List of best-selling mobile phones

The Nokia 1100 is the world's best-selling handset[1]

This is a list of best-selling mobile phones.

Top-selling mobile phones

Manufacturer Model Form factor Release year Units sold (millions) Relative size of sales
Nokia 1100 2003 250[1] 250
 
Nokia 1110 Bar 2005 250[1] 250
 
Apple iPhone 6 & 6 Plus 2014–16 220[2] 220
 
Nokia 3210 1999 150[3] 150
 
Nokia 1200 2007 150[3] 150
 
Nokia 6600 2003 150[3] 150
 
Nokia 5230 2009 150[3] 150
 
Samsung E1100 2009–12 150 150
 
Nokia 2600 (2610/2626/2630) 2004 135 135
 
Motorola RAZR V3 2004 130[3] 130
 
Nokia 1600 (1650/1661) 2006 130 130
 
Nokia 3310 (3330) 2000 126[4] 126
 
Nokia 1208 (1209) 2007 100 100
 
Samsung Galaxy S4 2013 80[3] 80
 
Nokia 6010 (6020/6030) 2004 75 75
 
Apple iPhone 5 2012–13 70[3] 70
 
Nokia 5130 (5220/5310) 2007 65 65
 
Apple iPhone 4S 2011–14 60[5] 60
 
Motorola StarTAC 1996 60 60
 
Motorola C200 Bar 2003–06 60 60
 
Samsung Galaxy S III 2012–13 60 60
 
Apple iPhone 5S 2013–16 52[6] 52
 
Nokia 3100 (3120) 2003 50 50
 
Nokia 6230 (6233) 2004 50 50
 
Apple iPhone 4 2010–13 50 50
 
Samsung Galaxy S II 2011–12 40 40
 
Samsung Galaxy Note II 2012–13 38 38
 
Apple iPhone 3GS 2009–12 35 35
 
Nokia 6270 (6280) Slider 2005 30 30
 
Nokia 5200 (5300) Slider 2006 30 30
 
Samsung E250 2006 30 30
 
Samsung Star 2009–11 30 30
 
Samsung Galaxy S 2010–12 25 25
 
Apple iPhone 5C 2013–15 16[6] 16
 
HTC Thunderbolt 2011–12 16 16
 
Nokia 6120 1998 15 15
 
Siemens M30 (M35i) 2000 15 15
 
Nokia 3510 2002 15 15
 
Nokia 6100 2002 15 15
 
Nokia 6610 2002 15 15
 
Siemens A50 2002 15 15
 
Motorola V220 2003 15 15
 
Sony Ericsson K300 2004 15 15
 
Motorola PEBL U6 2005 15 15
 
Motorola SLVR L6 2005 15 15
 
Motorola SLVR L7 2005 15 15
 
Sony Ericsson J300 2005 15 15
 
Sony Ericsson K750 2005 15 15
 
Motorola KRZR K1 2006 15 15
 
Motorola V195 2006 15 15
 
RIM BlackBerry Pearl 2006 15 15
 
BenQ-Siemens S68 2006 15 15
 
Sony Ericsson K310 2006 15 15
 
Sony Ericsson W810 2006 15 15
 
Nokia E71 Keyboard 2008 15 15
 
LG Chocolate 2009 15 15
 
Samsung S8300 Tocco Ultra 2009 12 12
 
Samsung Galaxy S5 2014 12[7] 12
 
LG Optimus One 2010 10 10
 
Alcatel One Touch Mini OT-708 2009 5 5
 

Annual best-selling handsets

Note: The years represent when the phones were released into the market, not the number sold in that particular year. The number sold represents how many units were sold throughout its whole lifetime. The first cell phone was produced by Motorola. Since then there have been produced around 17.37 billion mobile phones.

The Motorola StarTAC from 1996 was the first phone to be widely popular
The Nokia 3310 from 2000 sold 126 million units

1992

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2002

The Nokia 6100 and 6610 (above) from 2002 were the first colour-screen phones to sell over a million

2003

The Nokia 6600 from 2003 was the first camera phone to sell over a million units

2004

2005

The Nokia N70 was the first smartphone to sell over a million
The Motorola Q from 2005 was the first QWERTY phone to sell over a million

2006

2007

The Nokia N95 was the first non-candybar smartphone to sell over a million

2008

Apple's iPhone 3G, which sold 25 million units, managed to jointly top the table with a Nokia product

2009

The Samsung Star/Tocco Lite (S5230) sold 10 million units

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Annual sales by manufacturer (1992 – 2005)

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1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002[24]

2003[25]

2004[26]

2005[27]

Annual sales by manufacturer (2006 – 2015)

2006[28]

2007[29]

2008[31]

2009[33]

2010[35]

2011[39]

2012[42]

2013[13]

2013 in mobile phones

2014[43]

2015[44]

Annual sales by manufacturer (1Q 2016 – 3Q 2016)

Q1 2016[45]

Q2 2016[46]

Q3 2016[47]

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