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[Q] Is it Xperia Arc worth a Free Upgrade?

So...
this is my current Situtation...
I've been under a Contract for +14 months now with my career; when i first got the contract i got an Xperia X10 Back on October 2010 but i got bored of it and around May this year i made a switch for Free with them for the SGS1 which i must say is a beautiful phone and I really love how the phone works even it's more than 16 months old since it came out.
Here in Guatemala we have not too many options in regards of High End Phones such as the SGS2 or HTC at all... But i have the option of a Free Upgrade for 1 Xperia Arc in early December.
I've got someone from here who is willing to buy my SGS1 for a really good price (around USD $500 - High End phones are kinda expensive here hehe) and i wanted to ask for your opinion if you guys think is it worth to upgrade to the Arc and sell the SGS1... I mean i have the option of selling any of them and keep the other...
Also have you heard if Eventually the Arc will get the so awaited ICS update?
What do you guys think?
Thanks!

I have to say Yes We have few developers stepping in for building ROM's

Here is a comparison, you decide:
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3115&idPhone2=3619

rmk152 said:
Here is a comparison, you decide:
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3115&idPhone2=3619
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Thanks! On the Paper both phones have similar specs with their pros and cos... But i wanted to hear the opinion from Users who already have the phone to let me know how is it like. I already have the SGS1 but wanted get more information about the Arc...
Any comment will be greatly appreciated.
JIM

I say get a gs2 or stick with gs1 Wayyy too good development
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I would upgrade to arc from SGS1 any day of the week... it's a really really great bit of kit... Love the camera, love the screen.. and it's not 100% confirmed for ICS but leaks have suggested that it will.

Sony have officially stated that all of their 2011 xperia models will be getting ICS. That includes the original arc as well as the arc S.
As far as the upgrading question goes, i would say the arc is definitely worth it. There are faster/more powerful phones out there, but nothing as well designed or with as good a camera.

Wow.I wouldn't buy a new galaxy S for 250$.sell it now
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SGS1 and ARC?
of course arc.
no more option. no more thinking. ARC

chitose_ndy said:
SGS1 and ARC?
of course arc.
no more option. no more thinking. ARC
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Arc s Super LCD beats Super amoled

You should go on line and get a HTCsensation or a gs2 for500
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You not bored of trolling round here yet?

if you ask me to choose between arc and sgs1 ?
ofcourse i would choose arc, duh
no contest, arc beats sgs1 in all category...

im_iceman said:
You not bored of trolling round here yet?
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What kind of answer is that? And that has to do with upgrading a phone?
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Poker gypsy said:
And that has to do with upgrading a phone?
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Going on line and spending $500 has nothing to do with getting a free upgrade from your service provider. Especially since he said dual core phones werent available in the original post.

He can sell his phone for500 = free upgrade
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daveybaby said:
Going on line and spending $500 has nothing to do with getting a free upgrade from your service provider. Especially since he said dual core phones werent available in the original post.
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There is this place called eBay you go on line
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daveybaby said:
Going on line and spending $500 has nothing to do with getting a free upgrade from your service provider. Especially since he said dual core phones werent available in the original post.
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He never said dual core phones not available! The quote was not to many available so that means there are some not all
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Poker gypsy said:
He never said dual core phones not available! The quote was not to many available so that means there are some not all
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jimbo77 said:
Here in Guatemala we have not too many options in regards of High End Phones such as the SGS2 or HTC at all
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He specifically mentions not having the SGS2 or high end HTC phones available. And he's getting the offer of a free upgrade from his carrier. And yet this is your suggestion:
Poker gypsy said:
You should go on line and get a HTCsensation or a gs2
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And with that i'm done with this depressingly stupid conversation.

