Phone Comparison - Nokia E72 vs BlackBerry Classic vs BlackBerry Passport

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced June 2009 June 2014 June 2014
Status Available - October 2009 Available - November 2014 Available - September 2014
Colors White, Zodium Black, Metal Grey, Topaz Brown, Amethyst Purple, W Black 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 )
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
128 x 90.3 x 9.3 mm
(5.04 x 3.56 x 0.37 in)
Weight 128 g (4.52 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz) 196 g (6.91 oz)
SIM Type - - Single-SIM
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 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 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
Build Features - - - QWERTY Keyboard

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Symbian OS 9.3, Series 60 v3.2 UI BlackBerry 10.3 OS BlackBerry 10.1 OS
User Interface - Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait BBOS 10
Processor 600 MHz ARM 11 Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AA Snapdragon 801
GPU Adreno 225 Adreno 330
RAM 128 MB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 250 MB storage 16 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB, hotswap microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type TFT Capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.36 inches 3.5 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (169 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi) 1440 x 1440 pixels (453 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 26.24% 41.64% 56.40%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS; Visu No 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 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels
Flash LED flash LED Flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR AutoFocus, OIS, f/2.0 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, VGA@15fps Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera VGA videocall camera [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.8, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32, 100 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 32, 296 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA 2 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE 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 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 3.0 Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 250 MB storage, 128 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB, hotswap microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) 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 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) 2515 mAh 3450 mAh
Stand by Up to 480 h (2G)
576 h (3G)
Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 444 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)
Up to 18 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)