| BenQ-Siemens CL71 | Nokia 6500 Classic |
| Manufacture | BenQ-Siemens | Nokia |
| Model | CL71 | 6500 Classic |
| Form factor | Slider | Block |
| Weight | 110 gram | 94.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 97 x 47 x 18 | 110.00 x 45.00 x 10.00 |
| Operating System | Other | Series 40 |
| Networks | 2G - 900/1800/1900 | 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 | 1.3 Megapixels. 3x digital zoom | 2 Megapixels |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | NA | NA |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | NA | NA |
| Second Camera | NA | QCIF (176 x 144) |
| Display size | 0 inches | 2.00 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 262144 | 16700000 |
| Display width | 176 | 240 |
| Display height | 220 | 320 |
| PPI | NA | 200.00 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | NA | NA |
| GPU | NA | NA |
| Memory | 24 MB. Expandable with MicroSD | 920 MB |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | Polyphonic 40 voices, MP3 | Polyphonic 64 voices, MP3, MP4, eAAC+, A |
| Java | | |
| Games | 2 Java | Java |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | Li-Ion 750 mAh | 830 mAh |
| Standby time (h) | 170 | 216 |
| Talktime (m) | 144 | 210 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | 2.0 | 2.0 XHTML |
| Calendar | NA | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | NA |
| Voicememo | NA | |
| PC Synchronization | NA | |
| SyncML | NA | |
| Website | Website | Website |