Top 25 Best Selling Smartphones of All-Time 

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] ---- 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

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

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

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.

the note 7 is my all time favorite smartphone design ever

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

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.

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. 🧡🧡🧡

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.

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.

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.

Loved the vid & learned a lot!

Great Video Josh! Brings back good memories of times past.

Great effort and superb video Josh.

I always appreciate these videos, you deserve way more subs

I had a battery explode in an electronic device once, not a smartphone, the Focus V Carta dabbing e-rig. The batteries inside were extremely hot to where I couldn’t touch it, dropped the battery, it began to smoke and make a crackling sound, then it caught on fire and I had to put it out quickly with water, it was crazy and panic inducing.

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

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.

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

The Nokia N70 and other Symbian devices of the era were smartphones because their operating system was open, and 3rd party developers could write native .sis applications. Other non smartphone devices could still install java apps and browse the internet. On the N70 you could have native apps such as - custom mp3 players with equalizer, winrar, office suite (excel, word processing documents etc), a flashlight app and a lot of emulators. And many other native apps that I never tried.

Where are the blackberries?

You know it’s always a good day when Josh makes a new video

Fire phone jumpscare! That was my first ever phone back in 2014!

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.

Good informative history about the smartphone industry. Thanks! Just wondering… why are these phones (not just here - or maybe they’re stock images?) so often taken against trees or logs - often sitting on wood? Just curious!

I remember being wowed by fingerprint readers. It was amazing technology at the time. Now, I much prefer FaceID, but back then unlocking my phone with a fingerprint was like sci-fi stuff! 😂

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

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.

I absolutely LOVED my iphone 6S rose gold phone lol I had this phone until 2 months ago it was just sitting in my drawer and gave it to my 11 y/o niece as her first iPhone. I never had any issues with it although people were saying they had bad battery drain but not me. She was so happy and this phone will be with her until her mom decides to upgrade it. I have had every Iphone since the 3GS and this one was my absolute favorite.

I had my 6 Plus from launch. It kept going no problem, even after getting run over by 2 cars and an 18 wheeler truck! With a few blown pixels, it was fine till I upgraded at the 8 Plus launch. I’m still using my 8 Plus as it does all I need, has the perfect 16:8 screen without the crappy PWM of OLED, which I and 10% of all people can’t tolerate.

Wow! Being used to my 15 Plus, the bezels on the X's look huge! 😭

That Huawei P20 Pro is the only Android phone I ever owned, and it was wonderful; the software felt very iOS-like, which was very controversial but convenient for me, and the photos were stunning, it’s still my favorite camera experience I’ve ever had in a phone. I would have kept using Huawei devices had it not been for the Google ban, so I just went back to the trustworthy boring old IPhone

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

Watching on iphone 6

I miss the design and feeling of the 6s and the 3DTouch

had an s9 back then🤗

I HAD THE HUAWEI P20 LITE FOR SOME YEARS IT WAS A TOP TIER PHONE!!! I EVEN DROPPED IT FROM A VERY HIGH HEIGHT AND IT SURVIVED WITH ALMOST NO SCRATCHES (got slightly bent on the sim card tray) TRULY AN AMAZING PHONE!!!

iPhone 5 was so amazing. If they made a version with the same body but with the same screens/frontside as the iPhone 15 Pro, I’d buy it in a heartbeat

15:30 tbh I'm still very happy that xiaomi flagships still come with ir blasters, its surprisingly useful for me particularly. It comes bundled with the most comprehensive ir remote app I've ever seen on a phone with the feature with presets for thousands of devices. I found someone giving away a free 40 inch tv but they lost the remote. No problem, I'll just use my phone. AC unit in my apartment? Well the remote is here but... EW what the hell did the previous tenant do to it?!?! Disgusting! That's fine tho, my phone works instead.

