| Sony Ericsson T230 | Nokia 5200 |
| Manufacture | Sony Ericsson | Nokia |
| Model | T230 | 5200 |
| Form factor | Block | Slider |
| Weight | 79 gram | 104.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 101 x 44 x 19 | 92.00 x 48.00 x 21.00 |
| Operating System | Other | Series 40 |
| Networks | 2G - 900/1800 | 2G - 900/1800/1900 |
| HSCSD |  |  |
| GPRS | | |
| EDGE | | |
| UMTS | | |
| HSDPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| WiMAX | | |
| LTE (4G light) | | |
| WLAN / Wi-Fi | | |
| Wi-Fi Hotspot | | |
| Wi-Fi Direct | | |
| SMS | | |
| MMS | | |
| | |
| HDMI out | | |
| USB port | | |
| MHL | | |
| Bluetooth | | |
| Bluetooth version | NA | NA |
| DLNA | | |
| GPS | | |
| Glonass | | |
| ANT+ | | |
| IrDA | | |
| NFC | | |
| 3.5 mm audio connector | | |
| Camera | | |
| Camera resolution | NA | 0.3 Megapixels (640x480), 4x digital zoom |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | NA | NA |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | NA | NA |
| Second Camera | NA | NA |
| Display size | 1.5 inches | 2.00 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 4096 | 262144 |
| Display width | 101 | 128 |
| Display height | 80 | 160 |
| PPI | 85.9 | 102.45 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | NA | NA |
| GPU | NA | NA |
| Memory | NA | 5 MB |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | Polyphonic 32-tones | Polyphonic 63 voices, MP3, SpMidi, AAC, |
| Java | | |
| Games | NA | NA |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | NA | NA |
| Standby time (h) | 300 | 263 |
| Talktime (m) | 720 | 192 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | 1.2.1 | 2.0 XHTML |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Website | Website | Website |