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[Q] Best Accessories to have on Xperia Arc

Hi everyone, i just bought my Xperia Arc LT15a and i begun to look after a good bluetooth headset (or maybe a wired one) that shows caller ID, Track Tittle(at least,better if other stuff like incoming SMS ).
Which are good models for that function?
Also,is there any other COOL accessory that i should look after?
I´ve seen the "LiveView" gadget,and it seems preety nice! Anyone tested it already?
Does it worths it? Is there any other cheaper alternative for it?
Thanks in advance,i am waiting for your suggestions!

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Come on,any feedback is appreciated.
Maybe a external keyboard or a LiveView like gadget or even a good headset

What I have
Liveview(bluetooth watch)
MW600(bluetooth headset)
Phillips SHE6000(stereo surround sound earphones)
and I might get Livesound and Livedock.
MW600 can't display Music Tracks, Caller ID(only number) and Time because of Android Bluetooth Limitations(Bluetooth Stack)
Liveview lacks good plugins, but i would suggest you get these
Liveware manager
Liveview Application
Liveview Manager
Expresso Watch(time/mode/sound) 3in1
Send SMS
Fake Call
Liveview Remote Camera/View Finder
Phillips SHE 6000 is a Surround Sound Earphones with a 13.5mm driver and is on a Cheap side, I was aiming to get Sony MDR XB20EX but always out of stock >_<, so Livesound here I come

@mhyke13ph So,does it worth to have MW600 Headset?
I am considering buying it and LiveView, i just loved both.
How much you paid for each ? Where did you buy them?
Thanks for the complete reply,i will be waiting for others!

marcelloLins said:
@mhyke13ph So,does it worth to have MW600 Headset?
I am considering buying it and LiveView, i just loved both.
How much you paid for each ? Where did you buy them?
Thanks for the complete reply,i will be waiting for others!
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MW600 is one of the BEST and Stylish bluetooth music clip out there.
I bought my Liveview around $66(P2,800) ordered it from a friend of mine in Saudi Arabia, and MW600 cost around $55(P2,400) also from Saudi Arabia

mhyke13ph said:
MW600 is one of the BEST and Stylish bluetooth music clip out there.
I bought my Liveview around $66(P2,800) ordered it from a friend of mine in Saudi Arabia, and MW600 cost around $55(P2,400) also on Saudi Arabia
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Hm i see.
Do you live in Saudi Arabia? If you dont,how did you get this ?
I got it shipped for you or you wen to Saudi Arabia and bought it there?
Thanks

marcelloLins said:
Hm i see.
Do you live in Saudi Arabia? If you dont,how did you get this ?
I got it shipped for you or you wen to Saudi Arabia and bought it there?
Thanks
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I got both liveview live sound and mw600 for £50 each from amazon
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rkanwar said:
I got both liveview live sound and mw600 for £50 each from amazon
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Nice !
I´m from Brasil,to its a bit difficult to get things imported to us.
Our "limit" is 50 US$,everything that costs more than 50$ is taxed,and the tax is very high.
I´ve found out that using "Headset Controler" app from market,can be very usefull to set up click actions for the headphone button.
Things like 1 Click = Play/Pause or Answer/Close call. 2 Fast Clicks = Next Song
etc etc etc

marcelloLins said:
Hm i see.
Do you live in Saudi Arabia? If you dont,how did you get this ?
I got it shipped for you or you wen to Saudi Arabia and bought it there?
Thanks
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My Friend from Saudi Arabia bought me Liveview and delivered here in the philippines but i payed taxes and duties for the item, that was last June.
My Dad bought the MW600, he bought it before his flight going here in the Philippines.
before, it's hard to buy some accessories from sony ericsson, but right now i'ts already available in their shop.

mhyke13ph said:
My Friend from Saudi Arabia bought me Liveview and delivered here in the philippines but i payed taxes and duties for the item, that was last June.
My Dad bought the MW600, he bought it before his flight going here in the Philippines.
before, it's hard to buy some accessories from sony ericsson, but right now i'ts already available in their shop.
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Thanks for the feedback mate.

