With the development of society, mobile phones have become a necessity in people's lives.
And after more than 20 years of big waves, looking at the world, Apple and Samsung are undoubtedly the two most popular mobile phone brands.
In addition, relying on strong product strength, domestic mobile phone brands are also conquering overseas cities.
Take the past 2023 as an example, Apple beat Samsung for the first time to win the world's first smartphone sales, while Xiaomi ranked third.
Photo via Canalys).
It can be seen that the global mobile phone market has gradually matured and the pattern has basically remained stable, that is, Apple and Samsung take turns to sit in the bank, followed by domestic brands.
But do you know which is the highest-selling mobile phone in the world since the birth of mobile phones?
Recently, foreign media Visual Capitalist counted the 15 best-selling mobile phones in the world of all time, let's take a look!
As you can see from the graph, the number one phone is the Nokia 1100, with more than 2500 million units.
In second place, there is another model in the same series, the Nokia 1110, with a global sales volume of 24.8 billion units.
Image source: Visual Capitalist).
It can be said that although there is no brother in the rivers and lakes, there is still a legend of the brother.
Despite being around at the same time as smart models at the time, the phone became a favorite in developing countries in terms of **, basic features, and pocket size.
I have to say that in the era of feature phones, Nokia is indeed yyds.
In third place is the iPhone 6 6 Plus series, which has achieved 22.2 billion units.
Naturally, there is no need to say much about this model, after all, the title of nail household is not obtained in vain.
As the first phone with a large screen design for the iPhone, the iPhone 6 6 Plus was perfect at the time, both in terms of appearance and core performance.
Source: Apple's official website).
The Nokia 105 ranked fourth, and in June 2022, Nokia officially celebrated the global sales of more than 200 million units.
This is another Nokia phone that has sold more than 200 million units after the Nokia 1100.
This is followed by models like iPhone 6S 6S Plus, iPhone 5S, Nokia 3210, etc.
It can be seen that in the ranking of the 15 best-selling models in the world, Nokia and Apple basically dominate the list.
One is the overlord of the era of feature phones, and the other is the king of the era of smart phones, which can be said to be very representative.
Photo source: IT House).
In addition, some students may find that among the top ten models on the list, there is no 5G mobile phone or Android mobile phone.
On the one hand, to become the best-selling model, it undoubtedly takes time to precipitate.
On the other hand, after entering the era of smart phones, the Android camp and 5G mobile phones have a lot more options, and it is difficult to have a single product sales of hundreds of millions.
It is worth mentioning that in this ranking, only the Samsung e1100 broke the monopoly of Nokia and Apple and ranked 11th.
In addition, some netizens complained that under this statistical method, except for the iPhone 5 in the list, the others are all one series.
For example, in June 2022, in order to celebrate the global sales of Nokia 105 exceeding 200 million, the Nokia brand officially released a poster to celebrate.
There is a line below the official poster that annotates this data.
Source: Weibo @诺基亚手机).
Roughly 200 million sales, referring to the total sales of the four generations of Nokia 105 in 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019 worldwide.
It's obviously a bit unfair to compare the iPhone 5 with the sales of four generations of a series.
On the whole, to say that in the era of feature phones, Nokia won by low price and too little market selectivity.
The high-end positioning of Apple's mobile phone on the list, in fact, is even more difficult.
I hope that in the Warring States era of today's machine circle, domestic mobile phones can catch up and get a share of the global market!
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