If i were you, I would wait for Sony Ericsson ‘Aoba’ & ‘Nozomi’ 1.5GHz dual-core phones. 1.5GHz dual-core smartphone with Adreno 220 graphics and a 1280 x 720 pixel display (true HD resolution).
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I agreed.
Do you think SE will stay with this design and upgrade the hardware inside with better processor and gpu? (like what they did with Arc S with processor upgrade).
I will sure get one dual core and upgraded gpu SE phone in future. I see the rumour dual core design is kinda ugly. I like the arc beauty design very much already.
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squalldua - you're right no FF camera on Arc S.. it's basically an arc with a faster processor.
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How do you make video calls without a FF camera? That's one of the features that they said is different about the S? Would you say the S would be as fast as the Galaxy s2 with the new processor?
> How do you make video calls without a FF camera? That's one of the features that they said is different about the S? Would you say the S would be as fast as the Galaxy s2 with the new processor?
You CAN make video calls because even if there is no front camera. Use the back camera, use a mirror, or whatever resorcefulness you can think of.
Galaxy S2 is dual core and of different architecture (it is not Qualcomm / Adreno combo). So you cannot just compare it in that manner. It depends on your use. For instance on my Arc, I even downclock to 600+ Mhz and I am happy with the performance.
The whole idea of video calling is that you can see each other while you are talking and using a mirror to be able to do that is just stupid. I'll stick with the s2
Neo has front camera, and same spec as arc otherwise.. If that's important to you?
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Neo has front camera, and same spec as arc otherwise.. If that's important to you?
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Yea but it'sa smaller screen
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dsmaori said:
When the Arc first came out I got one and to be honest, hated it. Too slow, FC's galore and lots of other random problems. I bought a Galaxy s2 and apart from it's ugliness, been pretty happy.
Now the new Arc S has a faster processor and FF camera so I'm thinking about going for one of them. Has anyone else made a similar move? What's your opinions on the S model in general over the standard arc?
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I would stick with the gs2 you will miss the memory!
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I like trying different phones and owned a sgs2, sensation and evo 3d recently. I have never tried Sony Ericsson before and thought will give it a shot. I bought the Xperia arc yesterday from Amazon USA since the arc s is not available here still. I have to say i'm impressed by how light it feels and also has great looks. I'm also impressed by the display even compared to super amoled plus in sgs2. This one is more realistic display than the amoled one. But on the hardware side its a letdown. I didn't even know that this doesn't have a front facing camera until I read here
I mean cmon that is basic in 2011, anyway I don't use video calls so doesn't bother me that much.
Sony Ericsson has great potential if only they can keep up to pace with HTC and Samsung on the spec side.
Hopefully the dual core phones from Sony release before the quad core phones start coming out.
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kirdroid said:
I like trying different phones and owned a sgs2, sensation and evo 3d recently. I have never tried Sony Ericsson before and thought will give it a shot. I bought the Xperia arc yesterday from Amazon USA since the arc s is not available here still. I have to say i'm impressed by how light it feels and also has great looks. I'm also impressed by the display even compared to super amoled plus in sgs2. This one is more realistic display than the amoled one. But on the hardware side its a letdown. I didn't even know that this doesn't have a front facing camera until I read here
I mean cmon that is basic in 2011, anyway I don't use video calls so doesn't bother me that much.
Sony Ericsson has great potential if only they can keep up to pace with HTC and Samsung on the spec side.
Hopefully the dual core phones from Sony release before the quad core phones start coming out.
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Why do you even need a dualcore let alone a quadcore ??
Im very satisfied with single core on my Arc ...
kiyu727 said:
Why do you even need a dualcore let alone a quadcore ??
Im very satisfied with single core on my Arc ...
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Because I see the difference of speed, performance on stock sgs2 or even sense bloated sensation to an extent. Also why not have the dual core when it is available for quite a while now? Its not going to harm you in any away. If we go by your logic then why is Sony releasing dual core phones at all?
Don't get me wrong this is a nice phone but lacks a little power that's it.
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Isn't the arc s with same processer just overclocked?
U can overclock upto 1.9 Ghz with DooMKernel...