Seems like i am late for the party, my MW 600 just got delivered today morning
I live in Dubai and got it from a local merchant

pradeepvizz said:
Seems like i am late for the party, my MW 600 just got delivered today morning
I live in Dubai and got it from a local merchant
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I will never get one in Brasil.
My only option is trying to buy one in another country and having it shipped here,but i will still have to PRAY for it not to get stuck in the airport.

Amazon DE ZL models - SIM Free?

Hi - since the ZL is not available in the UK, I might buy from Amazon.de (€5 postage isn't bad).
I cannot determine whether the Amazon supplied (not merchant) units are SIM Free (and have unlockable bootloaders).
Could any of the German/Austrian/etc. folk here who have actually bought a ZL from Amazon.de please confirm or otherwise?
Thanks!

It has an unlockable bootloader, and in service info it says simlock 0, seems to me you can use every sim.

Vielen Dank!
I'll wait for the price to drop a bit... seems high at the moment.

I can also confirm that German ZL is SIM free. I'm coming from Slovenia and as it's not possible to buy it in my country (because all energy was put in Xperia Z) I purchased it at Amazon.de. My Zl works just fine, no problems:good:

Oh wow you have bad timing last week there was a 50€ discount on Amazon.de for the zl, I got it for 419€
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Sirence said:
Oh wow you have bad timing last week there was a 50€ discount on Amazon.de for the zl, I got it for 419€
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Yes - I notice that the prices on the DE website for these fluctuates even more than the GB website for similar phones. My XZ cost £405 but has been down to £399 and up to £470 in the past 3 weeks on Amazon GB (from Amazon, NOT a merchant).
I'll wait...!

sarobi said:
I can also confirm that German ZL is SIM free. I'm coming from Slovenia and as it's not possible to buy it in my country (because all energy was put in Xperia Z) I purchased it at Amazon.de. My Zl works just fine, no problems:good:
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Same here in France, Orange France, works perfectly (Inc 4g/LTE) and worth every penny/cent/centime.... Best android phone yet for me (4S was so "plastic" and light and felt cheap, HTC one on/off button recessed and fiddly was so annoying I felt like throwing it at the wall to let the switch know what I thought of it )
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Bought it from amazon it but it was delivered by amazon de.
Sim free and unlockable but box was not sealed.
And the price was 300€ (it stayed at this price for few hours)

Reduced price for the SW3 in amazon.fr

Just a heads up for those in Europe still deciding to pull the trigger: The SW3 is being sold now at 202€ in amazon.fr

Thanks for pointing this out. Just bought it. Works out as the cheapest option so far getting it to NZ - the price was Euro 167 (no TVA) plus shipping.

tripleacs said:
Thanks for pointing this out. Just bought it. Works out as the cheapest option so far getting it to NZ - the price was Euro 167 (no TVA) plus shipping.
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I tought you might like to know that the SW3 is being sold for 149€ in the french amazon store but just until midnight.

gusano38 said:
I tought you might like to know that the SW3 is being sold for 149€ in the french amazon store but just until midnight.
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Still one for sale.. Nice price, almost bought a second one just for the price.[emoji12] Who is the lucky buyer?
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[Q] Has anyone heard when the Metal Band will be out in the U.S.?

Just wondering if anyone has found any information on when the U.S. will see the metal band? Or if it's available somewhere overseas to purchase?

I eanna know too

I've seen two things. I think on Android Authority or Android Police they contacted Sony and they said there was a delay and it would be out in April. I'm not sure if that was the full watch or also the separate band. Then a week or so ago I saw a forum post with Sony UK saying May (I think it was on Twitter). Again, that's the UK and not sure if just full watch or separate band as well. Also, considering it is getting late in April and no word yet, May seems reasonable to me.