Even I owned an iPhone 6 for a year or two as a second phone - the problems were quite noticeable, especially since it was a few years old at that point. But yeah, if you were following tech back then, the hype was unreal. Other iPhones were hyped, but nothing on that level - one of my favourite youtube videos to this day is iJustine camping out of the Apple store for *two days* to be first.

iPhone 4 was the first iPhone I bought. Got it from my friend for $400 with a bad ESN. Flashed it to MetroPCS and it pretty much sucked when I wasn’t on Wi-Fi. iPhone 6 Plus was the first iPhone I bought brand new. Is jump in screen size from 3.5 inches to 5.5“. Bent it from keeping it in my back pocket. Traded it in when I switched from Verizon to T-Mobile. iPhone X I bought off a whim. Went in buying a charger and came out spending more money than I intended. Had it for 22 months until I switched over to the iPhone 11. Not a day goes by I wish I had kept my phone and not sold it. iPhone 13 mini was the iPhone that made me realize I didn’t need a iPhone Pro Max. Battery lasted me the whole day and it never slowed down. Only reason I traded it in to get the new one was because I was starting to go back to school in person And the battery couldn’t keep up anymore. I also owned an iPhone 6s Plus, 7+,11, 12 Pro Max , 14 Pro Max and 15 Pro Max. Pretty much been an iPhone boy from the start. The one time I decided to switch to android was when I got the galaxy note 7. And we all know how that ended up.

It’s surprising to me just how many of these phones I owned over the years. The last phone I bought was a 12 Pro Max nearly 4 years ago now. It’s still buttery smooth and runs fine. Battery life is diminished so I more than likely will upgrade this year due to necessity vs the new “wow” factor

I have a Samsung Galaxy A23 5G. Got it for my birthday last year. Best phone I ever had. I love it.

The S8 is such a beautiful phone. Especially the front. The samsungs before that isn't even close design-wise. I still use the S6 edge as a work phone, but only to take calls with. There is nothing to it that makes me want to pick it up and use it in any other way. And I don't feel that they done a more good looking phone after either. Maybe the S9.

We still love nokia 6600

Where are the added vids of you doing behind the scenes??

Galaxy S6 was not controversial at all, that phone was phenomenal and much loved. Also very popular since they ditched the plastic/cheap materials. I did remember some people being upset that they could no longer remove the back to replace the battery easily but I rather have a premium look over that any day

Which iPhone should I use for my home phone replacement iPhone 12 or iPhone SE 3😅 1:56

I'm sad that none of the Samsung Notes made it to the list. As for the s5, I think the sales were disappointing. That's probably why they went with the radical design with the s6

iphone 15 pro max, iphone 12 pro, iphone x, iphone 7, iphone 6, iphone 5s, iphone 5, iphone 4s, iphone 4, iphone 3gs, nokia n95, sony ericsson k750i, samsung brick, motorola brick

42:31 Whats going on with the needle on Safari on the Xs Max?

my favorite iphone designs will forever be the 5s, the 7 and the 11. (the iphone 11 was absolutely under rated IMO)

can you start linking the music you use in the background? thank you

The iPhone X and XS Max were the prettiest iPhones of all time. The vertical cameras just looked so much classier than the current. I mean I love my 15 Plus, bit the X's were SO pretty.

Your samsung galaxy s8 battery got swollen? i thought mrwhosetheboss is the only one😅

I still have an iPhone 5s but now I am using an Android phone (Galaxy a54) and I love it

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

I had both the s7 and s4. Both were fantastic phones, and I wasn't ready to upgrade from my s7 but my family changed carriers so it had to go. I've stuck as a Samsung fan boy for a long time, but when they started following in apples shoes and stopped innovating like Samsung, it's making apple look much better. What I mean by that is the loss of a headphone jack, no more SD card since the s20fe (which I have and enjoy) and not including a charger in the box anymore. Crazy how they changed in just 4 years

44:58 this was my first phone, and I unfortunately broke it by putting it in my swimsuit's pocket and forgetting to take it out when I got in the pool lmao. If only they did a tiiiny bit more with the water resistance that year

The iPhone 8 and 12 are just sooo good

What was up with the sirens in the background though?

Motorola moto z was the First phone without headphone jack.

