| Sony Ericsson K500 | Nokia 3500 |
| Manufacture | Sony Ericsson | Nokia |
| Model | K500 | 3500 |
| Form factor | Block | Block |
| Weight | 80 gram | 81.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 102 x 46 x 14 | 107.00 x 45.00 x 13.00 |
| Operating System | Other | Series 40 |
| Networks | 2G - 900/1800/1900 | 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 | | |
| | |
| HDMI out | | |
| USB port | | |
| MHL | | |
| Bluetooth | | |
| Bluetooth version | NA | NA |
| DLNA | | |
| GPS | | |
| Glonass | | |
| ANT+ | | |
| IrDA | | |
| NFC | | |
| 3.5 mm audio connector | | |
| Camera | | |
| Camera resolution | 0.3 | 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 | NA | NA |
| Display size | 1.9 inches | 1.80 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 65536 | 262000 |
| Display width | 128 | 128 |
| Display height | 160 | 160 |
| PPI | 107.84 | 113.83 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | NA | NA |
| GPU | NA | NA |
| Memory | 12 MB | 8 MB. Expandable up to 2 GB with microSD card |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | Polyphonic 40 tones | Polyphonic 64 voices, MP3, True tones |
| Java | | |
| Games | Java | NA |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | Li-Ion 700 mAh | 820 mAh |
| Standby time (h) | 300 | 280 |
| Talktime (m) | 420 | 180 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | 2.0 | XHTML |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Website | Website | Website |