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Isn't the arc s with same processer just overclocked?
U can overclock upto 1.9 Ghz with DooMKernel...
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There is a slight different in processor.
Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon for Arc and Qualcomm MSM8255T Snapdragon
MSM8255 - 45 nm - ARMv7 - 1 GHz Scorpion - Adreno 205 - Dual-channel 333 MHz LPDDR2 GSM (GPRS, EDGE), W-CDMA/UMTS (HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+), MBMS - Q2 2010
(Acer Iconia Smart, Acer W4, HTC Desire HD, HTC Desire S, HTC Incredible S, HTC Inspire 4G, HTC Radar, Huawei Vision, Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro, Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini/Mini Pro, Sony Ericsson Xperia acro SO-02C, Sony Ericsson Xperia ray, Sony Ericsson Xperia active, Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman, T-Mobile myTouch 4G, SHARP GALAPAGOS 003SH/005SH, SHARP DM009SH, SHARP AQUOS PHONE f(SH-13C), SHARP AQUOS PHONE THE HYBRID(007SH/007SH J), SHARP AQUOS PHONE THE PREMIUM(009SH), SHARP 007SH KT, SHARP Yahoo! Phone(009SH Y), Fujitsu F-12C, Blackberry Bold 9900/9930, Blackberry Torch 9810, Blackberry Torch 9860, CSL Mi410, Huawei U9000 IDEOS X6, ZTE 008Z, Huawei Vision)
MSM8255T - 45 nm - ARMv7 - 1.4-1.5 GHz Scorpion - Adreno 205 Dual-channel 333 MHz LPDDR2 - GSM (GPRS, EDGE), W-CDMA/UMTS (HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+), MBMS - 2011
(Samsung Focus Flash, Samsung Focus S, Samsung Galaxy S Plus [2], Samsung Galaxy S II Mini [3] SHARP AQUOS PHONE SH-12C [4], SHARP AQUOS PHONE 006SH, HTC Flyer, Sony Xperia arc S,[22] HTC Titan, Samsung Omnia W, Samsung Galaxy W[23])
kirdroid said:
I like trying different phones and owned a sgs2, sensation and evo 3d recently. I have never tried Sony Ericsson before and thought will give it a shot. I bought the Xperia arc yesterday from Amazon USA since the arc s is not available here still. I have to say i'm impressed by how light it feels and also has great looks. I'm also impressed by the display even compared to super amoled plus in sgs2. This one is more realistic display than the amoled one. But on the hardware side its a letdown. I didn't even know that this doesn't have a front facing camera until I read here
I mean cmon that is basic in 2011, anyway I don't use video calls so doesn't bother me that much.
Sony Ericsson has great potential if only they can keep up to pace with HTC and Samsung on the spec side.
Hopefully the dual core phones from Sony release before the quad core phones start coming out.
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i'm confused, you don't use video call and complaining arc has no FF ??
here we go again, "dual core is better then single core" debate..
squalldua said:
i'm confused, you don't use video call and complaining arc has no FF ??
here we go again, "dual core is better then single core" debate..
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I said it is surprising to see a flagship Android device from a company not have front facing camera in 2011. I said it doesn't bother me because I don't use it, but it is good to have cuz you never know it may come handy some day.
Again if you are happy with the phone with single core that is fine ...I was just saying that Sony Ericsson should be little early into the game in terms of specs if they have to compete for global sales with HTC and Samsung.
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I recently acquired an Arc from a friend at a good price but also managed to order the Xperia Play from Chitter Chatter for £149.
I had a HTC HD2 and a PSP Go (loved both of them) but thought 'time for an upgrade' and to minimise the gear I carried ordered the Play from Expansys.
Long story cut short, the Play was delayed then cancelled and I bought the Arc to put me on until the Play arrived from CC.
Now, I can't play games properly without the game pad (and miss the PSP GO) but I am loving the quality of the Arc's screen and camera. It's nice and light too.
So, anyone with experience of them both can advise me if I should stick with the Arc? I am hearing a few bad things about the Play's build quality. I cannot see a reasonably priced (or stylish) bluetooth gamepad which would solve my dilemma.
