sony-ericsson-arc

Equipped with a big 4.2-inch Reality Display screen (854 x 480 pixels), the Xperia Arc is nevertheless very slim (8.7 mm). This is reinforced by its pared down look and weight (only 117g).

It has an HDMI out to play the videos you've shot with it on a TV, an 8 Mpixel sensor (the new minimum required on high end devices so it seems), integrates DLNA and has a Qualcomm CPU clocked at 1 GHz.

The phone screen uses the same technology as Sony Bravia TVs. According to Sony Ericsson, this is what gives it its slimline screen and is the company's answer to Apple's Retina and Samsung's Super AMOLED technologies, which do offer very high quality displays (read our screen duel
The Arc will be on sale in the course of the first quarter. Pricing hasn't yet been confirmed.

The PlayStation Phone, is now waiting in the wings, readying itself for its CES appearance.