Apple iPhone 4S vs Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc

Apple and Sony are two topnotch companies in the technological arena and have been at loggerheads always. The arrival of the classy Apple iPhone 4S intensifies the rivalry between the two for which we are comparing the new iPhone 4S with Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc on the basis of various parameters such as ergonomics, memory, camera, operating system, battery, etc.

Ergonomics:
The Xperia Arc beats the iPhone 4S when it comes to sophisticated look by being unbelievably, impossibly thin. The two however have slight difference in their thickness with the Xperia Arc being 8.7 mm as against 9.3 mm of the iPhone 4S. The Xperia Arc is amazingly light, weighing a mere 119 g as compared to 140 g that the iPhone 4S weighs. However, the iPhone 4S has an amazing LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen while the Xperia Arc seems to have settled for a simpler LED-backlit LCD. Also, the iPhone 4S has an extraordinary retina display. In fact, it has been pronounced to be the highest-resolution phone screen ever. The pixel density is so high that the human eye is unable to differentiate between the individual pixels. As a result of this wonderfully high resolution, the iPhone 4S has crisp and clear text, sharp graphics and splendid images. Compared to the iPhone 4S, the Xperia Arc has a meager resolution of 480*854 pixels.
Operating System:
The iPhone 4S is a clear winner here as it is equipped with the world’s most advanced mobile operating system- the iOS 5. The Ericsson Xperia Arc possesses an Android platform, running on Gingerbread, a sturdy operating system but nothing compared to the iOS 5. The iOS 5 has introduced over 200 brand new features making the iPhone 4S unique and one of its kind.
Memory:
The capacious internal memory of the iPhone 4S beats the Xperia Arc with its 16/32/64 GB memory storage as against the mere 320 MB of internal memory provided by the Xperia Arc. The only major letdown by the iPhone 4S in this field is that we cannot use a memory card in this phone. The Xperia Arc has a card slot allowing a microSD up to 32 GB.
Camera:
When it comes to camera, both the phones delight us with their 8 MP resolution and their features of backlight illumination sensor, awesome auto white balance, advanced color accuracy, face detection and reduced motion distortion. No matter what we have to capture and how much light there is, everything looks exactly as it should. The iPhone 4S has a plus point over the Xperia Arc by possessing a secondary camera of VGA. The iPhone 4S beats the Xperia Arc in video recording too by its ability to shoot striking 1080p HD video. The video stabilization in the iPhone 4S steadies wobbly shots. The Xperia Arc on the other hand possesses a simple 720p video.
Connectivity:
Though the iPhone 4S easily beats the Xperia Arc in connectivity, both have numerous facets such as WLAN, 2G, 3G and of course, Bluetooth. The iPhone 4S is the first intelligent phone that can switch between two antennas (GSM or CDMA) to transmit and receive signals. In other words, the call quality is awesome. The HSDPA data speed is 14.4 Mbps as compared to the Xperia Arc’s mere 7.2 Mbps. This means that the iPhone 4S enables more rapid connections, downloading, loading and reloading. The iPhone 4S is in fact a world phone. Irrespective of where you are and whether you are a GSM or CDMA user, you can use the phone almost anywhere.
Battery Life:
The Xperia Arc beats the iPhone 4S with its lithium-polonium 1500 mAh fuel as against the 1420 mAh that the iPhone 4S possesses. The Xperia Arc provides better stand-by time but the iPhone 4S performs better when it comes to talk time and music play. Moreover, the iPhone 4S possesses a dual core A5 chip which is the most powerful iPhone processor ever. Since the A5 chip is power-efficient, the iPhone 4S has an amazing battery life.