The Nokia 1100 is the world’s highest-sold phone, and the World of Stats has released its latest survey.
With 250 million units sold worldwide, Nokia 11 which was announced on 27 August 2003 and discontinued in September 2009 is the world’s highest-selling phone.
Nokia 1100 had a very basic and to-the-point design.
It featured the company’s traditional style navigational keypad, which included a single button to end or receive calls, bi-directional keys, and vibrating alerts.
The device had a built-in torch and had a C button that when pressed twice, locked the phone, and holding it would activate the torch.
Interestingly, despite having an uninspired and basic look, the company offered the device in a number of color variants through the Xpress-On covers. This included light blue, orange, black, dark blue, yellow, red, green, and pink versions.
It was launched in India in the year 2005 and was priced around 5000 rupees, however, was sold as high as 10,000 INR at multiple places.
Second on the list is Nokia 1110 with 248 million global sales followed by Apple iPhone 6 & 6 Plus with 222 million units sold throughout the world.
Hosted by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Georgia State University, the goal of the world of statistics is to gather data and stats from around the globe.
The data also revealed that at least eleven mobile handsets of Nokia are among the top twenty sold mobile models in the world.