| Manufacture | Nokia | Samsung |
| Model | E72 | SGH-D500 |
| Form factor | Block | Clamshell/fold |
| Weight | 128 gram | 99.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 114 x 60 x 10 | 94.00 x 46.00 x 23.00 |
| Operating System | Symbian S60 | Other |
| Networks | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900
3G - 900/1900/2100 | 2G - 900/1800/1900
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| HSCSD |  |  |
| GPRS | | |
| EDGE | | |
| UMTS | | |
| HSDPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| WiMAX | | |
| LTE (4G light) | | |
| WLAN / Wi-Fi | | |
| Wi-Fi Hotspot | | |
| Wi-Fi Direct | | |
| SMS | | |
| MMS | | |
| Email | | |
| HDMI out | | |
| USB port | | |
| MHL | | |
| Bluetooth | | |
| Bluetooth version | NA | NA |
| DLNA | | |
| GPS | | |
| Glonass | | |
| ANT+ | | |
| IrDA | | |
| NFC | | |
| 3.5 mm audio connector | | |
| Camera | | |
| Camera resolution | 5 Megapixels, 5x digital zoom | 1.3 megapixels |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | NA | NA |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | NA | NA |
| Second Camera | VGA (640 x 480) | NA |
| Display size | 2.36 inches | 1.90 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 16700000 | 262000 |
| Display width | 320 | 176 |
| Display height | 240 | 220 |
| PPI | 169.49 | 148.28 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | NA | NA |
| GPU | NA | NA |
| Memory | 250 MB. 4GB on microSD card. Expandable up to 16GB | 92MB |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | Polyphonic, MP3, AAC AAC+ eAAC+ WMA | Polyphonic 64 voices |
| Java | | |
| Games | 2 | NA |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | 1500 mAh | NA |
| Standby time (h) | 492 | 300 |
| Talktime (m) | 750 | 390 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | 2.0 XHTML, HTML Nokia MiniMap browser | 2.0 |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | NA | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | NA |
| PC Synchronization | | NA |
| SyncML | | |
| Website | Website | Website |
