The best-selling mobile phone in history is not from Samsung or Apple, the two giants of today. For now, no one can beat the most basic Nokia
You must have asked yourself this question many times What is the best selling mobile phone in history? At the global level, and at this point in the film, we are all aware that these small communication devices, now transformed into complete computer equipment, Such an essential and irreplaceable part of our life Which means that there are more mobile active animals on Earth than humans.
It’s been more than 50 years since that first call with that giant DynaTAC, though The industry wouldn’t explode until the late 90s Even in the early 2000s, when Nokia dominated with an iron fist and the smartphone era was not even noticed, Phones are so basic that they can only make calls and send short messages with limited characters.
to those mobiles, rara avis In our day, we call them now Feature phoneBut don’t let anyone underestimate them None of today’s powerful smartphones can surpass the most basic terminals that Finnish Nokia sold in 2000-2005, according to at least one study Visual Capitalist which collects historical data from Wikipedia, Yahoo Finance, and Omdia, among other sources.

The best selling mobile phone in history Infographic by Visual Capitalist
The 20 best-selling mobile phones revealed Nokia and Apple as the winners
It’s interesting to see how Nokia occupies the top 2 positions 3 in the ranking Top five And nothing less than that 10 positions among the 20 best selling mobile phones In all history. Almost unbelievable, especially for the younger ones This legendary brand fell into disrepute after a blunder with Symbian To be restored today by HMD Global.
The other big winner is AppleRK, because although Windows Mobile and several manufacturers first flirted with PDAs and smartphones in this sense, notably with Sony-Ericsson’s P series, it was Cupertino who took credit for inventing the smartphone as we know it today, among the 20 best-selling phones. He has 8 series iPhone
Samsung and Motorola They are the ones who color different notes in the list, although they each testify by telephone. Samsung E1100 from position 11 And the 17th successful and beautiful Motorola RAZR V3 type clamshell Which has now almost been recaptured by the foldable RAZR series.
location | model | sales |
---|---|---|
1 | Nokia 1100 | 250M |
2 | Nokia 1110 | 248M |
3 | iPhone 6/6 Plus | 222M |
4 | Nokia Series 105 | 200M |
5 | iPhone 6S/6S Plus | 174M |
6 | iPhone 5s | 165M |
7 | Nokia 3210 | 161M |
8 | iPhone 7/7 Plus | 160M |
9 | iPhone 11/11 Pro/11 Pro Max | 159M |
10 | iPhone XR/XS/XS max. | 151M |
11 | Nokia 6600 | 150M |
11 | Nokia 1200 | 150M |
11 | Nokia 5230 | 150M |
11 | Samsung E1100 | 150M |
15 | iPhone 5 | 146M |
16 | Nokia 2600/2610/2626/2630 | 135M |
17 | Motorola RAZR V3 | 130M |
17 | Nokia 1600/1650/1661 | 130M |
19 | Nokia 3310 | 126M |
20 | iPhone 8/8 Plus | 125M |
It seems almost unbelievable that no Android phone is on the list, but it is true that if we talk about the dominance of high-end Apple while on the Google platform, there are numerous alternatives that dilute the total sales figures.
Android is not in the listYou may have noticed, and obviously Variety of catalog options Available on Google platforms Sales figures are diluted Can sell many units without a single smartphone. To show a button, the Galaxy S23 series has sold more than ever flagship of Android, and yet they haven’t reached 40 million units because They sell relatively less in important countries like China or India About other options.
For numbers, the fact that data is overwhelming, since Nokia’s most basic series since the early 2000sWhen the democratization of this device began, no less sales were conducted 250 million Nokia 1100 and 248 million Nokia 1110 models. About 500 million phones that cost about $100, or whatever, Population of the entire European Union More or less in statistics.
Among its most basic family of mobile phones, which then cost around $100, Nokia managed to sell around 500 million units of the 1100 and 1110 by 2003 and 2004. It was a time of technological democratization and everyone wanted a mobile phone. ..
Historically always The iPhone sold very well Also, after all The most evolutionary series with respect to the previous generation Like iPhone 6 (big screen) or iPhone groove)
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