Top 25 Best Selling Smartphones Ever Made

Since the first iPhone, smartphones have taken over the world- but only a few select phones have managed to claim a spot as one of the best selling ever made. Today, we go over the top 25 smartphones of all-time!

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro & Context
1:55 - 25th to 21st
7:40 - 20th to 16th
15:57 - 15th to 11th
26:08 - 10th to 6th
35:37 - 5th to 2nd
46:44 - The Best Selling Smartphone

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[Tech]

This video ended up being way longer than intended, and the list isn't perfect based on the data available- but I had fun. Hope you enjoy, and thanks for watching!

For the sake of avoiding spoilers, I left the chapter markers pretty vague- so for anyone who wants to skip ahead, here's the detailed timestamps:
[SPOILERS BELOW]

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0:00 - Intro
1:55 - 25. Huawei P20
3:07 - 24. iPhone 3GS
4:05 - 23. Galaxy S9
5:24 - 22. Galaxy S10
6:32 - 21. Galaxy S II
7:40 - 20. Galaxy S8
9:47 - 19. Nokia N70
11:01 - 18. Galaxy S6
12:32 - 17. iPhone 4
14:40 - 16. Galaxy S7
15:57 - 15. iPhone 4S
17:14 - 14. iPhone X
19:25 - 13. Galaxy S4
21:02 - 12. Galaxy S III
23:30 - 11. iPhone 12
26:08 - 10. iPhone 8
27:47 - 9. iPhone 5
31:30 - 8. Nokia 5230
32:27 - 7. Nokia 6600
34:03 - 6. iPhone XS & XR
35:37 - 5. iPhone 11
37:37 - 4. iPhone 7
40:04 - 3. iPhone 5S
43:43 - 2. iPhone 6S
46:44 - 1. iPhone 6

[Leavinggoodbye]

Not surprised for the iPhone 6 considering it was a massive hit in 2014.

[MarsPLAYStudio]

Wasnt it MrWhoseTheBoss who had major issues with his stored samsung phones all having a swelling battery?

[ChevroletImpalaSS]

The iPhone 6 absolutely didn’t deserve to be the best selling iPhone. It had way too many issues and it was easily the worst phone I’ve ever owned.

[Lauren_C]

Regarding the iPhone 5S and the A7 SoC, the 64-bit aspect was not a major factor in the massive performance gains over the A6 SoC. Rather, the ARMv8 ISA brought substantial improvements, but most importantly, Apple pursued an extremely wide architecture, allowing it to achieve high instructions per clock, even compared to desktop CPUs.

[edelweiss]

Still using my SE 1st Gen and 6s whenever i feel like travelling down memory lane. I owned a 5s and a 4s and handed it down to my teenage son and now it's kaput 😭. I still believe that a phone's life depends on it's owner. I never broke a phone in my life. Still even have my old school Nokias in my drawer. And i still charge them from time to time. But because i love the feel of a square phone, i kept my SE Gen 1 in pristine condition. It's actually the reason why i bought a 12 pro. It feels so nostalgic. As of now i use color correction and turn my SE and 6s into an ebook reader. Coming from the Philippines, where most of the population buy used iphones (due to it being soooo expensive), i only upgrade once every 2 to 3 years. 🧡🧡🧡

[Jesse]

2017 with the Galaxy S8 and iPhone X is the last year I can think of when excitement was actually there with a new phone launch. It's been kinda downhill from there

[jeremoo]

the note 7 is my all time favorite smartphone design ever

[Lauren_C]

I’m still rocking the iPhone 11 here. Replaced the battery a month ago too. I’m rather glad this had the LCD instead if OLED, given how long I’ve had this thing for. I feel zero desire to replace this right now. It does what I need, and is still plenty speedy.

As much as I miss being able to install unsigned apps, and adding things via iTunes royally sucks, the longevity is what made the decision.

[RC-pjpr]

I had a Nokia 6600 back then, great phone. There were tons of apps developed by people. I remember a Gameboy Color emulator that ran at full speed.

[RuruFIN]

I've had iPhone 3GS, Nokia N70, iPhone 4, iPhone 8 Plus, Nokia 5230, Nokia 6600 from these and liked every one from those. Currently using an iPhone SE 2020.

[mustafaaniladanir]

It’s surprising that the 6s sold as much as it did given that the 6 had sold so well the year before.

[Raderade-ptom]

Didn't used any of these but I did use actual most sold phone in history Nokia 1100 back in 2005 my dad had one.

[FN]

I've had the S2 (my first touch screen), the iPhone 5 (my first iPhone and to date my most favourite iPhone design), the S7 Edge (my last Samsung for now) and the iPhone X (my second favourite iPhone design cause it felt really good in the hand and looked very futuristic). Loved using all of them. So many memories ❤

[DjStiv]

I remember articles back in the day saying like 5c is basically cheap 5s or something and its counted together

[fgalvisy]

Excellent music choice !!! The persona series has one of the best sound tracks in any videogame !

[uvxvghu]

Four months from now, my iPhone 6 will complete 10 years of service. Legendary ❤

[mind-of-neo]

The Galaxy s6 was honestly the first android phone i ever wanted at all. It's absolutely GORGEOUS, to this day it has this sort of magical glow to it to me.

[Kylehoulihan]

I remember walking down the bottle water isle in Walmart and saw some lady talking on the original galaxy note. I think it came out like 2 weeks prior. I was shocked at how big it was.

[bokexd]

at first i was like "wtf iphone 6????" bc i thought it would be the nokia 1100 but than i read the title again