Nokia E71 vs Blackberry Curve 8520

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Comparing the Nokia E71 vs Blackberry Curve 8520 across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Blackberry Curve 8520 runs at a higher processing speed of 0.51 GHz, while Nokia E71 runs at 0.37 GHz, making Blackberry Curve 8520 the better performer.


Display: Both Nokia E71 and Blackberry Curve 8520 offer the same screen size of 2.4 inches, but Nokia E71 features a LCD display compared to Blackberry Curve 8520's TFT, making Nokia E71 the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Both Nokia E71 and Blackberry Curve 8520 feature a 2 MP primary rear camera.


Battery: Nokia E71 offers a higher battery capacity with 1500 mAh, while Blackberry Curve 8520 offers 1150 mAh, making Nokia E71 better for longer battery life.


Storage: Blackberry Curve 8520 offers higher internal storage with 256 GB, while Nokia E71 offers 110 GB, making Blackberry Curve 8520 the better option for storage.


User Rating: Blackberry Curve 8520 receives a higher user rating of 4, while Nokia E71 has a rating of 2.6.

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Nokia E71
₹14,999
(Discontinued)
Blackberry Curve 8520
₹10,900
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

01 Jul, 2008
03 Aug, 2009

Performance

(upto 369 MHz)
(upto 512 MHz)
N/A
128 MB RAM

Display

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

Rear Camera

2 MP
Primary Camera
2 MP
Primary Camera

Battery

1500 mAh
1150 mAh

Storage

110 MB
256 MB

User Ratings

2.6/5
(43 ratings)
4/5
(417 ratings)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Symbian
Blackberry v5.0.x

Performance

Processor

369 MHz
512 MHz

RAM

N/A
128 MB

Display

Display Type

LCD
TFT

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)

27.47 %
27.29 %

Display Colour

N/A
65K

Design

Height

114 mm
109 mm

Width

57 mm
60 mm

Thickness

10.00 mm
13.90 mm

Weight

127 grams
106 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

2 MP
Primary Camera
2 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

Yes
N/A

Flash

Yes LED Flash
N/A

Image Resolution

N/A
1600 x 1200 Pixels

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Digital Zoom

Video Recording

320x240 @ 8
320x240 fps

Battery

Capacity

1500 mAh
1150 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 4.5(3G) / Up to 10.5(2G)
Up to 4.5 Hours(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

110 MB
256 MB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 8 GB
Yes Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM
Single SIM

SIM Type

N/A
SIM1: Mini

Network Support

5G Not Supported
5G Not Supported

Wi-Fi

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

Bluetooth

Yes v2
Yes v2

GPS

Yes with A-GPS
N/A

Multimedia

Audio Jack

2.5 mm
3.5 mm

Video Player

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

Ring Tone

N/A
Music ringtones Vibration

Music

Yes Music Formats: Yes Music Formats : MP3 WMA AAC AAC+ eAAC+ Music Play Time : Up to 18 hours
Yes Music Formats: MP3

Sensors

Games

Java downloadable
+ Downloadable

Java

Yes MIDP 2.0
Yes

Browser

Yes
Yes HTML

Phone Book

Practically unlimited entries and fields Photocall
Yes Practically Unlimited Entries and Fields Photocall Limited

SMS

N/A
Yes Threaded View

MMS

N/A
Yes

Email

Yes IMAP POP3 SMTP MIcrosoft ActiveSync
Yes

Instant Messaging

N/A
Yes

Other Facilities

Five-way scroll key Document editor (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF) incl. MS Office 2007 support via free update Push to talk Voice command/dial Organizer Printing
Organizer Voice memo/dial Predictive text input