List of best-selling mobile phones

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

This is a list of best-selling mobile phones.

Best-selling mobile phone

Manufacturer Model Form factor Release year Units sold (in millions)
Nokia 1110 Bar 2005 250[1]
Nokia 1200 2007 150[1]
Nokia 3210 1999 160[1]
Nokia 5230 2010 150[1]
Nokia 2600 (2610/2626/2630) 2004 135
Nokia 1600 (1650/1661) 2006 130
Motorola C200 Bar 2003–2006 60
Motorola V220 2003 15
Motorola V195 2006 15
Motorola PEBL U6 2005 15
Motorola SLVR L6 2005 15
Motorola SLVR L7 2005 15
Motorola KRZR K1 2006 15
Nokia 3310 2000 136
Nokia 1208 (1209) 2007 100
Nokia 6010 (6020/6030) 2004 75
Nokia 5130 (5220/5310) 2007 65
Nokia 3100 (3120) 2003 50
Nokia 6230 (6233) 2004 50
Motorola StarTAC 1996 60
Alcatel One Touch Mini OT-708 2009 5
BenQ-Siemens S68 2006 15
HTC Thunderbolt 2011–2012 16
LG Chocolate 2009 15
LG Optimus One 2010 10
Apple iPhone 4S 2011–2012 16.7
Samsung Star 2009–2011 30
Samsung E250 2006 30
Samsung Galaxy S 2010–2012 20
Samsung Galaxy S II 2011–2013 40
Palm Centro Bar 2007 2
RIM BlackBerry Pearl 2006 15
Samsung S8300 Tocco Ultra 2009 12
Siemens M30 (M35i) 2000 15
Siemens A50 2002 15
Sony Ericsson K300 2004 15
Sony Ericsson J300 2005 15
Sony Ericsson K750 2005 15
Sony Ericsson K310 2006 15
Sony Ericsson W810 2006 15
Apple iPhone 3GS 2009–2012 35
Nokia 6270 (6280) Slider 2005 30
Nokia 5200 (5300) Slider 2006 30
Nokia E71 Keyboard 2008 15
Nokia 6120 1998 15
Nokia 3510 2002 15
Nokia 6100 2002 15
Nokia 6610 2002 15
Nokia 1680 2008 30
Sony Xperia J 2012 50
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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 Motorola StarTAC from 1996 was the first phone to be widely popular
The Nokia 3310 from 2000 sold 126 million units

1992

  • Motorola Personal Phone, 6 million sold
  • Nokia 101, 5 million sold

1996

1997

  • Motorola d160, ? sold

1998

  • Nokia 6120, 21 million sold
  • Motorola Montreal, ? sold

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

The Nokia 6230 from 2004 sold 50 million units together with the 6233


2005

The Motorola Q from 2005 sold a million units, and was the first QWERTY phone to sell over a million units

2006

By 2006, the Nokia N95 was viewed as the most professional phone to have existed - it sold 7 million units


2007

Touchscreens became cheaper and more affordable by 2007. This is an example of those: the HTC Touch, which sold 2 million units


2008

By 2008, for the first time in 10 years, Nokia did not have a phone at the top of the table, as Apple released the iPhone 3G, which sold 35 million units


2009

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


2010

2011


2012

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Annual sales by manufacturer

1992

1993

  • Motorola: million sold
  • NEC: ? million sold
  • Nokia: 5 million sold

1994

  • Motorola 12 million sold
  • Nokia: 9 million sold
  • NEC: ? million sold

1995

  • Motorola: ? million sold
  • Nokia: 13 million sold
  • NEC: ? million sold

1996

  • Motorola: ? million sold
  • Nokia: 18 million sold[8][9]
  • Ericsson: ? million sold
  • NEC: ? million sold
  • Panasonic: ? million sold

1997

  • Motorola: ? million sold
  • Nokia: 23 million sold
  • Ericsson: ? million sold
  • NEC: ? million sold
  • Panasonic: ? million sold
  • Others: ? million sold

1998

  • Nokia: 39 million sold[10]
  • Motorola: 34 million sold
  • Ericsson: 26 million sold
  • Panasonic: 15 million sold
  • NEC: ? million sold
  • Samsung: 5 million sold
  • Others: 56 million sold

1999

  • Nokia: 77 million sold[10]
  • Motorola: 48 million sold
  • Ericsson: 30 million sold
  • Samsung: 18 million sold
  • Panasonic: 16 million sold
  • Others: 98 million sold

2000

  • Nokia: 127 million sold[11]
  • Motorola: 61 million sold
  • Ericsson: 42 million sold
  • Siemens: 27 million sold
  • Samsung: 21 million sold
  • Panasonic: ? million sold
  • Sanyo: ? million sold
  • Kyocera: ? million sold
  • Others: 140 million sold

