| Nokia 6500 Classic | BenQ-Siemens E61 |
| Manufacture | Nokia | BenQ-Siemens |
| Model | 6500 Classic | E61 |
| Form factor | Block | Block |
| Weight | 94 gram | 88.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 110 x 45 x 10 | 101.00 x 44.00 x 17.00 |
| Operating System | Series 40 | Other |
| Networks | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 3G - 2100 | 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 | | |
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| HDMI out | | |
| USB port | | |
| MHL | | |
| Bluetooth | | |
| Bluetooth version | NA | NA |
| DLNA | | |
| GPS | | |
| Glonass | | |
| ANT+ | | |
| IrDA | | |
| NFC | | |
| 3.5 mm audio connector | | |
| Camera | | |
| Camera resolution | 2 Megapixels | 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 | QCIF (176 x 144) | NA |
| Display size | 2 inches | 1.80 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 16700000 | 65536 |
| Display width | 240 | 128 |
| Display height | 320 | 160 |
| PPI | 200 | 113.83 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | NA | NA |
| GPU | NA | NA |
| Memory | 920 MB | 1 MB for end user |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | Polyphonic 64 voices, MP3, MP4, eAAC+, A | Polyphonic 40 voices, MP3 |
| Java | | |
| Games | Java | NA |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | 830 mAh | Li-Ion 840 mAh |
| Standby time (h) | 216 | 215 |
| Talktime (m) | 210 | 200 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | 2.0 XHTML | 2.0 |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | NA | |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Website | Website | Website |