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 Bar 2003 250[1]
 
Nokia 1110 Bar 2005 250[2]
 
Nokia 1200 2007 150[3]
 
Nokia 5230 2009 150[3]
 
Nokia 3210 1999 160[3]
 
Nokia 6600 2003 150[3]
 
Samsung E1100 2009-2012 150
 
Nokia 2600 (2610/2626/2630) 2004 135
 
Motorola RAZR V3 2004 130
 
Nokia 1600 (1650/1661) 2006 130[1]
 
Nokia 3310 (3330) 2000 126[4]
 
Nokia 1208 (1209) 2007 100
 
Nokia 6010 (6020/6030) 2004 75
 
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 5130 (5220/5310) 2007 65
 
Nokia 3100 (3120) 2003 50
 
Nokia 6230 (6233) 2004 50
 
Motorola StarTAC 1996 60[1]
 
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 3GS 2009 35
 
Apple iPhone 4 2010 50
 
Apple iPhone 4S 2011–2014 60[5]
 
Apple iPhone 5 2012 70
 
Apple iPhone 5S 2013 52[6]
 
Apple iPhone 5C 2013 16[6]
 
Samsung Star 2009–2011 30
 
Samsung E250 2006 30
 
Samsung Galaxy S 2010–2012 25
 
Samsung Galaxy S II 2011–2013 40
 
Samsung Galaxy S III 2011–2013 60
 
Samsung Galaxy S4 2013–2014 80
 
Samsung Galaxy S5 2014 11[7]
 
Samsung Galaxy Note II 2012-2013 38
 
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
 
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
 

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.

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

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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 35 million units, managed to jointly top the table with a Nokia product


2009

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

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Annual sales by manufacturer

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2013 in mobile phones

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