I heard that the Arc will support any USB gamepad/controller via the LiveDock after the update to Android 2.3.4...
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Build quality on the play is great. There was issues with the back button. But that had been solved in latest update so it was software fault not hardware. Nothing wrong with the screen too. The arcs may be better, but the play screen is just as good as the one on my Desire HD. And with our dual channel ddr2 ram its faster than the arc. As for the camera. It takes pictures, 3mp/5mp/8mp whatever, either way all sonys camera's are solid
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AndroHero said:
And with our dual channel ddr2 ram its faster than the arc.
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actually they both use dual channel 333mhz LPDDR2
pecholino said:
actually they both use dual channel 333mhz LPDDR2
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Source?
all i know or read it in xplay thread, that only xplay uses dual channel 333mhz, but all of MSM8255 is capable of dual channel ram but that depends on the manufacturer if it will include it, because it will have an effect to the price.
hi, i just installed GTA III on my arc L15i, lags like hell, searched for fixes and installed one, lag is little bit less but still lags, tried overclocking cpu to 1.4 but still lags.
why?
Try V6 Supercharger and a couple of speed tweaks and see if the issue is still there.
My GTAIII is completely lag free.
GTAIII is litlle lagy..
My gtaiii lags when rain fall..but this is completly game for PC, not so much ported realy for PHONE...
only litlle modified..so be happy to run it anyway
electrash said:
GTAIII is litlle lagy..
My gtaiii lags when rain fall..but this is completly game for PC, not so much ported realy for PHONE...
only litlle modified..so be happy to run it anyway
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Really? Have you V6 Supercharger installed?
I don't notice any lag except I have to much MODs (since 90% of all PC' MODs works for Android too ) running.
yea supercharghed :/
Version 1.0 is run great but not lag free ,u still can notice some lag.
Version 1.2 is lag like hell.
Sorry guys, then I cant help you too.
Maybe because I've a Arc S, but that shouldn't matter if you overclock to 1,4 GHz.
I just found out it runs good on iPod Touch 4G AND IT HAS AN 800Mhz CPU, there is little little lag in it but still runs good, WWWHHHYYY!!!
Mesho Arc said:
I just found out it runs good on iPod Touch 4G AND IT HAS AN 800Mhz CPU, there is little little lag in it but still runs good, WWWHHHYYY!!!
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May be because iOS is better?
*Fled
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or we can wait for updated adreno driver in ICS.
I'm using SinMIUI ROM, Doomkernel for MIUI and it's perfect. I don't have any lags
tyrand3 said:
May be because iOS is better?
*Fled
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or we can wait for updated adreno driver in ICS.
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true, maybe iOS has different app build system
ZyxeLa said:
I'm using SinMIUI ROM, Doomkernel for MIUI and it's perfect. I don't have any lags
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today i was using that ROM but I didn't try the game on it.
I can't try it now, I'm settled with my current ROM.
Mesho Arc said:
I just found out it runs good on iPod Touch 4G AND IT HAS AN 800Mhz CPU, there is little little lag in it but still runs good, WWWHHHYYY!!!
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If they do the game for iOS they can optimize it much betterm as there are much less iOS devices than Android devices.
So it's more optimized for your iTouch than for your Arc.
Best GTA III experience do you get on the iPad 2. Believe me, buttery smooth.
But I don't game much, just bougt it to look at it and play a little sometimes.
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i have a rooted stock arc
don't find any lagging so far..as smooth as i used to play it on pc and ps3..
darth5zaft said:
i have a rooted stock arc
don't find any lagging so far..as smooth as i used to play it on pc and ps3..
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You have one hell of an arc.
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GTA 3 is a game made for a dualcore processor...
But on my Arc i don't have a lot of lag, using arconium5.6, doomkernel v15 @ 1.4ghz and supercharger v6...
You can also delete the audio folder, or just delete the radio only
To delete the radio only, go to the audio folder, sort by largest files, and then don't delete the largest, but delete the 11 or 9 ( not sure ) files following than
arneh1992 said:
GTA 3 is a game made for a dualcore processor...
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u sure about that mate???????
