SonysmartphoneLast featured Jan 2019
Sony Xperia Arc S
Worth it if…Worth it, with caveats.
Charming, compact hardware he genuinely enjoyed, but dated software and a badly degraded battery make it unusable as a 2019 daily phone.
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- Price when I covered it
- Under £100
- Featured in
- 1 video · 2019
- Category
- Phones · Concept & rare
What I liked
- Beautiful, compact design
- Light at about 100 grams
- Dedicated camera shutter and removable battery
- Easy one-handed use
What I didn't
- Clumsy Android 4.0 software
- Preinstalled bloatware
- Only about 40 minutes of screen-on time
- Modern apps struggle on the old hardware
In my words
Straight from the video. Tap a timestamp to hear me say it.
“if Sony remastered this device with an edge-to-edge Foley display and 2019 components I'd buy it day one”
“it's almost comedic how unrefined the software looks on this phone”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
0:00I used a 2011 Smartphone in 2019 - This is what happened.Charming, compact hardware he genuinely enjoyed, but dated software and a badly degraded battery make it unusable as a 2019 daily phone.
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Why it's on these shelves
- Design object
“the hardware on this phone is aesthetically awesome”
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