Good for you eBay baby
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broke my nexus need a replacement

Hey guys have had some bad luck with my galaxy nexus, I dropped it on the weekend and it is now destroyed. Luckily my insurance company will cover it. The only problem is they are not selling it in Aust anymore. Can anyone recommend a good replacement at a similar price

Well if you still want a Nexus you can ask them to give you your money back and then look for it yourself - I'd do that if my GNex broke. Some near-priced phones (at least in my country) are the Sony Xperia S, the HTC Sensation XE or XL, some Samsung tablet, I think it was the P1000, the Samsung Galaxy R and the HTC Evo 3D hope i helped
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Sorry to say that...
but i think there is no replacement for the Galaxy Nexus
and at this price... mhm... what about the Samsung Galaxy S II for example?
It's not really bad

Yeah unfortunately they won't give me money back only replace it. I loved that phone and flashing ROMS daily. How does the S3 compare

Buy one here: http://www.kogan.com/au/buy/samsung-galaxy-nexus/

Please don't tell him the 3d is an option. He doesn't want that pos
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I'm in the same boat, though my nexus died due to water damage, damned Scottish weather. Using insurance through bank for a new replacement, I miss my nexus :{
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I'm just pointing out some near-priced models he can look up I wouldn't go for the EVO too but I'm not the person looking for a new phone
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trax7 said:
Well if you still want a Nexus you can ask them to give you your money back and then look for it yourself - I'd do that if my GNex broke. Some near-priced phones (at least in my country) are the Sony Xperia S, the HTC Sensation XE or XL, some Samsung tablet, I think it was the P1000, the Samsung Galaxy R and the HTC Evo 3D hope i helped
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gross..... Sorry but these are terrible suggestions.
For the record, do NOT buy anything from sony erricsson, they are the worst

And HTC sucks to root
*This Jedi master be a Ninj-ESS*

crixley said:
gross..... Sorry but these are terrible suggestions.
For the record, do NOT buy anything from sony erricsson, they are the worst
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Normally I'd agree with your statement about SE/Sony (owned an X10), but the Xperia S is getting direct AOSP support now, so it might not be so bad after all

Puck24 said:
Normally I'd agree with your statement about SE/Sony (owned an X10), but the Xperia S is getting direct AOSP support now, so it might not be so bad after all
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direct from google??
Where did you read that.
Or are you implying cm/aokp support?

crixley said:
direct from google??
Where did you read that.
Or are you implying cm/aokp support?
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Straight support from Google, http://bit.ly/NY2GYo, read the first post.

"TL;DR: For a long while this'll probably only be useful for low-level
engineering, but won't be usable as a daily driver."

crixley said:
gross..... Sorry but these are terrible suggestions.
For the record, do NOT buy anything from sony erricsson, they are the worst
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Have you ever used a Sony device? They can be lots of stuff but certainly not the worst! I love my Arc S (on CM9) and I'd only leave it for a Nexus. It's just got everything
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trax7 said:
Have you ever used a Sony device? They can be lots of stuff but certainly not the worst! I love my Arc S (on CM9) and I'd only leave it for a Nexus. It's just got everything
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yep a few..
they're terrible imo.
poor build, the worst custom ui, horrible support.

crixley said:
yep a few..
they're terrible imo.
poor build, the worst custom ui, horrible support.
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Yep, only if you count on that stuff that's why custom ROMs exist I wouldn't say poor build though - like I said, I'm very happy with my Arc S. Newer NXT Xperias might be poorly built but the Arc S even makes the SGS2 look like an ogre
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trax7 said:
Yep, only if you count on that stuff that's why custom ROMs exist I wouldn't say poor build though - like I said, I'm very happy with my Arc S. Newer NXT Xperias might be poorly built but the Arc S even makes the SGS2 look like an ogre
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the arc looks awkward and the cracks everyone gets around the proximity sensor are proof of poor design.
plus se phones are way too expensive for outdated specs

crixley said:
yep a few..
they're terrible imo.
poor build, the worst custom ui, horrible support.
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Build and hardware / software design boils down to personal preference.
As for support... They have the VERY BEST updates. Much better than the crap Samsung and LG.
And... Guys you have insurance for your phones? Wow! I just have crappy warranty that I don't bother voiding.
Blazing on my Nexus Prime

crixley said:
the arc looks awkward and the cracks everyone gets around the proximity sensor are proof of poor design.
plus se phones are way too expensive for outdated specs
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What cracks? I don't have any cracks on it... After all any smartphone needs a protector and a case - that's like a rule I actually didn't see any better phone for it's price (in my country at least)
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Does anyone familiar with the "Sony" phones ?

