| Manufacture | Siemens | Sony Ericsson |
| Model | A55 | P990 |
| Form factor | Block | Flip |
| Weight | 84 gram | 155.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 101 x 44 x 21 | 114.00 x 57.00 x 25.00 |
| Operating System | Other | UIQ |
| Networks | 2G - 900/1800
| 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 | NA | 2 Megapixels. 2.5x digital zoom |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | NA | NA |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | NA | NA |
| Second Camera | NA | 0.3 megapixels (VGA) |
| Display size | 0 inches | 2.70 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | NA | 262000 |
| Display width | 101 | 240 |
| Display height | 64 | 320 |
| PPI | NA | 148.15 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | NA | NA |
| GPU | NA | NA |
| Memory | NA | 80 MB internal. Up to 2 on card. 64 card supplied |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | Polyphonic | Polyphonic |
| Java | | |
| Games | NA | 1 Symbian and 1 Java |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | Li-Ion 700 mAh | NA |
| Standby time (h) | 250 | 400 |
| Talktime (m) | 300 | 540 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | 1.2.1 | 2.0 XHTML |
| Calendar | NA | |
| Voicedialing | NA | |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Website | Website | Website |
