New data has revealed the most popular mobile phones from the past 22 years, and the results aren’t what you’d think. While Apple’s iPhones and Samsung’s Galaxy range are now the market’s go-to handsets, analysts from online smartphone retailer, Mobiles.co.uk, have revealed the most popular phone since 2000 is the Nokia 1100.
The research took data from phone manufacturers from the year 2000 until now, looking at how many units of each handset have been sold since the year of release. According to the data, the 2003 Nokia 1100 model is the most successful, selling a total of 250 million units.
Despite only being released in 2014, the iPhone 6/6+ has quickly become the second most in-demand phone, selling over 222 million units. While iPhone 13 has only recently been released, the iPhone 6 range has remained the most popular, selling more than double its counterparts, with the iPhone 5 handset pulling in just 70 million units of sale. Interestingly, the iPhone 5C/5S, iPhone 5, and iPhone X sit in fifth, sixth, and seventh place respectively.