Only "I" in love with Xperia Z ? The design of the phone was killed me. (the phone is full glass black)
Specs is also very good. And most important it got support for AOSP.
Any way Im alone who getting jump to it? I'm just not familiar with Sony.
They are accidentally not like LG with OTA updates?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWysHOjl95E&feature=share&list=PL7CrlqRu8QgSYhFQzMmQ44E8R0BT3zVgp
PS: If you know something about sony (bad/good sides) share with me

Uh completely wrong forum?
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@rbiter said:
Uh completely wrong forum?
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I wanna ask my people. Exactly here.
I don't want to post in Sony thread's where only certain fanatics of sony will say it's better than samsung.

I wana buy it too....but wana have a look at galaxy s4 too
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jayOverkill said:
I wana buy it too....but wana have a look at galaxy s4 too
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But Sams S4 will come much later after Sony Z. I will deffenetly sell "Z" in that time.
I also don't like interface of sony (it's not stock AOSP), but I remember we got Cyanogen support there.

Im thinking of buying it as a secondary phone to use when I dont want to bring my note around lol.
It will probably replace my hox as my soare phone
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kylec said:
Im thinking of buying it as a secondary phone to use when I dont want to bring my note around lol.
It will probably replace my hox as my soare phone
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Check this design buddy...looks sick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa86s-tGHO4

I have been using Sony Xperia S before my Note 2. ıt was pretty good. I can recommend.

akdenizx said:
I have been using Sony Xperia S before my Note 2. ıt was pretty good. I can recommend.
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Thank you akdenizx !
How is build quality ?

I had the Xperia T for a week and returned it. Unbelievable dust magnet. Every piece of dirt and lint and fluff would gravitate towards it.
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poplectic said:
I had the Xperia T for a week and returned it. Unbelievable dust magnet. Every piece of dirt and lint and fluff would gravitate towards it.
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That's interesting. \:laugh:

Sony's build quality is actually better than samsung's I think. A lot more solid, have had the xperia s.
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desirer said:
Sony's build quality is actually better than samsung's I think. A lot more solid, have had the xperia s.
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Their build quality is amazing compared to Sammys and much more durable and resiatant to water and shocks but I think they tend to lag behind in terms of performance compared to Sammy,HTC and LG...
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avetny said:
That's interesting. \:laugh:
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Xperia z says water and dust proof xP
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It will be faster than our note 2 cause it has snapdragon s4.. but without spen..lol
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avetny said:
Only "I" in love with Xperia Z ? The design of the phone was killed me. (the phone is full glass black)
Specs is also very good. And most important it got support for AOSP.
Any way Im alone who getting jump to it? I'm just not familiar with Sony.
They are accidentally not like LG with OTA updates?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWysHOjl95E&feature=share&list=PL7CrlqRu8QgSYhFQzMmQ44E8R0BT3zVgp
PS: If you know something about sony (bad/good sides) share with me
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My previous phone was a Xperia Arc S, bought in GB 2.3. Sony update it to ICS, but the first update was a failure: far less memory available, many games stop working. 3 update later, it's better, but finaly i ended to put a custom rom, better than Sony one.
This is one reason why i don't buy another Sony phone. One other reason is there is no many differents models, that it make comparison between models too complicated.
Sony bootloader are locked, you can unlocked them to put different kernel, but you loose the warranty. It's not a big problems, you can always root and put new roms.
The build quality is good, except the paint: I bought a pink one, and paint around the corner fade in few months, showing white plastic behind.
It's still a good phone, I kept it as a backup one, in case of my Note II broke or is stolen. I put the Sony phone in plane mode, and in this mode, battery goes from 100% to 10% in 30days.
I'm always using Sony PC companion for sync between my Outlook account and phone. Kies sync directly the phone, without update you Google account. PC companion update you google account only, and after that you can sync you phone or any device related to you account.

Guys thank you so much !
You all help me a lot ! Love xda.

