O2 UK, would proudly be the first carrier to launch the Sony Ericsson‘s Xperia Arc smartphone for the UK market. The Xperia Arc came flashing in on the carrier’s “Coming Soon” page, displaying an April release message with no specific dates available.

Even though the device is freely available SIM-free from an online retailer for £459.99, shipments from the UK carrier would not start before April 1st on contract, offering attractive prices. According to the manufacturer, the Xperia Arc is the first of a new generation Xperia smartphones for the year 2011 with more devices in the same series coming from the Japanese-Swedish joint venture.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Specs and Features:

1. 4.2-inch Reality Display Touch Screen

2. Powered by a Qualcomm MSM8250 Snapdragon 1 GHz processor

3. Android 2.3 Gingerbread Platform

4. Display powered by the Sony mobile BRAVIA Engine

5. 16 million color support, scratch-resistant mineral glass

6. 480 x 854 pixels resolution

7. 8.1 megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash, Touch focus, Image Stabilization, Geo-tagging, Face and Smile detection as well as video recording capabilities

8. Sony Exmor R Technology

9. HSDPA and HSUPA Technology

10. Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n connectivity

11. DLNA Function

12. GPS with A-GPS support

13. HDMI port

14. 512 MB RAM and microSD card slot for memory expansion

15. Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP support

via [O2 UK]