| Nokia E61 | Sony Ericsson K500 |
| Manufacture | Nokia | Sony Ericsson |
| Model | E61 | K500 |
| Form factor | Block | Block |
| Weight | 144 gram | 80.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 117 x 70 x 14 | 102.00 x 46.00 x 14.00 |
| Operating System | Other | Other |
| Networks | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 | 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 |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | NA | NA |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | NA | NA |
| Second Camera | NA | NA |
| Display size | 2.9 inches | 1.90 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 16000000 | 65536 |
| Display width | 240 | 128 |
| Display height | 320 | 160 |
| PPI | 137.93 | 107.84 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | NA | NA |
| GPU | NA | NA |
| Memory | 75 MB. 64 MB more with extra miniSD card | 12 MB |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | NA | Polyphonic 40 tones |
| Java | | |
| Games | NA | Java |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | 1500 mAh | Li-Ion 700 mAh |
| Standby time (h) | 264 | 300 |
| Talktime (m) | 420 | 420 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | XHTML | 2.0 |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | NA | |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | NA | |
| Website | Website | Website |