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. Since then there have been produced around 17.37 billion mobile phones.
Motorola Personal Phone, 8 million sold
Nokia 101.5 million sold
Motorola StarTAC, 60 million sold
Nokia 1610, ? sold
Motorola d160, ? sold
Nokia 6120, 21 million sold
Motorola Montreal, ? sold
Nokia 3210, 150 million sold
Nokia 3310, 126 million sold
Nokia 8890, 15 million sold
Siemens M30/M35i, 15 million sold
Nokia 6100, 15 million sold
Nokia 6610, 15 million sold
Nokia 3510, 15 million sold
Siemens A50, 15 million sold
Samsung SGH-T100, 12 million sold
Nokia 1100, 250 million sold
Nokia 3100/3120, 50 million sold
Nokia 3200/3220, 30 million sold
Nokia 2100, 20 million sold
Samsung SGH-E700, 15 million sold
Nokia N-Gage, 3 million sold
Nokia 6600, 2 million sold
Nokia 2600/2610/2626/2630, 135 million sold
Motorola RAZR V3, 130 million sold
Nokia 6010/6020/6030, 75 million sold
Nokia 6230/6233, 50 million sold
Nokia 3220, 35 million sold
Nokia 2650, 35 million sold
Nokia 2300, 15 million sold
Nokia 3120, 15 million sold
Nokia 6170, 15 million sold
Nokia 5140, 15 million sold
Nokia 7260, 15 million sold
Sony Ericsson K300, 15 million sold
Samsung SGH-D500, 12 million sold
Nokia 1110, 250 million sold
Motorola/C139/C200, 60 million sold
Nokia N70/N72/N73, 45 million sold
Nokia 6101, 35 million sold
Nokia 6060, 35 million sold
Nokia 6270/6280, 30 million sold
Nokia 6670, 19 million sold
Motorola V220, 15 million sold
Motorola V195, 15 million sold
Sony Ericsson J300, 15 million sold
Sony Ericsson K750, 15 million sold
Nokia 6680, 15 million sold
Nokia 8800, 15 million sold
Nokia 6111, 15 million sold
Nokia 2680, 15 million sold
LG Chocolate, 15 million sold
Motorola Q, 1 million sold
Nokia 1600/1650/1661, 130 million sold
Nokia 6070/6080, 50 million sold
Nokia 7360/7370/7380, 45 million sold
Nokia 6300, 35 million sold
Nokia 2310, 35 million sold
Nokia 5200/5300, 30 million sold
BlackBerry Pearl 8100, 15 million sold
BenQ-Siemens S68, 15 million sold
Sony Ericsson K310, 15 million sold
Sony Ericsson W810, 15 million sold
Sony Ericsson W300, 15 million sold
Motorola PEBL U6, 15 million sold
Motorola KRZR K1, 15 million sold
Motorola SLVR L6, 15 million sold
Motorola SLVR L7, 15 million sold
Nokia 6085, 15 million sold
Nokia 6125, 15 million sold
Nokia 6131, 15 million sold
Samsung SGH-D900, 3 million sold
Nokia 3250, 1 million sold
Nokia 2600 classic, 15 million sold
Nokia 2760, 15 million sold
Nokia 5610, 15 million sold
Nokia 3110 classic, 15 million sold
Nokia 6500 Slide, 15 million sold
Nokia 3500, 15 million sold
Nokia 6500 classic, 15 million sold
Samsung SGH-E250, 12 million sold
LG Shine, 8 million sold
Nokia N95, 7 million sold
Apple iPhone, 7 million sold
LG Viewty (KU990), 2 million sold
HTC Touch, 2 million sold
Palm Centro, 2 million sold
Apple iPhone 3G, 25 million sold
Nokia 2330 classic, 15 million sold
Nokia 7210 Supernova, 15 million sold
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, 15 million sold
Nokia 5000, 15 million sold
Nokia E71, 15 million sold
Samsung Tocco (SGH-F480), 12 million sold
Samsung SGH-J700, 12 million sold
Samsung Tocco TouchWiz (SGH-F480), 5 million sold
Samsung Soul (SGH-U900), 1 million sold
Nokia 5230, 150 million sold
Apple iPhone 3GS, 35 million sold
Samsung Tocco Ultra (S8300), 12 million sold
