Sony Ericsson is not a new name in the mobiles making sector. It has produced some of the top selling mobile phones and came up with many innovative features. It got its first success in the markets worldwide with the Walkman series handsets. These phones are known for their music quality and other multimedia functions.

Some of the devices that have been included in the W series phones are getting huge response from all over the world. The W580i and the W980i are the handsets that have killers looks and packed with many advanced functions. The comparison between both the devices gives a better idea about their core competencies. One can find that a number of features are similar in both Sony Ericsson W580i & Sony Ericsson W980i phones. By reading the following paragraphs, one can compare the functions of the two handsets.

• Structure: Both mobile phones have got very attractive measurements. The W580i has the dimensions of 99 x 47 x 14 mm and weight of 94 grams. The W980i measures as 92 x 46 x 17 mm and weighs just 100 grams. It clearly shows that there is not much difference in the measurements of the two devices.
• Design & Colour:One can find the white, urban, grey, metro pink and jungle green colours of the Sony Ericsson W580i phone whereas the W980i comes in piano black colour only.
• Multimedia Features: Sony Ericsson W580i is equipped with a 2 inch TFT display whereas the W980i has
  a screen of 2.2 inch large. Similarly, the first one is loaded with a 2 mega pixels resolution camera whereas the later one has a photography device with better capability. A 3.15 mega pixels camera has been added with the W980i phone that gives one the opportunity to create high resolution images. All the advanced functions like auto focus, digital zoom, optical lens and flash are supported by the both camera phones.
• Storage Capacity: Now a days, the success of any advanced mobile device depends on its memory capacity. Both these latest W series handsets have got huge memory space that make the users delighted. The W580i provides 12 MB of shared memory space and a 512 MB external micro SD card is given with the handset. A mammoth storage capacity of 8 GB has been provided with the Sony Ericsson W980i that gives one the opportunity to save a huge amount of data.
• Internet Surfing: The HSDPA technology has been used in both Sony Ericsson W580i & Sony Ericsson W980i phones for providing one the fast internet connectivity. A2DP profile for Bluetooth has also been given with the devices so that the users could transfer data from their devices at a faster rate.
• Battery Backup: The talk time provided by both the handsets is almost same but the W580i gives up to 370 hours of talk time which is more than the W980i.