| Nokia 6500 Classic | Motorola RIZR Z8 |
| Manufacture | Nokia | Motorola |
| Model | 6500 Classic | RIZR Z8 |
| Form factor | Block | Slider |
| Weight | 94 gram | 117.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 110 x 45 x 10 | 110.00 x 51.00 x 16.00 |
| Operating System | Series 40 | UIQ |
| Networks | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 3G - 2100 | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 3G - 2100 |
| 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 | 2 Megapixels | 2 Megapixels, 8x 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 | 2.20 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 16700000 | 16777216 |
| Display width | 240 | 240 |
| Display height | 320 | 320 |
| PPI | 200 | 181.82 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | NA | NA |
| GPU | NA | NA |
| Memory | 920 MB | 80 MB. Expandable up to 4GB with microSD card |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | Polyphonic 64 voices, MP3, MP4, eAAC+, A | Polyphonic 64 voices, MP3, AAC, eAAC+, A |
| Java | | |
| Games | Java | NA |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | 830 mAh | NA |
| Standby time (h) | 216 | 384 |
| Talktime (m) | 210 | 420 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | 2.0 XHTML | 2.0 |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | NA |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | NA |
| RSS reader | NA | |
| Voicememo | | NA |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Website | Website | Website |