The best selling mobile phone in the world
NOKIA-1100
Production years: 2003 – 2009
Worldwide sales: ~ 255 million (Official)
Nokia’s 1100 model which Released in 2003, truly revolutionized the world of mobile phones in the first decade of the 21st Century. While it didn’t feature any remarkable innovations compared to its predecessors or phones of different brands, it proved one thing: Mobile phones don’t have to be expensive. The Nokia 1100 was very affordable and by that ultimately turned the mobile phone into a mass product. Unsurprinsingly, the 1100 was especially popular in poorer, developing nations. In the 6 years of its production, it managed to sell around 255 million times all over the world, making it still the best-selling mobile phone in history.
Brief history of NOKIA
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology and consumer electronics corporation founded in 1865, Nokia is headquartered in Finland, in the Greater Helsinki Metropolitan Area, but the company’s original roots are in Pirkanmare.
CEO: Pekka Lundmark (Aug 1, 2020–)
Date and Place of Founding: May 12, 1865, Ambere, Finland
Headquarters: Espoo, Finland
Founded: Tampere, Grand Duchy of Finland (1865)