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The best-selling mobile phones of all time

The top 3 according to 43 votes from people: Nokia 1100 · iPhone 6 and 6 Plus · Nokia 1110. (Updated Sep 3, 2023.)

The phone models with the most units sold, according to Wikipedia's list of best-selling mobile phones: Nokia's basic phones and Apple's iPhones dominate. Figures are estimates.

Jack Taylor · · 22 items · 43 votes · 8 comments

Top 20

  1. 1

    Nokia 1100

    Nokia, 2003. About 250 million sold. Basic phone; tied for the best-selling phone ever.

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    5
  2. 2

    iPhone 6 and 6 Plus

    Apple, 2014. About 222.4 million sold. The best-selling smartphone generation.

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    5
  3. 3

    Nokia 1110

    Nokia, 2005. About 250 million sold.

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    4
  4. 4

    Nokia 1600

    Nokia, 2005. About 130 million sold.

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    4
  5. 5

    iPhone 5S

    Apple, 2013. About 163.7 million sold. Introduced Touch ID.

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    3
  6. 6

    Nokia 5230

    Nokia, 2009. About 150 million sold.

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    3
  7. 7

    iPhone 6S and 6S Plus

    Apple, 2015. About 173.8 million sold.

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    2
  8. 8

    Motorola Razr V3

    Motorola, 2004. About 130 million sold. The iconic flip phone of the mid-2000s.

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    2
  9. 9

    Nokia 3210

    Nokia, 1999. About 160 million sold. One of the first phones with an internal antenna and predictive text games.

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    1
  10. 10

    Nokia 6600

    Nokia, 2003. About 150 million sold. A Symbian smartphone.

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    1
  11. 11

    Nokia 1200

    Nokia, 2007. About 150 million sold.

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    1
  12. 12

    Samsung E1100

    Samsung, 2009. About 150 million sold.

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    1
  13. 13

    iPhone 5

    Apple, 2012. About 143.4 million sold.

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    1
  14. 14

    iPhone 8 and 8 Plus

    Apple, 2017. About 121.7 million sold.

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    1
  15. 15

    iPhone 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max

    Apple, 2020. About 100 million sold.

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    1
  16. 16

    iPhone 7 and 7 Plus

    Apple, 2016. About 156.7 million sold.

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    0
  17. 17

    iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max

    Apple, 2019. About 156 million sold.

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    0
  18. 18

    iPhone XR, XS and XS Max

    Apple, 2018. About 150.7 million sold.

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    0
  19. 19

    Nokia 2600

    Nokia, 2004. About 135 million sold.

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    0
  20. 20

    Nokia 3310

    Nokia, 2000. About 126 million sold. The "indestructible" phone, home of Snake II.

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    0

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    Nokia 105 series

    Nokia, 2013. About 200 million sold.

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  2. 22

    Samsung Galaxy S III

    Samsung, 2012. About 70 million sold.

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    -1

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Comments (8)

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lakshmi_hyd

The 105 is still being sold today, legendary.

suitcase_galway

Kids today don't know the struggle of T9 typing 😂

Ashley Turner

The Nokia 3210 with Snake, every kid had one 🐍

Sarah Brennan

My Nokia 6600 was the coolest phone in my class

the_riff

Nokia 1100 the best-selling phone ever, 250 million units. Indestructible.

Graham McLean

Nokia 1110 was my first phone, battery lasted a week

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