| Samsung Captivate i897 | Sony Ericsson W508 |
| Manufacture | Samsung | Sony Ericsson |
| Model | Captivate i897 | W508 |
| Form factor | Block | Clamshell/fold |
| Weight | 128 gram | 98.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 121 x 64 x 10 | 93.00 x 50.00 x 14.00 |
| Operating System | Android | Other |
| Networks | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 3G - 850/1900/2100 | 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 | | |
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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 | 5 megapixel, autofocus, 4x digital zoom, face and smile detection, geo tagging | 3.2 megapixel, 3.2x digital zoom |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | NA | NA |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | NA | NA |
| Second Camera | NA | Yes |
| Display size | 4 inches | 2.20 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 16000000 | 262144 |
| Display width | 480 | 240 |
| Display height | 800 | 320 |
| PPI | 233.24 | 181.82 |
| Second Display | NA | 128x36 pixels. 1.1 inch. Monochrome OLED |
| CPU | 1 GHz Samsung Hummingbird | NA |
| GPU | NA | NA |
| Memory | 512 MB RAM. 16 GB on board storage. Expandable up to 32 GB with microSD card | 100MB. Expandable up to 16GB with Memory Stick Micro (M2) card |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | MP3, AAC, WMA, XMF, MIDI | Polyphonic, MP3, AAC |
| Java | | |
| Games | Yes | 3D games |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | NA | NA |
| Standby time (h) | 350 | 400 |
| Talktime (m) | 300 | 600 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | Android HTML Webkit | 2.0 XHTML, HTML |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Website | Website | Website |