Nokia E62 vs Sony Ericsson P990i

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E62 compared with P990i

	NokiaE62	Sony EricssonP990i
Overview
Released
Released	September 2006	August 2006
Display
Screen size
Screen size	–	2.76″
Resolution
Resolution	320 × 240	320 × 240
Sharpness
Sharpness	–	145 pixels per inch
Panel
Panel	LCD	LCD
Display type
Display type	Landscape active-matrix TFT, 16 million colours, 320 × 240 pixels and 56.9 × 42.7 mm active area in the exact owner guide; not a touchscreen. Production reviews call it 2.8 inches, while GSMArena lists 2.9; no headline diagonal inferred.	TFT touchscreen with 262,144 colours (PhoneArena)
Display features
Display features	–	Stylus touchscreen with full 240 × 320 resolution; 240 × 240 visible with the flip closed (OSnews)
Cameras
Main camera
Main camera	None	2 MP (better)
Ultra wide camera
Ultra wide camera	None	None
Telephoto camera
Telephoto camera	None	None
Optical zoom
Optical zoom	None	None
Main camera
Main camera	No camera; camera-free business device	2 MP autofocus camera with photo light, digital zoom and lens cover
Front camera
Front camera	–	Separate video-call camera
Battery and charging
Battery
Battery	1,500 mAh	–
Wireless charging
Wireless charging	None	None
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Removable BP-5L 1500 mAh; exact guide's battery chapter calls it Li-Polymer, while its accessory list says Li-Ion. Maker claims up to 5.5 hours GSM talk and 14 days idle; launch release says approximately five hours. Review tests use different conditions, not video playback.	–
Wired charging
Wired charging	Separate battery charger connector; AC-4 travel charger and DC-4 mobile charger in the exact guide. No charging wattage inferred.	–
Design
Type
Type	Standard	Standard
Weight
Weight	144 g (better)	155 g
Thickness
Thickness	16.2 mm (better)	26 mm
Height × width
Height × width	116.5 × 69.9 mm	114 × 57 mm
Stylus
Stylus	–	Yes
Size unfolded
Size unfolded	–	Maker P1 comparison lists 21 mm body and 26 mm with flip; P990i user guide instead specifies 25 mm overall thickness
Weight detail
Weight detail	144 g with battery and 116.5 × 69.9 × 13.9–16.2 mm in the exact maker technical table; headline thickness uses its upper bound. Secondary database's rounded 117 × 69.7 × 14 mm is not substituted.	–
Materials
Materials	Silver metal enclosure in PhoneArena's exact production review	–
Buttons
Buttons	Backlit QWERTY keyboard, joystick, email/menu/call/end and soft keys, side volume and voice key, top power key; email indicator and light sensor	Removable numeric keypad flip, fixed QWERTY keyboard and Jog Dial
Speakers
Speakers	Built-in loudspeaker and stereo audio playback in the exact guide; PhoneArena hears distortion at maximum loudspeaker volume	–
Software
Operating system
Operating system	Symbian	Symbian
Software at launch
Software at launch	Symbian 9.1a with S60 Third Edition, release 3.0 in the exact guide	Symbian OS 9.1 with UIQ 3
Software features
Software features	Maker launch and exact guide support creating/editing documents, spreadsheets and presentations, PDF viewing, HTML/WAP browsing, email, instant messaging, VPN and synchronisation. Guide/launch carrier services may no longer operate; not a promise of present network support.	–
Release detail
Release detail	Announced by Nokia/Cingular on 12 September 2006 with US retail planned for 29 September; contemporaneous actual-sale coverage confirms Cingular shipping that day. Month precision retained because an earlier worldwide first-sale day is unresolved. Separate regional E61-related hardware, not an inferred successor.	–
Performance
Memory
Memory	–	64 MB
Storage
Storage	–	60 MB
CPU
CPU	32-bit RISC ARM9 in the exact maker guide; no clock speed or chip identity inferred	–
Memory
Memory	Greater than 80 MB total user memory in the exact guide; Computerworld reports 80 MB and PhoneArena 75 MB. Installed RAM and an exact internal capacity are not established, so omitted from configurations.	–
Storage type
Storage type	Hot-swappable miniSD beneath the rear cover; exact maker accessory list supports 3.0 V cards from 64 MB to 2 GB. Not microSD, RS-MMC or full-size SD.	Up to 60 MB internal user memory without 3D games; 64 MB Memory Stick PRO Duo supplied; supports cards up to 8 GB in the maker user guide; the original sale release stated up to 4 GB
Connectivity
Mobile network
Mobile network	Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900; EGPRS/GPRS/HSCSD/CSD in the exact owner guide. No UMTS, HSDPA or other 3G radio.	GSM 900/1800/1900 and UMTS 2100; no EDGE support (OSnews)
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	No Wi-Fi, confirmed by both production reviews; not the E61's WLAN hardware	Wi-Fi 802.11b wireless network connectivity
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 2.0, up to six simultaneous connections in the guide; headset/hands-free, serial/dial-up, file/object transfer, remote SIM and imaging profiles. No A2DP inferred.	Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP stereo audio (OSnews)
USB
USB	Mini-USB, described as USB 2.0 in the exact guide; separate headset and charger connectors, plus infrared. No Hi-Speed transfer rate or headset-jack diameter inferred.	USB 2.0 low speed (1.5 Mbit/s) and full speed (12 Mbit/s) through Fast Port; IrDA-SIR and IrOBEX infrared
Positioning
Positioning	Exact guide lists optional LD-1W wireless GPS module; PhoneArena tests an external Bluetooth receiver. No built-in GPS inferred.	–