The Nokia N72 is 108.8mm long and 53.3mm wide. It has a thickness of 21.8 mm and weighs about 124 g. It has up to 20 MB internal dynamic memory and an expandable memory up to 128 MB. The device has a memory capacity for 300 photos (2 megapixels) and up to 9.7 hours for music (eAAC+). It also has a hot swap slot for smooth insertion and removal of Multimedia Card.

The Nokia N72 has a big and bright 2.1 inch TFT color display with up to 262,144 colors. It has on device video and photo editors and also an ambient light detector. It also has Home photoediting on a compatible personal computer with Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition. Another feature of the phone is that it has a Music key that provides direct access to the Digital Music Player. The phone has S60 software on Symbian OS and S60 2nd Edition, Feature pack 3. Other facilities on the phone include Speed dialing, Automatic Redial, Conference call and also Call Logs.

The Nokia N72 has a 2 megapixel camera with up to 20x digital zoom and CMOS sensor. It has a Slide cover for camera Activation and lens protection. It also has an integrated flash with an operating range up to 1m and advanced camera modes for still, sequence and video. It has a dedicated capture key for various Scenes like portrait, landscape sport and night. As also normal, black and white color tones and daylight, cloudy and fluorescent White balance. It also has settings for brightness adjustment and self-timer.

The device has the capacity for video clips up to 60 minutes and video capture up to 15fps MPEG-4. It has digital zoom CIF up to 4x and also audio recording AAC.

The Music Features of the phone include a digital music player with supports MP3 /eAAC+ with playlists, Stereo FM radio, Nokia Stereo Headset HS-31, Nokia Audio Adaptor AD-49 and Nokia music manager application for music transfer. It also has Visual Radio where one can listen and interact with selected radio stations of our choice and also obtain information about the artists.