Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 vs Nokia 5230
| Type | Touch | Touch |
| Dimensions | 99.00 x 54.00 x 15.00 mm | 111.00 x 51.70 x 15.50 mm |
| Weight | 104.00 g | 115.00 g |
| Display size | 3.00" | 3.20" |
| Display | Color / TFT 16M colors 320 x 480 px (3.00") 192 ppi | Color / TFT 16M colors 360 x 640 px (3.20") 229 ppi |
| Display protection |   | |
| Additional display | | |
| Protection of the secondary display | | |
| Talk time (max.) | 2G: 285 min. (4.8 h) 3G: 340 min. (5.7 h) | 2G: 420 min. (7.0 h) 3G: 258 min. (4.3 h) |
| Stand-by (max.) | 2G: 446 h. (18.6 days) 3G: 476 h. (19.8 days) | 2G: 438 h. (18.3 days) 3G: 458 h. (19.1 days) |
| Standard battery | Li-Po 1200 mAhBuy powerbank
| Li-Ion 1320 mAhBuy powerbank
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| Quick battery charging | | |
| Wireless battery charging | | |
| Internal memory | 128 MB | 70 MB |
| RAM memory | 256 MB | 128 MB |
| Memory cards |  microSD, microSDHC up to 16 GBBuy memory card | microSD, microSDHC up to 16 GBBuy memory card |
| Operating system | Android 1.6 Donut | Symbian 9.4 |
| Interface | - | Series 60 5th Edition |
| Processor | Qualcomm MSM7227 | ARM11 |
| Processor clock | 600 MHz | 434 MHz |
| GPU | Adreno 200 | - |
| Touchscreen | | |
| SAR (10g) |  | 1,1 W/kg |
| DualSIM | | |
| Announced | 3Q 2010 | 4Q 2009 |
| Other names | E15, E15i; E15a; Shakira | - |
| GSM frequencies | 850 900 1800 1900 | 850 900 1800 1900 |
| UMTS | 900 2100 | 900 2100 |
| LTE standard | | |
| CDMA | | |
| Standard TD-SCDMA | | |
| UMA | | |
CAMERAS - BACK
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 3.2 Mpx | 2 Mpx |
| Resolution | 2048x1536 px | 1600x1200 px |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Digital zoom | | 3x |
| Flash | | |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video resolution | | 640x480 px |
| Video formats | H.263, MPEG4 | MPEG4, H.263 - 30 fps |
| Additional | - | - |
CAMERAS - FRONT
SENSORS
| Accelerometer | | |
| Proximity | | |
| Light | | |
| Magnetometer | | |
| Gyroscope | | |
| Barometer | | |
| Altimeter | | |
| Gravity | | |
| Hall-effect | | |
| Iris scanner | | |
| Fingerprint scanner | | |
| Thermometer | | |
| Hygrometer | | |
Data transfer
| xHTML | | |
| WAP | v2.0 | v2.0 |
| HSCSD | | |
| HSDPA | 7.20 Mbit/s | 3.60 Mbit/s |
| HSUPA | 2.00 Mbit/s | |
| HSPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| LTE DL | | |
| LTE UP | | |
| WIMAX+ | | |
| GPRS | | class 32 |
| EDGE | | class 32 |
| Bluetooth | v2.0 EDR | v2.0 EDR |
| A2DP Profile | | |
| HDMI | | |
| WiFi | v802.11 b/g | |
| WiFi frequencies | 2,4 GHz | |
| WiFi Direct | | |
| WiFi Display | | |
| DLNA | | |
| Miracast | | |
| WiFi hotspot | | |
| IrDA | | |
| USB | v2.0 | v2.0 |
| GPS | | |
| A-GPS | | |
| Beidou | | |
| NFC | | |
COMMUNICATION AND MESSAGING
| Call waiting | | |
| Conferency | | |
| Call forwarding | | |
| Push To Talk | | |
| Instant Messenger | | |
| SMS | | |
| EMS | | |
| MMS | v1.0 | v1.3 |
| Dictionary | T9 | T9 |
| Swype | | |
| e-mail client | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP |
| Hardware QWERTY keyboard | | |
| RSS Reader | | |
Multimedia
| Radio | z RDS | z RDS |
| MP3 | | |
| Stereo speakers | | |
| Audio Jack | 3.5 mm | 3.5 mm |
| HD Voice | | |
| Sound formats | AAC, AAC+, AMR, OGG, WAV, eAAC+ | AAC, MP4, WMA, eAAC+ |
| Polyphony | | 64 voices |
| Video ringtone | | |
| Ring composer | | |
| Games | | |
| Java | Dalvik | MIDP 2.1 |
| Videophone | | |
| DVB-H television | | |
| TV-Out | | |
PIM AND ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
| Watch | | |
| Stopwatch | | |
| Alarm | | |
| Calculator | | |
| Currency converter | | |
| Organizer | | |
| Calendar | | |
| Flight mode | | |
| SyncML | v1.2 | |
| Data and fax | | |
| Screensaver | | |
| Themes | | |
| Interchangeable covers | | |
| Voice dial | | |
| Speakerphone | | |
| Recorder | | |
| Vibrations | | |