E5 or E72 – The Specs reveal it all

Again the classic , award winning design of E71 is in action , after being copied on E71x , E63 and E72 , yet Nokia drops another clone – the E5 upon us as part of their Messaging phone portfolio .

Many must be thinking it’s the evolution of E72 , we have done a feature and spec review for you to see where E5 stands as compared to E72 .

Operating System

E5 : S60 V3 FP2

E72 : S60 V3 FP2

Winner : None – both has the same OS

Screen:

E5 : 320 x 240 240 k screen – 18 bit

E72 : 320 x 240 16 million color screen – 24 bit

Winner : E72 has a far better screen in terms of color than E5

Size and Weight

E5 : 115 x 58.9 x 12.8 – 126g

E72 : 114 x 58.3 x 10.1 – 128 g

Winner : E72 is slimmer by whole 2.7 mm

Connectivity

E5 : GSM – 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 – WCDMA 1900 / 2100 / 850 / 900 – A-GPS

E72 : GSM – 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 – WCDMA 1900 / 2100 / 850 / 900 , A-GPS

Winner : None both are the same

Data Bearer

E5: EDGE / GPRS / HSCSD / HSDPA / WCDMA / WLAN 802.11 b/g

E72 : EDGE / GPRS / HSCSD / HSDPA / WCDMA / WLAN 802.11 b/g

Winner : Same Specs

CPU :

E5 : Single Processor ARM 11 – 600 MhZ

E72: Single Processor ARM 11 – 600 MhZ

Winner : both has the same specs

Input Keys

E5 : QWERTY Keyboard – 3 Soft Keys , Navi Key , Volume Key

E72 : QWERTY Keyboard – 3 Soft Keys , Navi Key , Volume Key

Winner : Both has same specs , yet to find out in E5 has a touch pad like E72

Sensors :

E5 : None Available ( not mentioned in spec sheet )

E72 : Accelerometer , Magnetic North , Magnetometer , Screen Rotation

Winner : E72 , with all the sensors , but how many people use it ??

Camera :

E5 : 5 MP back – 15 FPS Video recording at 640 x 480 – No Front Cam – Single LED Flash

E72 : 5 MP back – 15 FPS Video recording at 640 x 480 – Front Cam – 320 x 240 -  Single LED Flash

Winner : E72 with a front Cam

Battery :

E5: BL -4D – 1200 MAH

E72 : BP-4L3.7 v 1500 MAH

Winner :  E72 , with a  higher capacity battery  and better power management features ( Thanks to Adam for pointing out the mistake )

Talk Time :

E5 : GSM – 7.5 hrs , WCDMA – 4.8 hrs , Standby 25 days , Music playback 38 hrs

E72 : GSM – 13 hrs , WCDMA – 6 hrs , Standby 16 days , Video Playback 13 hrs , Music playback 37.5 hrs

Winner : E72 , although it has a marginally better battery 1500 MAh vs 1200 MAh on E5  , better power management makes it last longer , we won’t count the standby time as we use our phones and don’t keep them standby

Misc

E72 has a dedicated Audio Chip which E5 doesn’t

Conclusion :

In many aspects , E5 stands equal to E72 , and with an updated standby screen showing contacts and their status makes it a true social networking and messaging phone . However E72’s target market is different , it’s users are those on the corporate world who uses BlackBerry and for them looks are most important the sector in which E5 does not even come close to the E72 . However with a large choice of colors and a much lower price , Euro 180 as compared to Euro 360 of E72 launch price ( in Pakistan – current price Euro 240) it’s acceptability among the target market for E63 will be great .

We won’t call it an improvement over E72 except the standby screen which we hope E72 will also get , but it’s a winner over E63 . Our purchase advice to E72 users is to forgo the E5 but those using and want to replace E63 or looking for one should wait for E5 as it offers better bang for the buck .