| Sony Ericsson J230 | Nokia C5-06 |
| Manufacture | Sony Ericsson | Nokia |
| Model | J230 | C5-06 |
| Form factor | Block | Block |
| Weight | 85 gram | 93.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 102 x 44 x 18 | 106.00 x 51.00 x 14.00 |
| Operating System | Other | Symbian S60 |
| Networks | 2G - 900/1800 | 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 | NA |
| DLNA | | |
| GPS | | |
| Glonass | | |
| ANT+ | | |
| IrDA | | |
| NFC | | |
| 3.5 mm audio connector | | |
| Camera | | |
| Camera resolution | NA | 2 megapixel, 3x digital zoom, geo tagging |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | NA | NA |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | NA | NA |
| Second Camera | NA | NA |
| Display size | 1.55 inches | 3.20 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 65536 | 16000000 |
| Display width | 128 | 360 |
| Display height | 128 | 640 |
| PPI | 116.79 | 229.47 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | NA | NA |
| GPU | NA | NA |
| Memory | 500 kb | 40 MB. Expandable upt to 16 GB with microSD card |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | Polyphonic 32 voices | MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA |
| Java | | |
| Games | Yes | Yes |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | NA | 1000 mAh |
| Standby time (h) | 280 | 600 |
| Talktime (m) | 360 | 690 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | 1.2.1 | 2.0 XHTML, HTML |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Website | Website | Website |