I cant wait, to switch bands around....metal for work, rubber for workout etc...black with leather strap for casual

You won't get a firm answer unfortunately from Sony US. They are closing all but maybe one or two of their retail stores and aren't bringing in any new devices (Phone related) to the US to be sold direct. Other shops might have them but it's unknown who. I have a friend at Sony that deals with US sales and this is the info I got.
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I saw the whole watch on expansys USA but nothing with just the steel-band yet

The Sony web store in Germany is now listing the SW3 with the brown and black leather bands but is only for the full watch (looks to be same price as metal one) , but still not showing separately. UK store doesnt show the leather ones yet but hopefully this means they are finally getting around to releasing something.

Thanks for all the info everyone. I'm defiantly crossing my fingers for May. Can't wait to make this phone look classy.

Sony.....we have been waiting for the metal band sold separately. ...whats taking you soo long.

supac said:
Sony.....we have been waiting for the metal band sold separately. ...whats taking you soo long.
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Umm yeah what he said
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thefinestmalt said:
The Sony web store in Germany is now listing the SW3 with the brown and black leather bands but is only for the full watch (looks to be same price as metal one) , but still not showing separately. UK store doesnt show the leather ones yet but hopefully this means they are finally getting around to releasing something.
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ok, thats a good sign.
Its unbearably slow, but its a good sign.

senectus said:
ok, thats a good sign.
Its unbearably slow, but its a good sign.
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The SW3 with leather bands are now available on the Sony UK web store as well. Hoping that the steel/leather bands will be sold separately soon!

speedyg0nz said:
The SW3 with leather bands are now available on the Sony UK web store as well. Hoping that the steel/leather bands will be sold separately soon!
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I saw the watch with the brown leather band yesterday on UK store but this morning it has disappeared again.

thefinestmalt said:
I saw the watch with the brown leather band yesterday on UK store but this morning it has disappeared again.
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Unless my eyes are deceiving me, it's still up for sale.
http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/products/smartwear/smartwatch-3-swr50/#brown

Seems to be available in the UK from Sony
Seems to be available (in stock) as the fourth color option (stainless) from Sony in the UK for ~$85.
http://eshop.sonymobile.com/gb/buy/ok-smartband-wrist-strap-swr510/

lafloer said:
Seems to be available (in stock) as the fourth color option (stainless) from Sony in the UK for ~$85.
http://eshop.sonymobile.com/gb/buy/ok-smartband-wrist-strap-swr510/
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Ordering it as I type

Joachim Winter said:
Ordering it as I type
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How might I order it here in the United States? Anyone have any tricks?

Available in France too for 69€ (77$)
It's ordered... 3 to 5 days for delivery

dougi83 said:
Available in France too for 69€ (77$)
It's ordered... 3 to 5 days for delivery
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Hello,
Can you send internet link please?
Thanks.

eshop SonyMobile French - Wristband

Preordered

Due to the lack of alternatives in compacts only (iphone se which has to small display, no notification led and iphone 7 without headphone jack) i have preordered this little black powerhorse. In Germany you get additionally headphones when preordering (Value 220€-300€). the ones that were presented at ifa.
when LG would produce a v30 mini i would immediately buy this. Really like the mics in v30 that allow to record a loud festival. hope that the xz1 compact will not fail at this.
i finally need a new modern phone compared to my z3 compact. i hope that the touchscreen will be this time more responsive than the one on x compact when typing letter p or q from the side through the curved glass. now lets wait 3 weeks

x10isrooted said:
now lets wait 3 weeks
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I'm sat with the money waiting too, not been this excited for a new phone since waiting for my Z1 Compact. Looks like they're still putting the power button in upside down though.

Debating ordering from Clove again. I can't believe that it'll be cheaper by about 12% to import to the US than buying at the local Best Buy.

will.m said:
Debating ordering from Clove again. I can't believe that it'll be cheaper by about 12% to import to the US than buying at the local Best Buy.
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Where are you seeing the price for it at Best Buy? I ordered my X Compact from Clove as well. Looks like they are offering some free bluetooth headphones if you order from them. I suppose you could sell those and knock off some more of the price right there. :good:

uchosen said:
Where are you seeing the price for it at Best Buy? I ordered my X Compact from Clove as well. Looks like they are offering some free bluetooth headphones if you order from them. I suppose you could sell those and knock off some more of the price right there. :good:
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MSRP is $600 for the compact and the headphones are limited to the first 400 or so registered. I have some Best Buy credit, so I'll probably get it local in case I'll need to exchange it.