Grand Theft Auto III 10 Year Anniversary Edition is now available on:
• Android Phones: Galaxy Nexus, HTC Rezound, LG Optimus 2x, Motorola Atrix 4G, Motorola Droid X2, Motorola Droid Bionic, Motorola Photon 4G, Samsung Galaxy R, Samsung Galaxy S2, Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, T-Mobile G2x
as far as i know Xperia Play isn't a dual core processor..now thats a LOL.. xD
GAME ON said:
u sure about that mate???????
Grand Theft Auto III 10 Year Anniversary Edition is now available on:
• Android Phones: Galaxy Nexus, HTC Rezound, LG Optimus 2x, Motorola Atrix 4G, Motorola Droid X2, Motorola Droid Bionic, Motorola Photon 4G, Samsung Galaxy R, Samsung Galaxy S2, Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, T-Mobile G2x
as far as i know Xperia Play isn't a dual core processor..now thats a LOL.. xD
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The game is for Dual Core Phones, But it is also optimized to run on Xperia Play, and Only Xperia Play have Dual Channel Ram running @ 300mhz, that's why Playing games on Xplay is smoother than Arc or any 2011 Xperia out there
mhyke13ph said:
The game is for Dual Core Phones, But it is also optimized to run on Xperia Play, and Only Xperia Play have Dual Channel Ram running @ 300mhz, that's why Playing games on Xplay is smoother than Arc or any 2011 Xperia out there
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Okay, that's right, but every Arc or Arc S could play it quite smooth with some tweaks.
I'm not having any issue with stock GTAIII, and I've already seen a colleague with the SGS2 with more issues than me.
Future phones really need dual core processors, but imo current devices don't need it (I'm not talking about 2012 devices).
PS: I'm only posting my opinion, so don't come with some "you're a idiot" like in this very other thread.
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You have one hell of an arc.
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thanks, but i guess the logical explaination is i fail to realised thats its laging
or maybe because i use link2sd for all my apps,kept ROM usage as low as posible..delete the catch often and kill all process before playing
Stock, no cpu changes, runs fine except when rain falls
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greetings
ZTE has unveiled its Grand X handset at an event in London this evening, is that really "best gaming smartphone ever". ??!?!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYaqTIDSWBE
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/zte-grand-x-1089430/review
on my opinion , xperia play is still on top , how can a phone be a advanced smart phone without gamepad ?! i think if we just loking for quad core or H/w , it's better to buy htc one X or galaxy s 3 .
still have hope to see xperia play 2 (( who knows ))
mehdi.moha said:
greetings
ZTE has unveiled its Grand X handset at an event in London this evening, is that really "best gaming smartphone ever". ??!?!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYaqTIDSWBE
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/zte-grand-x-1089430/review
on my opinion , xperia play is still on top , how can a phone be a advanced smart phone without gamepad ?! i think if we just loking for quad core or H/w , it's better to buy htc one X or galaxy s 3 .
still have hope to see xperia play 2 (( who knows ))
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This article has literally ZERO input on gaming, this can't be the phone they were talking about.
Already been convered, albeit not in its own thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28969789#post28969789
that looks sooooooo unresponsive the guy threw 6 punches before it registerd lol
*Watches video*
Oh wow... that looks... catastrophic.
i don't want to live in this planet anymore...
TLRtheory said:
*Watches video*
Oh wow... that looks... catastrophic.
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I liked one of the videos comments. " I fear for that guys wife @ home" made me laugh so hard I peed a little
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^ eeew yuck! hehehehe
How can anyone take ZTE seriously if they call this an advanced gaming phone!
I want a gaming phone not a WII phone
that is a Chinese phone , besides i don't think a Chinese phone can be a #1
Check out the ZTE Era it's better than this phone and Xperia Play excluding the gamepad of course lol. Before this Grand X came out the reason why I was so excited was because of the ZTE Era's specs I mean just look at that, it screams "Most Advanced Gaming Phone on the planet" if they had added a gamepad!. Disappointed...
- Internal8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
- CameraPrimary8 MP
- ChipsetNvidia Tegra 3
- CPUQuad-core 1.3 GHz
- GPUULP GeForce
- ICS 4.0
Source: www.phonearena.com/phones/ZTE-Era_id6971
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Blessi360 said:
Check out the ZTE Era it's better than this phone and Xperia Play excluding the gamepad of course lol.