I'm surprised that Huawei P30 series didn't menage to get on this list 😮

I’ve owned 4 Samsung phones before I got my iPhone 15, a s7, s10, note 20, and s22. The s10 has to be my favorite out of them all

iPhone 3G, Galaxy Ace, iPhone 5, iPhone SE, Xiaomi 8, Poco F2 pro , OnePlus Nord 2, Xiaomi 14. Stopped buying iPhones when they got too expensive (in my opinion). The phone I am using now is the most expensive I've ever had. 685€ for the 512 GB model. There is no upgrade feeling like it was in the wilder years. But if you do not need the best secondary sensors you can get now a truly good phone for under 500 bucks which can last you over 3 years.

I’m sure there are reasons why, but would’ve liked to have seen some love for HTC or Sanyo.

16:9 - the perfect screen!

Prices too are a BIG factor for sales lol we forget iphone was like 400 bucks then iphone 6 like 400 500 range. Bro, base modelnphones are like 700 800 now then plus and ultras like 1400$ . Jesus christ, how do we compare?

From this top I used Nokia 6600 and iPhone 6s. I still have the iPhone 6s and it's a very good smartphone.

The Galaxy S4 sold 80* Million Units, not 70. The S4 is the most sold Android EVER!

In 2022 i got an iPhone 5s from my great grandparent (my main was a 13mini) and even with ios12 it was still usable , you couldn’t have high expectations obviously but it did its work while using instagram , whatsapp , tiktok and a few google apps, anyway it just had 16gb of storage. A year later maybe around november 2023 I dropped it accidentally from a bunk bed and it finally stopped working😢.

For me the iPhone 5s was the greatest! Ran so smoothly for years and years. And also the perfect size for me. I absolutely loved it! That's why I'm on the 13 mini now that I also really enjoy.

Bro it's wild I thought about this video,a month ago

No LG. No Sony. No HTC... :(

My iPhone models: iPhone 4s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, iPhone 8, iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 14, iPhone 15 Plus

Hey i think the iPhone 11 is the best phone ever cam out from apple , its so reliable 😅

I hate Nokia 5230 as well it was a great phone. It was my fullscreen phone and I was pretty happy with it.

I wish Note7 exist, it's the best looking 16:9 phone ever, unluckily it exploded...

Apple from the 3GS to the XS was unstoppable. Truely the golden era of smartphones

What about the s6 active

*NOSTALGIAAAAA* !!!! 😭😭❤️❤️❤️

and today most smartphones have returned to a somewhat similar form factor of the iphone 4. flat sides glass backs

Why iphone 6 sold so much? Price?

Sooooo I apparently had the iPhone 6 and I don’t even remember having it I only remember my iPhone 6s

as an ex S7 user i absolutely did not love that phone lol. overheated like no other phone ive ever had from the day i got it in 2016, lagged real bad, battery life was 2-3 hours SOT. it was a horrible phone

Android and Samsung alone probably sells dozen times more phones across different models compare to Apple which have like dozen phones they officially sell each year.

Shoutouts persona 5 music

I own 13 of the 25 on this list.

I absolutely love this video so.eone who feels and sees the same thing I'm seeing for o e reason from declining sales there is lack of innovation plus there of peaked and releasing a phone evey year is nit nessasary

Sold really well, not so well or exploded💥😂 what a scale.

I will say Samsung users do keep their phones for a while. Idk if it was primarily because of Sprints horrible mistreatment of customers in the states (since majority of the older ports I did on older Samsung phones when working wireless were sprint customers). Yes they were abandoned by Samsung with updates, but kinda benefited the phones cause the phones could stay fast on software it could run.

Wait since when did the iPhone 7 sell that much??

Still using my 8 Plus!

I use my ir blaster every single day lol

I appreciate the video ... however , I find it strange that people keep claiming (not sure if it's a gen z thing or not) but Apple did not create the first smartphone.. Blackberry and windows mobile pocket pcs existed years before the iPhone /Android debate started. I just find it weird that history is being rewritten here

How do I add my name to the Apple battery lawsuit

So basically a smartphone = a phone with native 3rd party app support. "Dumb" phones can browse the internet and install java apps (Sony Ericsson K750i for example).

Innovation = samsung

To be honest any phone with internet and other smart capabilities is considered as a smartphone, iPhone was the first proper touchscreen smartphone not the first smartphone in general, it was not even the first touchscreen smartphone because it was the Nokia 7710 from 2005.

I don’t use a smart phone. I use a phone box or a old school flip phone