The Sony Ericsson Xperia Acro is an Android-based smartphone produced by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications in Japan. The device has several additional functions for Japan customers from Xperia Arc. It was launched on 24 June 2011.
This model is the last Sony Ericsson branded phone to be released in Japan, while Xperia Arc S is the last internationally.
Sony Mobile Communications (formerly Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications) released the Sony Ericsson Xperia acro HD as succeeding model of Xperia acro.
Basics The Xperia Acro is supplied by "NTT DoCoMo" and "au by KDDI" which are Japanese mobile phone operators. Each operators' devices are called Xperia acro SO-02C (NTT docomo) and Xperia acro IS11S (au).
Each mobile phone operators adopt different communication interfaces. The "Xperia acro IS11S" supported CDMA2000 with Japanese Xperia product first.
The Xperia Acro is available in a choice of either Black, White, Aqua (SO-02C only), or Ruby (IS11S only).
Specs OS – Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread); no official support to upgrade to Android 4.0; custom ROM's available CPU – 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor RAM – 512 MB SDHC – 32 GB microSDHC (expandable up to 32 GB) Display – 854×480 pixels, 4.2-inch Reality display, Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine Image sensor – 8.1 mega-pixel camera (Exmor R) Image output – HDMI-out
Added functions for Japan FeliCa(NFC)The Xperia acro has not compatible ISO/IEC 14443 (many called NFC). It support the FeliCa only. – used for Wallet Mobile in Japan IrDA – used for the exchange of the address book with the existing Japanese cell-phone. (Refer to 'Feature phone', 'Mobile phone industry in Japan') 1seg – is a mobile terrestrial digital audio/video and data broadcasting service in Japan.
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Xperia acro HD
See also List of Xperia devices Xperia Arc Xperia acro S :ja:SO-02C :ja:IS11S
References
External links Xperia acro SO-02C official website Xperia acro SO-02C Whitepaper PDF with technical details Xperia acro IS11S official website Xperia acro IS11S Whitepaper PDF with technical details