Phone Comparison - Nokia E72 vs BlackBerry Classic

Nokia E72
nokia e72
BlackBerry Classic
blackberry classic
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general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia BlackBerry
Announced June 2009 June 2014
Status Available - October 2009 Available - November 2014
Colors White, Zodium Black, Metal Grey, Topaz Brown, Amethyst Purple, W Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 114 x 58 x 10 mm, 65 cc
(4.49 x 2.28 x 0.39 in, 2.56 cc )
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
Weight 128 g (4.52 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - American version
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Symbian OS 9.3, Series 60 v3.2 UI BlackBerry 10.3 OS
User Interface - Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait
Processor 600 MHz ARM 11 [Similar] Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU Adreno 225 [Similar]
RAM 128 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 250 MB storage 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB, hotswap microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type TFT Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.36 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (169 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 26.24% 41.64%
Multi-Touch no yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS; Visu No
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes, VGA@15fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera VGA videocall camera [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32, 100 kbps Yes
Edge Class 32, 296 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA 2 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Nokia VoIP 3.0 Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps 3.0 Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 250 MB storage, 128 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB, hotswap microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1500 mAh (BP-4L) 2515 mAh
Stand by Up to 480 h (2G)
576 h (3G)
Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 12 h 30 min (2G)
6 h (3G)
Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)