Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Bold 9780 vs Nokia E72 vs BlackBerry Classic

general General Info

Manufacturer BlackBerry Nokia BlackBerry
Announced October 2010 June 2009 June 2014
Status Available - November 2010 Available - October 2009 Available - November 2014
Colors Black, White White, Zodium Black, Metal Grey, Topaz Brown, Amethyst Purple, W Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 109 x 60 x 14 mm
(4.29 x 2.36 x 0.55 in )
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 122 g (4.3 oz) 128 g (4.52 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 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - American version
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS BlackBerry OS 6.0 Symbian OS 9.3, Series 60 v3.2 UI BlackBerry 10.3 OS
Processor 624 MHz 600 MHz ARM 11 Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU Adreno 225
RAM 512 MB 128 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 256 MB storage 250 MB storage 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB card included microSD, up to 16GB, hotswap microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type TFT TFT Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.44 inches 2.36 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 480 x 360 pixels (246 ppi) 320 x 240 pixels (169 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 28.17% 26.24% 41.64%
Multi-Touch no no yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Auto focus, AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes Yes, VGA@15fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] VGA videocall camera [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 32, 100 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Class 32, 296 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA 2 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UMA 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, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps 3.0 Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 256 MB storage, 512 MB RAM 250 MB storage, 128 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB card included 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 fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor not 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-Po Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 1500 mAh (BP-4L) 2515 mAh
Stand by Up to 528 h (2G)
Up to 408 h (3G)
Up to 480 h (2G)
576 h (3G)
Up to 348 h (2G)
Up to 365 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h (2G)
Up to 6 h (3G)
Up to 12 h 30 min (2G)
6 h (3G)
Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)