Phone Comparison - Nokia E71 vs BlackBerry Q5 vs BlackBerry Classic

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced June 2008 May 2013 June 2014
Status Available - July 2008 Available - June 2013 Available - November 2014
Colors White Steel, Grey Steel, Black, Red Black, White, Red Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 114 x 57 x 10 mm, 66 cc
(4.49 x 2.24 x 0.39 in, 2.6 cc )
120 x 66 x 10.8 mm
(4.72 x 2.6 x 0.43 in)
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
Weight 127 g (4.48 oz) 120 g (4.23 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 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Symbian OS 9.2, Series 60 v3.1 UI BlackBerry 10 OS, upgradable to v10.1 BlackBerry 10.3 OS
Processor 369 MHz ARM 11 Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU - Adreno 225
RAM 128 MB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 110 MB storage 8 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 8GB, hotswap microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.36 inches 3.1 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (169 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (328 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 26.70% 39.25% 41.64%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack no yes yes
Radio FM radio (E71 only); Visual ra No No
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 8 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Auto focus, Yes AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes, QVGA@15fps Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Videocall camera [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32, 100 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 32, 296 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 110 MB storage, 128 MB RAM 8 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 8GB, hotswap microSD, up to 32 GB 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 present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1500 mAh (BP-4L) 2180 mAh 2515 mAh
Stand by Up to 410 h (2G)
480 h (3G)
Up to 336 h (3G) Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 10 h 30 min (2G)
4 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 12 h 30 min (3G) Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)