What is the best-selling mobile phone of all time? Not only the “smartphone” itself, a category born to a certain extent with the first iPhone, but all of mobile telephony in our history. This is what they documented from Visual Capitalist and they came to a very curious conclusion: more than half come from Apple. Actually, The pie is basically shared between Apple and Nokia.
Telephony has changed a lot since its early days. The first Nokia 1100 appeared in the summer of 2003 and In 2007, the end of what was the world’s best-selling electronic device was declared.
The 15 best-selling mobile phones in history: Apple wins the game
Apple has already swept 2022: eight of the ten best-selling mobile phones were iPhones. The high-end iPhone was crowned with 75% of sales. In 2023, the good figures were repeated, with a share of 71% in the high range, placing 7 out of 10 smartphones among the best sellers list. And there we have the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max very proud to reach similar record figures in 2024, while waiting for a particularly innovative iPhone 16 in the software section. Apple can boast of continuing a trend that has lasted for more than a decade.
Nokia, the manufacturer based in Espoo (Finland), will have changed our entire way of understanding telephony with the Nokia 1110, with 250 million units of the first model and 248 million of the second, but a generation of Apple mobile phones is just following after: The iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5s and iPhone 7 Plus stand out as a trio of aces with 222 million units, 174 million and 160 million units sold respectively.
Huge achievements which of course define a trajectory of success. Samsung also makes its mark by appearing in 11th place with the E1100, the terminal launched in 2009 which crossed the psychological bar of 150 million units sold. The iPhone 5, the first model, is fast approaching for a few million less.
We’ve heard criticism about a certain stagnation in the design of the modern iPhone. That there is no more innovation, that the user is no longer surprised by revolutionary functions. The reality is that iOS 18 It will have an AI layer like never before and which Apple wants to make standard, integrating all these functions for all types of users. In other words, artificial intelligence or the Siri of the future are more functional than ever, without bothering those who have never used an assistant. After all, that’s what sets Apple apart.
Original data from Visual Capitalist
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