Blackberry Curve 8520 vs Nokia E72 White Edition

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Comparing the Blackberry Curve 8520 vs Nokia E72 White Edition across performance, display, camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Nokia E72 White Edition runs at a higher processing speed of 0.6 GHz, while Blackberry Curve 8520 runs at 0.51 GHz, making Nokia E72 White Edition the better performer.


Display: Both Blackberry Curve 8520 and Nokia E72 White Edition offer the same screen size of 2.4 inches, but Nokia E72 White Edition features a LCD display compared to Blackberry Curve 8520's TFT, making Nokia E72 White Edition the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Nokia E72 White Edition offers a higher rear camera resolution with 5 MP, while Blackberry Curve 8520 offers 2 MP, making Nokia E72 White Edition better for rear camera photography.


Battery: Nokia E72 White Edition offers a higher battery capacity with 1500 mAh, while Blackberry Curve 8520 offers 1150 mAh, making Nokia E72 White Edition better for longer battery life.


Storage: Blackberry Curve 8520 offers higher internal storage with 256 GB, while Nokia E72 White Edition offers 250 GB, making Blackberry Curve 8520 the better option for storage.

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Blackberry Curve 8520
₹10,900
(Discontinued)
Nokia E72 White Edition
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

03 Aug, 2009
29 Apr, 2010

Performance

(upto 512 MHz)
(upto 600 MHz)
128 MB RAM
128 MB RAM

Display

2.4 inches (6.1 cm)
2.4 inches (6.1 cm)
TFT
LCD
320x240 px
320x240 px

Rear Camera

2 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

N/A
0.3 MP

Battery

1150 mAh
1500 mAh

Storage

256 MB
250 MB

User Ratings

4/5
(417 ratings)
N/A

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Blackberry v5.0.x
Symbian

Performance

Processor

512 MHz
600 MHz

RAM

128 MB
128 MB

Display

Display Type

TFT
LCD

Screen Size

2.4 inches  (6.1 cm)
2.4 inches  (6.1 cm)

Resolution

320x240 px
320x240 px

Pixel Density

167 ppi
167 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

27.29 %
26.86 %

Display Colour

65K
N/A

Design

Height

109 mm
114 mm

Width

60 mm
58.3 mm

Thickness

13.90 mm
10.10 mm

Weight

106 grams
128 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

2 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

N/A
Yes

Flash

N/A
Yes

Image Resolution

1600 x 1200 Pixels
2592 x 1944 Pixels

Shooting Modes

N/A
Continuous Shooting

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Digital Zoom
Smile detection

Video Recording

320x240 fps
640x480 @ 15

Front Camera

Resolution

N/A
0.3 MP
Front Camera

Battery

Capacity

1150 mAh
1500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 4.5 Hours(2G)
Up to 5.9(3G) / Up to 12.5(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

256 MB
250 MB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB
Yes Up to 16 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM
Single SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Mini
N/A

Network Support

5G Not Supported
5G Not Supported

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 3 (802.11 b/g)
Yes Wi-Fi 3 (802.11 b/g)

Bluetooth

Yes v2
Yes v2

GPS

N/A
Yes with A-GPS

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm
N/A

Video Player

Yes Video Formats: H.263 H.264 MPEG4 WMV
N/A

Ring Tone

Music ringtones Vibration
N/A

Music

Yes Music Formats: MP3
Yes Music Formats: Yes Music Formats : MP3 AAC AAC+ eAAC+ AMR-NB WMA with Audio Streaming and 3.5mm Audio Jack

Sensors

Other Sensors

N/A
Accelerometer

Games

+ Downloadable
Block Cascade Top Hits Solitaire Collection + Downloadable

Java

Yes
Yes MIDP 2.0 CLDC 1.1

Browser

Yes HTML
Yes

Phone Book

Yes Practically Unlimited Entries and Fields Photocall Limited
Yes Practically Unlimited Entries and Fields Photocall

SMS

Yes Threaded View
Yes SMS Storage 999

MMS

Yes
Yes v1.2 Message Size up to 300 KB

Email

Yes
Yes IMAP4 Nokia Messaging Microsoft ActiveSync POP3 SMTP

Instant Messaging

Yes
N/A

Other Facilities

Organizer Voice memo/dial Predictive text input
Voice command/dial Organizer Printing

Applications

N/A
Flash Lite v3.0 Document editor (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF) Push to talk