Samsung Star/Tocco Lite (S5230), 10 million sold
LG Cookie (KP500), 10 million sold
Alcatel One Touch Mini (OT-708), 5 million sold
Motorola Ming A1200, 3 million sold
Nokia N97, 2 million sold
Motorola Milestone/Droid, 1 million sold
HTC Magic, 1 million sold
Nokia 3720 classic, ? sold
Nokia E52, ? sold
Nokia 6700 classic, ? sold
Apple iPhone 4, 40 million sold
Samsung Galaxy S, 20 million sold
Samsung S5620 Monte, 7 million sold
Nokia N8, 6 million sold
Motorola Milestone/Droid, 2 million sold
Samsung Wave (S8500), 2 million sold
Apple iPhones – all variants: 140 million sold
Samsung Galaxy S II, 40 million sold
Samsung Galaxy Y, 15 million sold
HTC Evo 4G, 14 million sold
Motorola Droid Bionic, 13 million sold
ZTE Blade, 10 million sold
Samsung Infuse, 9 million sold
Apple iPhones – all variants: 110 million sold
Samsung Galaxy S III, 50 million sold
Xiaomi Mi 2, 10 million sold
Samsung – all variants: 444 million soldSamsung Galaxy S4 40 million sold
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini ???
Nokia all variants: 250 million sold
Apple iPhone – all variants: 150 million sold
Apple all variants, 169.2 million sold
NEC:2 million sold
Nokia: 3 million sold
Motorola: 4 million sold
Nokia: 5 million sold
Motorola: ? million sold
NEC: ? million sold
Motorola 12 million sold
Nokia: 9 million sold
NEC: 6 million sold
Nokia: 13 million sold
Motorola: ? million sold
NEC: ? million sold
Motorola: 60 million sold
Nokia: 18 million sold
Ericsson: ? million sold
NEC: ? million sold
Panasonic: ? million sold
Motorola: 25.328 million sold
Nokia: 20.593 million sold
Ericsson: 15.914 million sold
Panasonic: 8.627 million sold
Alcatel: 2.631 million sold
Others: 34.725 million sold
Nokia: 37.374 million sold
Motorola: 32.319 million sold
Ericsson: 23.827 million sold
Panasonic: 13.397 million sold
Alcatel: 6.967 million sold
Samsung: 6 million sold
Others: 48.972 million sold
Nokia: 76.335 million sold
Motorola: 47.817 million sold
Ericsson: 29.785 million sold
Samsung: 17.686 million sold
Panasonic: 15.580 million sold
Others: 98 million sold
Nokia: 126.369 million sold
Motorola: 60.094 million sold
Ericsson: 41.467 million sold
Siemens: 26.989 million sold
Samsung: 20.639 million sold
Others: 140 million sold
Nokia: 139.672 million sold
Motorola: 59.092 million sold
Siemens: 29.753 million sold
Samsung: 28.234 million sold
Ericsson: 26.956 million sold
Others: 115.877 million sold
Nokia: 151.4218 million (35.8% market share)
Motorola: 64.6401 million (15.3% market share)
Samsung: 41.6844 million (9.8% market share)
Siemens: 34.6180 million (8.2% market share)
Sony Ericsson: 23.1129 million (5.5% market share)
Others: 107.9414 million (25.5% market share)
Total: 423.4185 million (100% market share)
Nokia: 180.6724 million (34.7% market share)
Motorola: 75.1771 million (14.5% market share)
Samsung: 54.4751 million (10.5% market share)
Siemens: 43.7543 million (8.4% market share)
Sony Ericsson: 26.6863 million (5.1% market share)
LG: 26.2137 million (5.0% market share)
Others: 113.0096 million (21.8% market share)
Total: 519.9855 million (100% market share)
Nokia: 207.2313 million (30.7% market share)
Motorola: 104.1242 million (15.4% market share)
Samsung: 85.2384 million (12.6% market share)
Siemens: 48.4558 million (7.2% market share)
