Comparison of Nokia N71 and BlackBerry 9720 smartphones based on their characteristics

Nokia N71

BlackBerry 9720

Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer

Nokia

BlackBerry

Phone model

N71

9720

Year of release

2005

2013

Appearance

Case type

Folding

Monoblock

Body length

98 mm

114 mm

Body width

51 mm

66 mm

Body thickness

23 mm

12 mm

Weight

139 g

120 g

Volume

114.95 cm³

90.29 cm³

Body materials and finishes

• Metal
• Plastic

• Plastic

Colors

• Gray

• Black

Processor (CPU)

Processor model

• ARM 9

• Tavor MG1

CPU clock speed

220 MHz

806 MHz

Number of processor cores

1

1

Processor size

32 bits

Instruction set architecture

ARMv7

Manufacturing process

65 nm

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM

64 MB

512 MB

Internal storage

Built-in memory

• 10 MB

• 512 MB

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards

• miniSD

• microSDHC
• microSD

Maximum expandable memory

2 GB

32 GB

Hot swappable memory card

Mainboard

Chipset

• Marvell PXA930

Operating system

Operating system

Symbian OS 9.1

BlackBerry OS 7.1

Battery

Battery capacity

970

1450

Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Ion

Removable battery

Charging the battery from USB

Call duration in GSM networks

4 h

7 h

Standby time in GSM networks

216 h

432 h

Call duration in UMTS (WCDMA) networks

7 h

Standby time on UMTS (WCDMA) networks

432 h

Duration of listening to music

30 h

Screen

Screen diagonal

2.8 in

Screen resolution

320 x 240 pixels

480 x 360 pixels

Pixel density

214 ppi

Screen technology

TFT

IPS

Color depth

18 bit

24 bit

Touch screen

Touch screen type

Capacitive

Aspect ratio

1.333

1.333

Auto-rotate screen

Ambient light sensor

Proximity sensor

Second screen

Built-in second screen

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels

2 Mp

5 Mp

Maximum photo resolution

1600 x 1200 pixels

2592 x 1944 pixels

Shooting resolution formats

• Quad HD
• Full HD
• HD

The presence of a flash

Flash type

LED

LED

Digital zoom

20 X

Shooting settings

Video capability

Maximum video resolution

352 x 288 pixels

Movie speed

15 fps

Digital video zoom

4 X

Movie settings

Front photo/video camera

Front camera megapixels

0.3 Mp

Maximum photo resolution

730 x 411 pixels

Digital zoom

2 X

Front camera video

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards

1

1

MP3 ringtones

Polyphonic ringtones

Vibration mode

Speakerphone

Conference call

Speed dial

Video calls

Autodial

Extended phone book

Contacts in the phone book

Unlimited

Unlimited

Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory

Mobile communications

Cellular generation

3G

3.5G

GSM support

GSM frequencies

• GSM 900 MHz
• GSM 1800 MHz
• GSM 1900 MHz

• GSM 850 MHz
• GSM 900 MHz
• GSM 1800 MHz
• GSM 1900 MHz

UMTS support

UMTS frequencies

• UMTS 2100 MHz

• UMTS 850 MHz
• UMTS 900 MHz
• UMTS 1900 MHz
• UMTS 2100 MHz

Internet data transmission standards

Data transmission standards

• HSDPA
• EDGE
• GPRS
• HSCSD
• CSD

• HSUPA
• HSDPA
• EDGE
• GPRS

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi standards

• 802.11b
• 802.11g
• 802.11n

Wi-Fi hotspot mode

USB

USB connector

USB connector type

Micro USB

USB standard

2.0

2.0

USB Mass Storage support

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth

Bluetooth standard

1.2

2.1 + EDR

A2DP support

AVRCP support

Other Bluetooth profiles

• BIP
• DUN
• FTP
• GAP
• GOEP
• HFP
• HSP
• OPP
• SAP
• SPP

Navigation and positioning

Built-in GPS

A-GPS support

Radio

Built-in radio receiver

Radio range

87.5 - 108

87.5 - 108 МГц

RDS support

DRM support

Sensors and gauges

Ambient light sensor

Proximity sensor

Accelerometer

Connectors and interfaces

USB connector

Micro USB

TRS jack (mini/micro jack)

3.5 mm

Infrared port (IrDA)

POP-Port

Images

Supported image formats

• PNG
• JPEG
• BMP

• PNG
• JPG
• EXIF
• GIF

Installed image editor

Geo tags

PictBridge support

Video

Installed video player

Supported video formats

• H.264

• MP4
• MPEG-4
• AVI
• QuickTime
• H.263
• H.264
• WMV

Streaming video

Installed video editor

Geo tags

Audio

Installed audio player

Supported audio formats

• AAC
• AAC+
• eAAC+
• AMR-NB
• AMR-WB
• M4A
• SP-MIDI
• MP3

• AAC
• eAAC+
• AMR
• AMR-NB
• FLAC
• MIDI
• MP3
• OGG
• WMA
• WAV

MP3 support

Max audio bitrate

320 kbit/s

Streaming audio

Number of polyphony voices

64

64

Dictaphone

Voice notes

TRS jack (mini/micro jack)

3.5 mm

Control elements

Touch input

Standard keypad

QWERTY keyboard

Pinch zoom

Russified input

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)

Office document support

Supported document formats

• PDF

Email

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection

Tethering support

OTA sync

Software features

JAVA support

Installed browser

• HTML
• WAP

• HTML
• WAP

Installed games

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages

SMS T9 support

SMS output in the form of a chat

MMS support

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)

Push-To-Talk function

SAR level

SAR level

1.1 W/kg