Telephones have now become indispensable and a list has now been published with the most popular telephones ever. And we’ll tell you in advance: that’s not an iPhone.
Most popular phone of all time
A huge number of new phones are released every year. For example, both Samsung and Apple release new devices every year, but which phone is the most popular ever? We now finally have an answer to that, because a list has been published with an overview of the best-selling phones ever. This shows that both number one and number two are not Apple (or Samsung) devices.
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Instead, we find Nokia phones in first and second place. The Nokia 1100 from 2003 is the most popular phone ever, if we only look at worldwide sales figures. The device was sold no less than 250 million times around the world. This means that Nokia is far ahead of Apple in terms of sales figures, because the first iPhone only comes in third place.
These are the 20 best-selling phones
In second place we see the Nokia 1110 from 2005, which was also sold approximately 250 million times worldwide. The first iPhone is in third place, which is the iPhone 6 (Plus) from 2014. In this list, the sales figures of the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus are added together, which results in 220 models sold. This is the complete top twenty most popular phones ever:
| Telephone | Devices sold | |
| 1. | Nokia 1100 | 250 million |
| 2. | Nokia 1110 | 250 million |
| 3. | iPhone 6 (Plus) | 220 million |
| 4. | Nokia 105 | 200 million |
| 5. | iPhone 6s (Plus) | 174.1 million |
| 6. | iPhone 5s | 164.5 million |
| 7. | Nokia 3210 | 160 million |
| 8. | iPhone 7 (Plus) | 160 million |
| 9. | iPhone 11 | 159.2 million |
| 10. | iPhone XR and XS | 151.1 million |
| 11. | Nokia 6600 | 150 million |
| 12. | Nokia 1200 | 150 million |
| 13. | Nokia 5230 | 150 million |
| 14. | Samsung E1100 | 150 million |
| 15. | iPhone 5 | 146.2 million |
| 16. | Nokia 2600 | 135 million |
| 17. | Motorola Razr V3 | 130 million |
| 18. | Nokia 1600 | 130 million |
| 19. | Nokia 3310 | 126 million |
| 20. | iPhone 8 (Plus) | 124.7 million |
It is striking that older iPhones in particular are extremely popular, which may be due to the lower price of the phones. In addition, older phones have of course been on the market for longer, which means that consumers have had more time to purchase the devices. In any case, it is clear that the iPhone 6 is Apple’s most popular phone ever.
But what is the best iPhone?
So we finally know what the most popular iPhone ever is, but that doesn’t mean you should buy an iPhone 6 now. There are now iPhones that are much better, especially if you still have an iPhone 6. At the moment the iPhone 15 Pro Max is the best phone, for less money you can already have the iPhone 15 (Plus). Are you still looking for a new phone? Then view the best prices here!