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Lol, if we want to get into that, there's likely a hundred phones out by now that have better specs than Xperia Play.
...but that "exclude the gamepad" is a very important loss. When you exclude the gamepad, you're back in the "touch-screen gaming ghetto" that keeps all the other phones held back.
This part isn't direct attack on you or anything Blessi; but on a general note, I feel that all these spec-counters are getting so wrapped up in numbers that logic escapes their thought process entirely. We can talk, hypothesize, and conceptualize about how Xperia Play's "behind the curve" all day long, but what happens in practice matters more than talking, hypothesizing, and conceptualizing (all of which fall under "guesses"). What's that mean when it still manages to run software with great performance? By the rules of the terminology, hardware that's adequate at running software is not obsolete.
So what we really have is hardware that's not bad as it is... and a gamepad bonus that's currently unparalleled by any other attempt to add hardware controls to smartphone gaming.
TLRtheory said:
Lol, if we want to get into that, there's likely a hundred phones out by now that have better specs than Xperia Play.
...but that "exclude the gamepad" is a very important loss. When you exclude the gamepad, you're back in the "touch-screen gaming ghetto" that keeps all the other phones held back.
The way I see is that all these spec-counters are getting so wrapped up in numbers that logic escapes their thought process entirely. We can talk, hypothesize, and conceptualize about how Xperia Play's "behind the curve" all day long, but what happens in practice matters more than talking, hypothesizing, and conceptualizing (all of which fall under "guesses"). What's that mean when it still manages to run software with great performance? By the rules of the terminology, hardware that's adequate at running software is not obsolete.
So what we really have is hardware that's not bad as it is... and a gamepad bonus that's currently unparalleled by any other attempt to add hardware controls to smartphone gaming.
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Dang TL, you could be a lawyer.... :laugh:
Blessi360 said:
Check out the ZTE Era it's better than this phone and Xperia Play excluding the gamepad of course lol. Before this Grand X came out the reason why I was so excited was because of the ZTE Era's specs I mean just look at that, it screams "Most Advanced Gaming Phone on the planet" if they had added a gamepad!. Disappointed...
- Internal8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
- CameraPrimary8 MP
- ChipsetNvidia Tegra 3
- CPUQuad-core 1.3 GHz
- GPUULP GeForce
- ICS 4.0
Source: www.phonearena.com/phones/ZTE-Era_id6971
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The one x is better.
Sorry for my bad English. It's not my native language.
why is the one x better?
Already moved over thread to General forums regarding the "killer new amazing, etc. etc. etc." "Gaming phone" from ZTE.
Continue your comments in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768305
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Pax
FSM Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
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Which one is better ? they are at the same price here in israel..
Arc s has bigger screen, better cam, faster processor, and better battery but on the other hand the Sola is duel core and has a fron-facing cam which the Arc S lacks.
which phone should i get ?
thanks.
At the end of day the decision is based on what you like... if you choose a phone that someone thinks is better and you choose that phone you'll probably wont like it
okay but the q's is what is better preformance wise ?
http://geekaphone.com/compare/Sony-Xperia-Sola-vs-Sony-Ericsson-Xperia-arc-S
There's a comparison site, all in all, the processor makes the phone a lot faster, and whilst the Arc S is fast, the Sola has a faster processor due to it having two cores
I'd say Sola, but I own an Arc and I'm happy with it
Yes I was facing the same problem with this 2 phones...but I went with arc s ...and I am very happy ...its just as u said the sola is dual core and has front camera .I did not need this so I chose arc s...
Which one you buy depends on ur needs ...
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Thanks guys !
I think that i'll go with the Arc because of its faster processor (Arc S is faster than my current duel cored atrix 4G) and beastly camera !
If i wont have the money then i'll go with the sola (or if the sola gets ICS).
go for xperia go its for almost the same price tag
but better than both especially arc s
The arc does not have a faster processor, the Sola does, due to it having duel cores!
At least I think that's how it works haha, shares the workload between the cores, less work for the single core to do
The go cost a lot more here...
