Phone Comparison - Nokia E72 vs BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 vs BlackBerry Classic

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia BlackBerry BlackBerry
Announced June 2009 May 2011 June 2014
Status Available - October 2009 Available - August 2011 Available - November 2014
Colors White, Zodium Black, Metal Grey, Topaz Brown, Amethyst Purple, W 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 )
115 x 66 x 10.5 mm
(4.53 x 2.6 x 0.41 in)
131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm
(5.16 x 2.85 x 0.4 in)
Weight 128 g (4.52 oz) 130 g (4.59 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 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Symbian OS 9.3, Series 60 v3.2 UI BlackBerry OS 7.0 BlackBerry 10.3 OS
Processor 600 MHz ARM 11 1.2 GHz QC 8655 Quad-core, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
GPU Adreno 225
RAM 128 MB 768 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory 250 MB storage 8 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB, hotswap microSD, up to 32GB 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 2.8 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 240 pixels (169 ppi) 640 x 480 pixels (286 ppi) 720 x 720 pixels (291 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 26.24% 31.92% 41.64%
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 Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes, VGA@15fps Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera VGA videocall camera [Similar] No [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, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA 2 Mbps HSDPA 14.4Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Nokia VoIP 3.0 Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band 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, BlackBerry Maps Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 250 MB storage, 128 MB RAM 8GB storage, 768 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB, hotswap microSD, up to 32GB 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 not 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) 1230 mAh 2515 mAh
Stand by Up to 480 h (2G)
576 h (3G)
Up to 307 h (2G)
Up to 307 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 30 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 11 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 10 min (3G)