The Sony Ericsson Xperia acro was one of the best-selling Japanese devices in 2011. Both NTT DoCoMo and KDDI carried the device and whilst the former announced last week that it will carry the GSM version (SO-03D) of its successor, the Xperia acro HD, there was no word from KDDI. However, KDDI has now followed suit and announced the CDMA version of the Xperia acro HD (IS12S).
There are no differences between devices (apart from network compatibility). As a quick reminder, the acro HD includes a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 4.3-inch HD resolution display (720 x 1280 pixels), 12.1MP Exmor R camera sensor, 16GB of internal storage (plus microSD support), 1840mAh battery and HDMI. It also has Japanese specific features such as infrared port, NFC mobile wallet and TV tuner. This handset will also be waterproof to depths of 1m. It will release on KDDI in mid-March 2012, roughly at the same time as the NTT DoCoMo version.
