Cell phones have been one of the best inventions of the century and have radically changed our lives. Over the past few decades, mobile phones and their evolution, smartphones, have increased considerably and have become increasingly powerful and with more features.
You can know all about the history of cell phones in this article which is divided into two parts: first we see the list of the best phones of all time in terms of diffusion and sale.
In the second part of the article you can instead read an infographic with the history of mobile phones that starts from the first mobile phones, passing through Apple and Android, ending with a look to the future.
The list of best-selling phones ever has been compiled by the Daily Telegraph in an image gallery that obviously sees Nokia as the protagonist.
The ranking is surprising, some will recognize their old cell phones.
From the last position to the first, we see the 20 most used cell phones in the world in these years :
- Nokia 2850 : One of Nokia 's few clamshell phones, came out in 2004 and has continued to sell 35 million units over the years.
- iPhone 3GS is the best-selling iPhone, around 35 million.
- Samsung Galaxy SII and SIII - each sold around 40 million units.
- Nokia 6230 : announced in 2003, it has sold 50 million pieces and is still one of the most popular phones today.
- Nokia 3100 came out in 2003, 50 million cell phones of this type colored pink or blue.
- Motorola StarTAC from 1996.
- Motorola C200 .
- iPhone 4S : launched in 2011, 60 million sales.
- Nokia 5130 : one of the XpressMusic phones, 65 million phones sold.
- Nokia 6010 : with color screen.
- Nokia 1208 : sold 100 million times.
- Nokia 1600 : 130 million units sold.
- Motorola Razr V3 from 2004, 130 million units sold.
- Nokia 2600
- Nokia 3310 : In Italy I believe it has been the number one for several years.
- Nokia 5230 : launched in 2010, it has sold 150 million units.
- Nokia 1200 : 150 million.
- Nokia 3210 : the historic Nokia mobile phone from 1999.
- Nokia 1110 : the most popular and popular phone in the world, with 250 million units sold since 2005 and still on sale today (photo above)
Below an infographic to be read with the history of mobile phones and smartphones, created by the Waypharer website.
