Phone Comparison - Nokia E72 vs Nokia N86 8MP vs BlackBerry Classic

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia BlackBerry
Announced June 2009 February 2009 June 2014
Status Available - October 2009 Available - June 2009 Available - November 2014
Colors White, Zodium Black, Metal Grey, Topaz Brown, Amethyst Purple, W Indigo Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 114 x 58 x 10 mm, 65 cc
(4.49 x 2.28 x 0.39 in, 2.56 cc )
103.4 x 51.4 x 16.5 mm, 69 cc
(4.07 x 2.02 x 0.65 in, 2.72 cc)
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
Weight 128 g (4.52 oz) 149 g (5.26 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - American version
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - American version
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Symbian OS 9.3, Series 60 v3.2 UI Symbian OS v9.3, S60 rel. 3.2 BlackBerry 10.3 OS
Processor 600 MHz ARM 11 434 MHz ARM 11 Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU Adreno 225
RAM 128 MB 128 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 250 MB storage 8 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB, hotswap microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type TFT AMOLED Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.36 inches 2.6 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (169 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (154 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 26.24% 39.31% 41.64%
Multi-Touch no no yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP
Flash LED flash yes LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Variable Aperture, Geotagging, ISO 800 AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes, VGA@15fps Yes, VGA@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera VGA videocall camera [Similar] VGA videocall camera [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32, 100 kbps Class 32 Yes
Edge Class 32, 296 kbps Class 32, 296 / 177.6 kbits Yes
3G HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA 2 Mbps HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP 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 b/g, UPnP technology Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps 3.0 Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps 3.0 Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 250 MB storage, 128 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 128 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB, hotswap microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Not Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1500 mAh (BP-4L) 1200 mAh (BL-5K) 2515 mAh
Stand by Up to 480 h (2G)
576 h (3G)
Up to 312 h (2G)
264 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 6 h 18 min (2G)
3 h 54 min (3G)
Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)