Is it available in the US yet

will.m said:
MSRP is $600 for the compact and the headphones are limited to the first 400 or so registered. I have some Best Buy credit, so I'll probably get it local in case I'll need to exchange it.
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Well, Clove just told me that they won't have the Blue color, which I wanted, at launch. Apparently the Blue will be exclusive to Carphone Warehouse at launch. Looks like I'll be waiting to see what Best Buy and Amazon get.

Is there any way to get carphone warehouse to sell to someone in the US? I really want the blue phone

Frontier3 said:
Is there any way to get carphone warehouse to sell to someone in the US? I really want the blue phone
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From their website, it says only UK. Maybe the blue color US version will be available at Best buy or Amazon here but you'll have to deal with no fingerprint scanner out of the box (hopefully firmware flash will fix).

The Blue is available from Handtec, but without any pre-order bonuses.

I read through that tmo/lte thread. Do we know yet whether the european version of this phone is going to be fully compatible with tmo/att in the US?

I'm very excited about this phone. It has been a long time since I used a smaller handset, but I think I'll like the 1 hand usability a lot more.

Hope is worth to wait 3 weeks
Preordered a week ago as an upgrade from CarPhone Warehouse hope we gonna get root soon. I am still using my 2 years old Xperia Z3 Compact without any issue except the loudspeaker issue with android 6.0.1 still there i learned to live with it. Was looking for different phones like LG Q6 but CPW cannot provide that either just like the other 4 i was asking for. Got a few dosen calls from the sales team and they insisted that i should chose a huawei P10 or a samsung S8/plus even i told them that these units are too big for my taste and [email protected] for me. Finally i spotted XZ1 Compact.

Assimilator_X said:
I am still using my 2 years old Xperia Z3 Compact without any issue except the loudspeaker issue with android 6.0.1 still there i learned to live with it.
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What is this loudspeaker issue that you speak of? I'm not noticing any such issue with my Z3C.

When you put it on loud during a call the other party hear crackling and bubling when they speak. I have two z3c and both duing it. Plus when i switch back to phone speaker the nic gets disconnected so nobody hear my voice. Lol
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Assimilator_X said:
When you put it on loud during a call the other party hear crackling and bubling when they speak. I have two z3c and both duing it. Plus when i switch back to phone speaker the nic gets disconnected so nobody hear my voice. Lol
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Also strong echo
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I preordered from clove, seem to be the only ones with a bonus. Carphone warehouse had the XZ1 offer of the hear headphones on the first day, but that seemed incorrect and they removed it pretty quick. Either way, the actual odds of getting a set of those headphones were really limited as it was only first 400 customers or something.
The clove offer is a bluetooth adapter by the looks of things, not actually headphones. It just allows you to plug your existing headphones in and clip it to your shirt or something. Seems like a good idea.
I've got a Z3C at the moment, but my screen is beginning to lift off and it's taken out the headphone socket in the process. I also can't imagine it'll get any more updates to it.

Uk release date is 29th hope i gonna get it soon after. In carphone warehouse i been told anyone who preorders it before 21th could get the bt headsets.
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never-msrp (well known USA seller) on eBay supposedly has the Compact in stock. It's the international version, so assuming no US warranty, though. I ordered the blue version and says I should receive it by Tuesday, Sept 26.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-XPERIA...hash=item33d7317d10:m:mxkkpKuv2dAbztiQO-cRwQA

Also preordered (as an upgrade to my Z3 Compact) from Germany. Hope they will send it before 29th

Davka said:
Also preordered (as an upgrade to my Z3 Compact) from Germany. Hope they will send it before 29th
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Ordered from saturn and it should have been delivered today. No its only with "erscheint im kurzen"
i hope it doesnt take long...