LG: 42.2768 million (6.3% market share)
Sony Ericsson: 42.0317 million (6.2% market share)
Others: 144.6437 million (21.6% market share)
Total: 674.0019 million (100% market share)
Nokia: 265.6148 million (32.5% market share)
Motorola: 144.9204 million (17.7% market share)
Samsung: 103.7536 million (12.7% market share)
LG: 54.9246 million (6.7% market share)
Sony Ericsson: 51.7738 million (6.3% market share)
Siemens: 28.5906 million (3.5% market share)
Others: 166.9851 million (20.6% market share)
Total: 816.5629 million (100% market share)
Nokia: 344.9159 million (34.8% market share)
Motorola: 209.2509 million (21.1% market share)
Samsung: 116.4801 million (11.8% market share)
Sony Ericsson: 73.6416 million (7.4% market share)
LG: 61.9860 million (6.3% market share)
Others: 184.5880 million (18.6% market share)
Total: 990.8625 million (100% market share)
Nokia: 435.4531 million (37.8% market share)
Motorola: 164.307 million (14.3% market share)
Samsung: 154.5407 million (13.4% market share)
Sony Ericsson: 101.3584 million (8.8% market share)
LG: 78.5763 million (6.8% market share)
Apple: 2.3 million sold
Others: 218.6043 million (18.9% market share)
Total: 1,152.8398 million (100% market share)
Nokia: 472.3150 million (38.6% market share)
Samsung: 199.1820 million (16.3% market share)
Motorola: 106.5900 million (8.7% market share)
LG: 102.5554 million (8.4% market share)
Sony Ericsson: 93.4145 million (7.6% market share)
Apple: 12 million sold
Others: 248.1890 million (20.4% market share)
Total: 1,222.2452 million (100% market share)
Nokia: 440.8816 million (36.4% market share)
Samsung: 235.7720 million (19.5% market share)
LG: 122.0553 million (10.1%market share)
Motorola: 58.4752 million (4.8% market share)
Sony Ericsson: 54.8734 million (4.5% market share)
Apple: 24.889 million sold
Others: 299.1792 million (24.7% market share)
Total: 1,211.2366 million (100% market share)
Nokia: 461.3182 million (28.9% market share)
Samsung: 281.0658 million (17.6% market share)
LG: 114.1546 million (7.1% market share)
Research in Motion: 47.4516 million (3.0% market share)
Apple: 46.5983 million (2.9% market share)
Sony Ericsson: 41.8192 million (2.6% market share)
Motorola: 38.5537 million (2.4% market share)
ZTE: 28.7687 million (1.8% market share)
HTC: 24.6884 million (1.5% market share)
Huawei: 23.8147 million (1.5% market share)
Others: 488.5693 million (30.6% market share)
Total: 1,596.8024 million (100% market share)
Nokia: 422.4783 million (23.8% market share)
Samsung: 313.9042 million (17.7% market share)
Apple: 89.2632 million (5.0% market share)
LG: 86.3709 million (4.9% market share)
ZTE: 56.8818 million (3.2% market share)
Research in Motion: 51.5419 million (2.9% market share)
HTC: 43.2669 million (2.4% market share)
Huawei: 40.6634 million (2.3% market share)
Motorola: 40.2690 million (2.3% market share)
Sony Ericsson: 32.5975 million (1.8% market share)
Others: 597.3269 million (33.7% market share)
Total: 1,774.5641 million (100% market share)
Samsung: 384.6312 million (22.0% market share)
Nokia: 333.9380 million (19.1% market share)
Apple: 130.1332 million (7.5% market share)
ZTE: 67.3444 million (3.9% market share)
LG: 58.0159 million (3.3% market share)
Huawei Technologies: 47.2883 million (2.7% market share)
TCL Communication: 37.1766 million (2.1% market share)
