| Sony Ericsson K500 | Nokia Asha 306 |
| Manufacture | Sony Ericsson | Nokia |
| Model | K500 | Asha 306 |
| Form factor | Block | Block |
| Weight | 80 gram | 96.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 102 x 46 x 14 | 110.00 x 58.00 x 13.00 |
| Operating System | Other | Series 40 |
| Networks | 2G - 900/1800/1900 | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 |
| 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 | 2.1 |
| DLNA | | |
| GPS | | |
| Glonass | | |
| ANT+ | | |
| IrDA | | |
| NFC | | |
| 3.5 mm audio connector | | |
| Camera | | |
| Camera resolution | 0.3 | 2 megapixels, 4x digital zoom, f/2.8 |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | NA | NA |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | NA | 176 x 144 |
| Second Camera | NA | NA |
| Display size | 1.9 inches | 3.00 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 65536 | 65536 |
| Display width | 128 | 240 |
| Display height | 160 | 400 |
| PPI | 107.84 | 155.49 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | NA | NA |
| GPU | NA | NA |
| Memory | 12 MB | 32 MB RAM. 10 MB storage. Expandable up to 32 using microSD card |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | Polyphonic 40 tones | MP3, AAC, AAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, MIDI, WAV, WMA |
| Java | | |
| Games | Java | Yes |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | Li-Ion 700 mAh | 1110 mAh |
| Standby time (h) | 300 | 600 |
| Talktime (m) | 420 | 336 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | 2.0 | 2.0 XHTML, HTML |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Website | Website | Website |