Best-Selling Cellphone Brands 1996 - 2022

Updated timeline of the most popular cellphone manufacturers from 1996 to 2022. Ranked by annual worldwide sales of mobile phone brands. Data source: annual sales reports, 10-K SEC quarterly reports.

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[DataIsBeautifulOfficial]

I enabled Super Thanks on my videos. What the hell is this?

[qup]

a simple example of how no one can stay on top for ever ..

R.I.P NOKIA

[mllenessmarie]

Nokia was extremely innovative in terms of mobile phones they kept releasing. Some models looked like they were prototypes and yet you could still purchase one. Some of them were just so aesthetically pleasing. Then smartphones appeared and suddenly no one had to figure out where to put keyboard anymore. Eh, good times~

[kinginblack]

Nokia’s reign was astounding. Miss their Lumia products.

[HorseloverFat]

The only channel of that kind that uses actually great background music.

[ryanbunton]

Born in the mid-2000s, I remember my mum having a Motorola flip-phone and me always wanting to play games on it😂

[bacon.cheesecake]

It's insane how Samsung has been relevant in the phone space for over two decades

[misterscottintheway]

Would be cool to see it as a cumulative total of all the cellphones each company ever sold

[DementisXYZ]

I didn't even know Motorola was still around, so the fact that it's still on the list by the end surprised me more than anything.

[fae]

I strangely (or maybe not so strangely) find these videos so relaxing. I'm glad there are new ones, I was watching the same ones over and over. It definitely removed the element of surprise

[mehranmac]

So sad to see how dominators like Nokia or Yahoo got destroyed only for the bad decision of one person in the company and said goodbye to the market.

Imagine Nokia entered the Android market like other brands instead of being forced to shift to Windows and later on Android when it's too late! Definitely recommended to read the story of Nokia.

Miss those days that I was a Sony Ericsson fan and had always a fight with my Nokia fan friends to prove which is better 😂

[chargeoutanime]

Samsung was from beginning to end
Because legend never dies

[johnteki]

I can't even imagine how effort you put on these videos... Bravo!

[niceguy]

Dude youre making these so quickly! I like it!

[LAKD]

Huawei's fall shows how powerful Android really is in this market

[ProjectPhysX]

I bought my first smartphone in 2019 (2:56), a Samsung S9+. Gorgeous display, headphone jack, microSD slot, fast WiFi, ok cameras, and GPS is just a life saver. Honestly I think this was the pinnacle of smartphones; the newer models have all gotten worse. No headphone jack, no microSD, a hole in the screen, worse repairability and even more preinstalled bloatware to kill the battery.

[paulolson]

Your updates continue to be FANTASTIC. Thanks so much. Plus, on this one - I have never even heard of a couple of those phone brands. See, a person can learn something every day.

[XXXI]

Nokia's fall looks so deliberate, it's almost unreal.

[daniel_lucio]

Siemens was my first cell phone with a color screen, the C60 back in 2003. In 2010 I worked for a local Sony Ericsson institute, the partnership lasted until mid-2012, in 2013 you could only find Sony cell phones

[tjwarddd]

You’ve been on an absolute RAMPAGE, DIB, I love it.