Phone Comparison - BlackBerry Classic vs Nokia E72

BlackBerry Classic
blackberry classic
Nokia E72
nokia e72
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general General Info

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

hardware Hardware and OS

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

display Display

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

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

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

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

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

memory User Memory

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

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

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