Techno and Gadget Info

Now, let’s tried to compare the Nokia E72 with Blackberry Bold 9700 / Onyx. The BlackBerry Bold 9700 is the second generation of Bold named Bold Onyx, while Nokia E72 is a new member of the Nokia E series smartphone which may be to change the position of the Nokia E71.

PRICE. The BB Onyx priced at about $ 800 (distributors warranty) while Nokia E72 priced at $ 500. Price is one of the important thing when comparing the two products with similar capabilities. In this case, Nokia E72 users can set the expenses for the cost of data access as user wish. BlackBerry requires registration with the service that has variation prices.

INTERFACE. While BlackBerry Onyx has only 16 bit or 65,536 colors, While the Nokia E72 has a higher bitrate ie 24bit or 16.7 million color TFT display, with Symbian OS 9.3 S60 v3.2 UI. But the BlackBerry Bold 9700 has a larger screen resolution 480×360piksel with 2.44 inches, (Nokia E72 has only 2.36-inch screen with 320×240 pixels). Blackberry Onyx can display images and videos more clearly.

OFFICE TOOL. BlackBerry Bold Onyx and Nokia E72 smartphone has a push mail service with up to 10 accounts of each smartphones. To open the office files such as Ms Word and Excel files, the Nokia E72 has a full license to view and edit, while the BlackBerry 9700 Bold only for viewing. Blackberry Onyx can not read the PDF file and extract the ZIP files at the default condition, while Nokia E72 can do it.

CONNECTIVITY. For the data access, the Blackberry Onyx has HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps and Nokia E72 smartphone has HSDPA 10.2 Mbps and HSUPA 2 Mbps. On the Nokia E72 is not available UMA, only to have Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g, Bluetooth and data cable. While at BlackBerry Bold 9700 connectivity available Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g, Bluetooth, data cable, and UMA.
There is equal ability on a Wi-Fi of Nokia E72 and BlackBerry Bold 9700.

HARDWARE. Blackberry Bold 9700 uses Intel PXA270 624 MHz and Nokia E72 uses the ARM 11 600 MHz processor. both of smartphones has the external memory that can be upgraded up to 16GB (MicroSD). With Lithium Polymer battery, Nokia E72 battery is better able to survive than BlackBerry Onyx battery, despite having the same battery capacity (1500 mAh), .

MULTIMEDIA. Nokia E72 has the 5MP camera with autofocus and LED flash, while the BlackBerry Onyx has only a 3.2 MP camera with autofocus and LED flash. To record a video, the BlackBerry reach the size 480×360 pixels @ 30 fps, while the Nokia E72 can record the size of the VGA @ 15 fps. BlackBerry is better to video support (Divx/WMV/Xvid/3gp) with a better screen resolution, BB Bold 9700 can display video better. While Nokia E72 better in camera and music format support.

In fact both of the BlackBerry Onyx / Bold 9700 and Nokia E72 smartphone has advantages and disadvantages of each when compared between these two smartphones.