This visualization shows the evolution of the sales (in units) of mobile phones from 1996 to 2023. Mobile phones included in this list are those Mobile phones offering only basic capabilities are known as feature phones; and also more recent mobile phones which offer greatly advanced computing capabilities, referred to as smartphones.

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best selling phones and smartphones included in this list:

Nokia 1610
Motorola StarTAC
Nokia 6120
Nokia 3210
Nokia 3310
Nokia 8890
Siemens M30/M35i
Nokia 6100
Nokia 6610
Nokia 3510
Siemens A50
Samsung SGHT100
Nokia 1100
Nokia 3100/3120
Nokia 3200/3220
Nokia 2100
Samsung SGHE700
Nokia NGage
Nokia 6600
Nokia 2600/2610/2626/2630
Motorola RAZR V3
Nokia 6010/6020/6030
Nokia 6230/6233
Nokia 3220
Nokia 2650
Nokia 3120
Nokia 6170
Nokia 5140
Sony Ericsson K300
Samsung SGHD500
Nokia 1110
Motorola C139/C200
Nokia N70/N72/N73
Nokia 6101
Nokia 6060
Nokia 6270/6280
Nokia 6670
Motorola V220
Motorola V195
Sony Ericsson J300
Sony Ericsson K750
Nokia 6680
Nokia 8800
Nokia 1600/1650/1661
Nokia 6070/6080
Nokia 7360/7370/7380
Nokia 6300
Nokia 2310
Nokia 5200/5300
BlackBerry Pearl 8100
Sony Ericsson K310
Sony Ericsson W810
Sony Ericsson W300
Nokia 2600 classic
Nokia 2760
Nokia 3110 classic
Nokia 6500 Slide
Nokia 6500 classic
Apple Iphone
Apple iPhone 3G
Nokia 2330 classic
Nokia 7210 Supernova
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
Nokia 5000
Nokia E71
Samsung Tocco
Nokia 5230
Apple iPhone 3GS
Samsung Tocco Ultra
Samsung Star/Tocco Lite
LG Cookie (KP500)
Alcatel One Touch Mini
Apple iPhone 4
Samsung Galaxy S
Samsung S5620 Monte
Nokia N8
Motorola Milestone/Droid
Samsung Galaxy S II
Apple iPhone 4s
Samsung Galaxy Y
HTC Evo 4G
Motorola Droid Bionic
ZTE Blade
Samsung Infuse
Samsung Galaxy S III
Xiaomi Mi 2
Samsung Galaxy S4
Apple iPhone 6 & 6 Plus
Apple iPhone 5S
Samsung Galaxy S5
Apple Iphone 5
Apple iPhone 6S & 6S Plus
Apple iPhone 7 & 7 Plus
Samsung Galaxy S7 & S7 Edge
Samsung Galaxy Note 9
Samsung Galaxy S9 & S9 Plus
Huawei P20
Apple iPhone XS
Apple Iphone X
Nokia 1208
Nokia 1200
Iphone 14
Galaxy s20, s21, s22, s23.

Data Source: Statista.com
Music: Scott Buckley Affirmations, Chasing daylight, Icarus.