| Manufacture | Samsung | Sony Ericsson |
| Model | Wave S8500 | K500 |
| Form factor | Block | Block |
| Weight | 118 gram | 80.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 118 x 56 x 11 | 102.00 x 46.00 x 14.00 |
| Operating System | Bada | Other |
| Networks | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900
3G - 900/2100 | 2G - 900/1800/1900
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| HSCSD |  |  |
| GPRS | | |
| EDGE | | |
| UMTS | | |
| HSDPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| WiMAX | | |
| LTE (4G light) | | |
| WLAN / Wi-Fi | | |
| Wi-Fi Hotspot | | |
| Wi-Fi Direct | | |
| SMS | | |
| MMS | | |
| Email | | |
| HDMI out | | |
| USB port | | |
| MHL | | |
| Bluetooth | | |
| Bluetooth version | NA | NA |
| DLNA | | |
| GPS | | |
| Glonass | | |
| ANT+ | | |
| IrDA | | |
| NFC | | |
| 3.5 mm audio connector | | |
| Camera | | |
| Camera resolution | 5 megapixel, autofocus, face and blink detection, smile shot, geo tagging | 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 | 3.3 inches | 1.90 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 16000000 | 65536 |
| Display width | 480 | 128 |
| Display height | 800 | 160 |
| PPI | 282.71 | 107.84 |
| Second Display | Yes | NA |
| CPU | NA | NA |
| GPU | NA | NA |
| Memory | 2GB / 8GB. Expandable up to 32 GB with microSD card | 12 MB |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | MP3, eAAC+, WMA | Polyphonic 40 tones |
| Java | | |
| Games | Yes | Java |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | 1500 mAh | Li-Ion 700 mAh |
| Standby time (h) | NA | 300 |
| Talktime (m) | NA | 420 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | 2.0 XHTML, HTML | 2.0 |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Website | Website | Website |