Hi. I need help on choosing which is the better device, the HTC One S or the Sony Xperia S. I know these devices was released a year ago but I want to know if it can still compete on today's smartphones esp. flagship phones.
Please rate/answer. Thanks
-UI
-Performance
-Can it still compete on today's smartphones?
-Will it support the latest Android version?
and
-PROS AND CONS of Sony Xperia S (in your opinion)
I did search and read reviews, but the reviews was posted a year ago. lol
UI: Sony
Performance: Htc One s
Can it still compete on today's smartphones? : NO
-Will it support the latest Android version? : Never
and
-PROS AND CONS of Sony Xperia S (in your opinion)
PROS: Everything......!!
Cons: Nothing...... Although there are few bugs in JB Like 1080p or 2G but it will be solved by sony in near future......
Choice is Yours...!
Thanks for answering. What do you mean by "everything" in PROS?
Does it lag on:
-playing 3d games?
-multitasking?
One S is better
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Thanks for answering. What do you mean by "everything" in PROS?
Does it lag on:
-playing 3d games?
-multitasking?
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On Adreno 220 you cannot expect too much.
some common games will run OK.
Multitasking.....not really..
XS has Adreno 220 and HTC One S has Adreno 225. Both are outdated.
So gaming and other graphical performances are way inferior to today's level.
What's your budget?
Why don't you think of Xperia SP?
I am just a student so I cannot afford today's high end smartphones. Can Adreno 220 and 225 still play 3d games smoothly (e.g NFS, GTA)? Because I previously own an iPhone 4 and I can say NFS runs ok (rarely lags but loads slow).
get an xs that is bootloader unlockable and have fun
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later one
htc one s has a better spec
Poonch said:
Thanks for answering. What do you mean by "everything" in PROS?
Does it lag on:
-playing 3d games?
-multitasking?
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I mean nothing is wrong in this phone..it doesnt lag for me .... i have played nfs...gta.....asphalt.....all run perfectly smooth....dont listen to dated or outdated ones......if it fullfill your needs its perfect.... camera is also very good. multitasking is also very good....after jelly bean update ram capacity has increased from 635 to 685 Mb....
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I am just a student so I cannot afford today's high end smartphones. Can Adreno 220 and 225 still play 3d games smoothly (e.g NFS, GTA)? Because I previously own an iPhone 4 and I can say NFS runs ok (rarely lags but loads slow).
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No GTA VC
NFS MW, Real racing 3 runs smoothly on my Xperia™ Ion.
but if you can afford Xperia S then Xperia Sp wouldn't cost more and you will get new Android updates as well.
Not like Xperia S which is betrayed by a Snapdragon S3 chipset.
I own Xperia S and very recently tested ONE S as possible candidate for a replacement but since there is a hope that all annoying bugs will be fixed by Sony and @letama is already working on 4.3 I will not replace it until my contract ends in November.
My thoughts after side by side test:
Differences in gaming? I could not notice any big difference. Most 3d rpgs and racing games work well enough with occasional hangups or lags on both phones. Cpu and Gpu is slightly better in ONE S on paper but benchmarks and real world experience is very similiar.
Camera? Xperia S has better camera and both handsets are capable of 1080 video recording. In my opinion Xperia S is better for still pictures but for obvious reason I could not compare 1080 video.
Screen? Xperia S has better resolution and nicer feel of the screen.
Future? I don't know much about ONE S development progress. Check out their forums for prognoses about 4.2/4.3. For Xperia S there is a hope for fully working 4.3. Mind that ONE S has only got 16GB of internal memory, compared to Xperia S (32GB) and both phones have no external card slot.
As a previous owner of some HTC devices I can tell that Sense UI is a matter of preference but it is very resource consuming. On both phones I would go for AOSP rom.
There is no clear winner and it's a matter of taste (and price). As a former Sony hater (before they promised to fix major bugs promptly i.e. several days ago) now I started to like and respect my current handset (given update will fix all current problems and will allow for further development of 4.3 at xda).
My personal advice would be to save some money and get a newer handset which has best support and development effort.
And the winner is : SONY XPERIA S