Research in Motion: 34.2103 million (2.0% market share)
Motorola: 33.9163 million (1.9% market share)
HTC: 32.1218 million (1.8% market share)
Others: 587.3996 million (33.6% market share)
Total: 1,746.1756 million (100% market share)
Samsung: 444.4442 million (24.6% market share)
Nokia: 250.7931 million (13.9% market share)
Apple: 150.7859 million (8.3% market share)
LG: 69.0245 million (3.8% market share)
ZTE: 59.8988 million (3.3% market share)
Huawei: 53.2951 million (2.9% market share)
TCL Communication: 49.5313 million (2.7% market share)
Lenovo: 45.2847 million (2.5% market share)
Sony Mobile Communications: 37.5957 million (2.1% market share)
Yulong: 32.6014 million (1.8% market share)
Others: 613.7100 million (34% market share)
Total: 1,806.9647 million (100% market share)
Samsung: 392.546 million (20.9% market share)
Apple: 191.426 million (10.2% market share)
Microsoft: 185.660 million (9.9% market share)
Lenovo Motorola: 84.029 million (4.5% market share)
LG: 76.096 million (4% market share)
Huawei: 70.499 million (3.8% market share)
TCL Communication: 64.026 million (3.4% market share)
Xiaomi: 56.529 million (3% market share)
ZTE: 53.910 million (2.9% market share)
Sony Mobile: 37.791 million (2% market share)
Micromax: 37.094 million (2% market share)
Others: 629.360 million (33.5% market share)
Total: 1,878.968 million (100% market share)
Samsung: 320.2197 million (22.5% market share)
Apple: 225.8506 million (15.9% market share)
Huawei: 104.0947 million (7.3% market share)
Lenovo Motorola: 72.7482 million (5.1% market share)
Xiaomi: 65.6186 million (4.6% market share)
Others: 635.3685 million (44.6% market share)
Total: 1,423.9003 million (100% market share)
Samsung: 306.4466 million (20.5% market share)
Apple: 216.0640 million (14.4% market share)
Huawei: 132.8249 million (8.9% market share)
OPPO: 85.2995 million (5.7% market share)
BBK Communication Equipment: 72.4086 million (4.8% market share)
Others: 682.3143 million (45.6% market share)
Total: 1,495.3580 million (100% market share)
Samsung: 81.1869 million (23.5% market share)
Apple: 51.6295 million (14.8% market share)
Huawei: 28.8610 million (8.3% market share)
OPPO: 16.1126 million (4.6% market share)
Xiaomi: 15.0480 million (4.3% market share)
Others: 156.4134 million (44.8% market share)
Total: 349.2514 million (100% market share)
Samsung: 76.7435 million (22.3% market share)
Apple: 44.3950 million (12.9% market share)
Huawei: 30.6707 million (8.9% market share)
OPPO: 18.4896 million (5.4% market share)
Xiaomi: 15.5307 million (4.5% market share)
Others: 158.5303 million (46.0% market share)
Total: 344.3597 million (100% market share)
Samsung: 71.7335 million (19.2% market share)
Apple: 43.0007 million (11.5% market share)
Huawei: 32.4895 million (8.7% market share)
OPPO: 24.9366 million (6.7% market share)
BBK Communication Equipment: 19.8789 million (5.3% market share)
Others: 181.2533 million (48.6% market share)
Total: 373.2925 million (100% market share)
Apple: 77.0389 million (17.9% market share)
Samsung: 76.7826 million (17.8% market share)
Huawei: 40.8037 million (9.5% market share)
OPPO: 26.7047 million (6.2% market share)
BBK Communication Equipment: 24.2882 million (5.6% market share)
Others: 185.9211 million (43.1% market share)
Total: 431.5393 million (100% market share)