2001

  • Nokia: 140 million sold[11]
  • Motorola: 60 million sold
  • Siemens: 40 million sold
  • Samsung: 29 million sold
  • Ericsson: 27 million sold
  • Others: 218 million sold

2002

  • Nokia: 152 million sold[12]
  • Motorola: 73 million sold
  • Samsung: 42 million sold
  • Siemens: 35 million sold
  • Sony Ericsson: 24 million sold
  • LG: 14 million sold
  • Alcatel 12 million sold
  • Panasonic: 11 million sold
  • NEC: 9 million sold
  • Kyocera: 8 million sold[13]
  • Sagem: 5 million sold
  • Others: 62 million sold

2003

  • Nokia: 182 million sold[12]
  • Motorola: 76 million sold
  • Samsung: 55 million sold
  • Siemens: 44 million sold
  • Sony Ericsson: 27 million sold
  • LG: 27 million sold
  • Panasonic: 17 million sold
  • Kyocera: 15 million sold[13]
  • NEC: 15 million sold
  • Sanyo: ? million sold
  • Mitsubishi: 11 million sold
  • Alcatel: 8 million sold
  • Sagem: 7 million sold
  • Others: 55 million sold

2004

  • Nokia: 208 million sold[14]
  • Motorola: 105 million sold
  • Samsung: 86 million sold
  • Siemens: 49 million sold
  • LG: 43 million sold
  • Sony Ericsson: 43 million sold
  • RIM 1 million sold
  • Others: 149 million sold

2005

  • Nokia: 265 million sold[15]
  • Motorola: 145 million sold[15]
  • Samsung: 104 million sold
  • LG: 55 million sold
  • Sony Ericsson: 52 million sold
  • BenQ: 40 million sold
  • RIM: 4 million sold
  • Others: 186 million sold

2006

  • Nokia: 500 million sold[16]
  • Motorola: 210 million sold[16]
  • Samsung: 117 million sold
  • Sony Ericsson: 74 million sold
  • LG: 62 million sold
  • BenQ-Siemens: 24 million sold
  • Others: 153 million sold

2007

  • Nokia: 436 million sold
  • Motorola: 165 million sold
  • Samsung: 154 million sold[16]
  • Sony Ericsson: 102 million sold
  • LG: 79 million sold
  • NEC: 16 million sold
  • Panasonic: 14 million sold
  • Sharp: 13 million sold
  • Sanyo: 12 million sold
  • Fujitsu: 10 million sold
  • RIM: 10 million sold
  • Kyocera: 7 million sold
  • Toshiba: 6.5 million sold[17]
  • Mitsubishi: 6 million sold
  • Casio: 4 million sold
  • Apple: 2.3 million sold[18]
  • Others: 130 million sold

2008

  • Nokia: 475 million sold
  • Samsung: 202 million sold
  • Motorola: 108 million sold
  • LG: 104 million sold
  • Sony Ericsson: 95 million sold
  • RIM: 25 million sold
  • Fujitsu: 12 million sold
  • Apple: 12 million sold[19]
  • Others: 213 million sold

2009

  • Nokia: 442 million sold[20][21]
  • Samsung: 238 million sold
  • LG: 124 million sold
  • Motorola: 59 million sold
  • Sony Ericsson: 57 million sold
  • ZTE: 50 million sold
  • Kyocera: 45 million sold[22][23]
  • RIM: 35 million sold
  • Sharp: 29 million sold
  • Huawei: 28 million sold
  • Apple: 24 million sold[24]
  • HTC: 11 million sold
  • Fujitsu: 9 million sold
  • Panasonic: 5 million sold[22]
  • NEC Casio: 5 million sold
  • Toshiba: 1.5 million sold[22]
  • Others: 170 million sold

2010

  • Nokia: 463 million sold
  • Samsung: 282 million sold[25]
  • LG: 117 million sold
  • RIM 48 million sold
  • Sony Ericsson: 42 million sold
  • Apple: 42 million sold[2][26]
  • Motorola: 39 million sold
  • Sharp: ? million sold
  • Alcatel: 33 million sold[27]
  • ZTE: 30 million sold[28][29]
  • HTC: 25 million sold
  • Huawei: 24 million sold
  • Others: 485 million sold

2011

  • Nokia: 422 million sold[30][31]
  • Samsung: 330 million sold[32]
  • Apple: 89 million sold[30]
  • LG: 86 million sold
  • ZTE: 57 million sold[33][34]
  • RIM: 52 million sold
  • HTC: 48 million sold
  • Motorola: 40 million sold
  • Huawei: 41 million sold
  • Sony Ericsson: 33 million sold
  • Others: 597 million sold

2012

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