| Sony Xperia Advance | Nokia E72 |
| Manufacture | Sony | Nokia |
| Model | Xperia Advance | E72 |
| Form factor | Block | Block |
| Weight | 110 gram | 128.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 111 x 60.3 x 9.8 | 114.00 x 60.00 x 10.00 |
| Operating System | Android | Symbian S60 |
| Networks | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 3G - 850/1900/2100 | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 3G - 900/1900/2100 |
| HSCSD |  | |
| GPRS |  | |
| EDGE | | |
| UMTS | | |
| HSDPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| WiMAX | | |
| LTE (4G light) | | |
| WLAN / Wi-Fi | | |
| Wi-Fi Hotspot | | |
| Wi-Fi Direct | | |
| SMS | | |
| MMS | | |
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| HDMI out | | |
| USB port | | |
| MHL | | |
| Bluetooth | | |
| Bluetooth version | 3.0 | NA |
| DLNA | | |
| GPS | | |
| Glonass | | |
| ANT+ | | |
| IrDA | | |
| NFC | | |
| 3.5 mm audio connector | | |
| Camera | | |
| Camera resolution | 5 megapixel, auto focus, 16x digital zoom | 5 Megapixels, 5x digital zoom |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | LED | NA |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | 720p | NA |
| Second Camera | NA | VGA (640 x 480) |
| Display size | 3.5 inches | 2.36 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 16777216 | 16700000 |
| Display width | 320 | 320 |
| Display height | 480 | 240 |
| PPI | 164.83 | 169.49 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | 1 GHz dual-core NovaThor U8500 Cortex A9 | NA |
| GPU | ARM Mali-400 | NA |
| Memory | 512 MB RAM. 8 GB eMMC. Expandable up to 32 GB with microSD card | 250 MB. 4GB on microSD card. Expandable up to 16GB |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, OGG, MIDI, WAV, OTA, MP4 | Polyphonic, MP3, AAC AAC+ eAAC+ WMA |
| Java | | |
| Games | Yes, downloadable | 2 |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | 1305 mAh | 1500 mAh |
| Standby time (h) | 520 | 492 |
| Talktime (m) | 390 | 750 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | Android HTML Webkit | 2.0 XHTML, HTML Nokia MiniMap browser |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | IP67 | NA |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Website | Website | Website |