| Sony Ericsson T280 | Sony Ericsson P990 |
| Manufacture | Sony Ericsson | Sony Ericsson |
| Model | T280 | P990 |
| Form factor | Block | Flip |
| Weight | 82 gram | 155.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 100 x 45 x 13 | 114.00 x 57.00 x 25.00 |
| Operating System | Other | UIQ |
| 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 | 1.3 Megapixels, 4x digital zoom | 2 Megapixels. 2.5x digital zoom |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | NA | NA |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | NA | NA |
| Second Camera | NA | 0.3 megapixels (VGA) |
| Display size | 1.7 inches | 2.70 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 65536 | 262000 |
| Display width | 128 | 240 |
| Display height | 160 | 320 |
| PPI | 120.53 | 148.15 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | NA | NA |
| GPU | NA | NA |
| Memory | 10 MB | 80 MB internal. Up to 2 on card. 64 card supplied |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | NA | Polyphonic |
| Java | | |
| Games | NA | 1 Symbian and 1 Java |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | 780 mAh | NA |
| Standby time (h) | 300 | 400 |
| Talktime (m) | 400 | 540 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | 2.0 XHTML | 2.0 XHTML |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Website | Website | Website |