Maxis has finally updated its website with its Sony Ericsson Xperia arc bundling offers. As expected with any other Android devices, the Xperia arc comes bundled with a data plan contract bolted on a Value Plus postpaid plan 50 and above. You’ll also get additional RM10 monthly rebate on your data plan, making the 3GB option costing RM78/month.

As revealed moments ago, the Sony Ericsson Xperia arc is offered with contract at RM1749 for 12 months, RM1599 for 18 months and RM1499 for 24 months. Outright, it goes for RM2099.

In addition, those that purchase will get extra accessories as shown above, which includes HDMI Cable and also a USB Car Charger.

For more information, head over to Maxis’s Android page. You can check out our previous Xperia arc posts here.

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UPDATE: Sony Ericsson Xperia arc official pricing: RM2099 outright, RM1749 for 12 months contract, RM1599 for 18 months contract and RM1499 for 24 months contract.

Today Sony Ericsson will be revealing the Xperia arc in Malaysia market with contract availability on Maxis. While we await for the event to start, the Sun had carried an ad which shows its official pricing of RM1499 with 24 months subscription of Maxis postpaid plan.

At the same time, they are doing a roadshow at Midvalley at the East Atrium from today until Sunday. If you’re planning to get one, they are also giving RM429 worth of items such as a wireless hi-fi headset, HDMI cable, screen protector and car charger.

We will update more on the Sony Ericsson Xperia arc offering as soon as we get more info.

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The new Android range from Sony Ericsson features a 8MP camera with Sony’s Exmor R which performs superbly under low light conditions. This feature will be available on the Xperia arc, neo and pro that’s coming this year. Earlier on we’ve seen a demo on the Sony Ericsson Arc where it takes multiple shots at surprisingly fast pace. Now here’s a demonstration of the Exmor R’s low light capabilities vs a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10.

Looks pretty impressive and Sony Ericsson is looking like a serious mobile imaging contender this year. Watch the video after the break.

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Have we told you that we were once big fans of Sony Ericsson? From the T68i to the P1i, we’ve always felt that Sony Ericsson phones brought in much gusto into the mobile scene. Then somewhere along the way, Sony Ericsson lost the plot with lackluster products and atrociously laggy software.

And things didn’t get any better when Sony Ericsson adopted Android to run their flagship smart phones. As much as we thought it would put Sony Ericsson back into contention in the smart phone arena, the Android-based Xperia line was too laden with unnecessary fluff in its UI that it did more bad than good for the Sony Ericsson brand name.

2011 and things are looking to turn-around for Japanese-Swede outfit, and the one device that’s leading the charge is the titillating Xperia Arc. Announced at CES last week, not much detail was revealed about the Xperia Arc, up till now.

The official Sony Ericsson Product Blog has posted additional information on the Xperia Arc replete with a short video overview of the UI. Though it’s good to know that there are welcomed improvements coming with the Xperia Arc, like the dual-mic for active noise cancellation the exclusion of a forward-facing camera is perplexing. Also, the UI skin is still looking rather laggy albeit much less than previous incarnations in the earlier Xperias (caveat: the firmware version that is installed in the Xperia Arc in the video is still considered as unfinished).

Full list of details and video waiting for you after the jump.

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UPDATE: Sony Ericsson Malaysia PR informs us that the sleek looking Xperia Arc will be heading to Malaysia within Q2 2011.

Sony Ericsson has finally shown some action with its latest Xperia Arc Android smart phone. The Arc is a sleek little candy bar device which curves in the mid section of its back, forming an “arch” like appearance. In the midsection, the Arc is only 8.7mm thin! We gotta admit this one sexy device from Sony Ericsson and we like the fact that it runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Hopefully the Sony Ericsson days of using old Android versions are over. Other specs include a 1GHz Qualcomm processor, a 8MP camera with Sony’s Exmor R technology and a 4.2″ screen with BRAVIA engine that supports 854×480 resolution.

Head after the jump for more pictures & video.

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