Sony Xperia A Rumours ...Thanks sony

http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/03/2...ul-sol22-gaga-to-launch-in-japan-this-summer/
Is Sony releasing a new flagship soon ? Why are they doing this so close to the release of the Z or will this be a toned down version of the Z and ZL ? Did we just get stabbed in the back?
What do you guys think?

jonnyaztec said:
http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/03/2...ul-sol22-gaga-to-launch-in-japan-this-summer/
Is Sony releasing a new flagship soon ? Why are they doing this so close to the release of the Z or will this be a toned down version of the Z and ZL ? Did we just get stabbed in the back?
What do you guys think?
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Not surprise, those are the 2h flagship like how Sony has always been doing it. This is a rumour that it might launch in Japan around summer, I doubt we will be able to get our hands on it until late 2013.

+1. With a one-seg TV tuner built-in, I'm guessing this one will be a Japanese release only. Might see a variant late this year, but Xperiablog seems to think it will be a 720 display.. so I'm good with that.

jonnyaztec said:
http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/03/2...ul-sol22-gaga-to-launch-in-japan-this-summer/
Is Sony releasing a new flagship soon ? Why are they doing this so close to the release of the Z or will this be a toned down version of the Z and ZL ? Did we just get stabbed in the back?
What do you guys think?
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I posted this same thing on the z form and that was one of the reason I was holding back on buying the zl. One rumor stats the "gaga" is a 5" zl like phone but with water proof and snapdragon 600 best of both worlds. But I bought the zl at 574 with lte couldnt resist. If gag comes out to be true to what is rumored ill definitely get it.
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That's the one that I heard AT&T will pick up too. I just hope Sony doesn't release so many smart phone as they did in 2012 and can barely keep up with the update. It got so many people pissed off because they can't get the new update

cheapshot789 said:
I posted this same thing on the z form and that was one of the reason I was holding back on buying the zl. One rumor stats the "gaga" is a 5" zl like phone but with water proof and snapdragon 600 best of both worlds. But I bought the zl at 574 with lte couldnt resist. If gag comes out to be true to what is rumored ill definitely get it.
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Where did you get it for 574? Is that in american dollars?

serialtoon said:
Where did you get it for 574? Is that in american dollars?
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Shopblt yes america.
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Yea I just saw that. I think I'd rather pay the extra $100 to have piece of mind to exchange it if anything happens.

serialtoon said:
Yea I just saw that. I think I'd rather pay the extra $100 to have piece of mind to exchange it if anything happens.
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Yea but not a 5inch screen

serialtoon said:
Yea I just saw that. I think I'd rather pay the extra $100 to have piece of mind to exchange it if anything happens.
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I agree. Its too bad shop blt doesn't allow to exchange.

hyelton said:
Yea but not a 5inch screen
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What are you talking about...

The new xperia zl is going to be 4.6inch screen and not 5inches
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[Q] Should I buy the Xperia ZL? Or is their any other phones at that price range?

The question pretty much says it all

What price point are you taking about and where in the world are you? I would say there are a lot of other better alternatives. I personally tried the LG G2 and that phone is just amazing with the battery life and speed :thumbup:
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I think the phone is absolutly worth its price
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kuwari316 said:
What price point are you taking about and where in the world are you? I would say there are a lot of other better alternatives. I personally tried the LG G2 and that phone is just amazing with the battery life and speed :thumbup:
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I live in bangladesh, and the price of xperia zl here is 31 500tk. which is about $405. Any phones which is better than this in the same price group would be great

siam672 said:
I live in bangladesh, and the price of xperia zl here is 31 500tk. which is about $405. Any phones which is better than this in the same price group would be great
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I also recently went through this dilemma... but in the end i purchased the zl bcuz it had everything i wanted... if you want full flagship experience then you should definitely go for the zl... no other phones matches its specs in this price range n the only con is the non-removable back dats all...

Hi.....before going for xperia,verify that the bootloader is unlockable....if not,go for samsung
And now with 4.3 firmware we just cant root without going thru several things like downgrading,re-root and so on...with 4.2 it was as easy with one click root....but now...pffff....id like to roll on it with my tow truck hahaha
cheers

Dunno... for the price I paid, it was well worth it... I believe Sony's discontinued this phone though... just something to be aware of.