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Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by donefesco(m): 10:12pm On Oct 03, 2015 |
When faced with the question of which is the best-selling phone, most of you probably think "iPhone". Hehe! Not even close! Although Apple's crown jewel does sell in cosmic quantities, the iPhone 6 having sold 71.5 million sales in about three months, this lucky champ has nothing going on the Nokia 1100. The Nokia 1100 is an entry level basic handset which hit the market in late 2003. It didn't have two front cameras or a curved screen, but it did have a torch light, a pair of no-slip grips, and a dust-proof case. A classic Nokia badass that the then thriving Finns designed for the growing Chinese market and other regions that smelled like money! How did that go for Nokia? Well, in about five years, the 1100 sold some 250 million units, becoming not only the world's best selling phone, but the best selling consumer electronics device in the world, period. In fact, Nokia's one billionth phone sold was a 1100 purchased in Nigeria in 2005. So, what it is that made people in developing countries go crazy about the Nokia 1100? In short, many things! First, the phone was quite affordable at about $100, due to being very unassuming — even by 2003 standards. It did, however, have a built-in flashlight, monophonic ringtones (36 pre-installed, 7 user-made), interchangeable covers (yay!), soft dustproof keys, 50 message capacity (25 inbox, 25 sent items), 50 contact slots, a 400 hours standby time between charges... and perhaps most importantly, it had Snake! That is, Snake II and Space Impact. These games might seem primitive compared to the latest 3D titles, but they made 250 million people happy — beat that! Although the Nokia 1100 was long discontinued by then, in 2009, used units started popping up on sale for obscene amounts of money — as much as $32,000 apiece! Apparently, hacking circles had discovered a way to reprogram certain units (manufactured in Nokia's German plant) the handset to receive messages intended for other numbers, opening up opportunities for fraud! Hopefully, nobody got burned, except those willing to pay thousands of dollars for an obsolete handset that had an exploit. In an interesting note, the Nokia 1100 may or may be not due for an Android-powered reboot! In March this year, a Nokia 1100 with a quad-core 1.3GHz MediaTek MT-6582 processor showed up inside GeekBench's database. Such a smartphone cannot appear before 2016, due to Nokia's agreement with Microsoft, but if the Nokia 1100 does get to live another life as an entry-level Android smartphone, we're sure a ton of people will be delighted! source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Did-you-know-that-the-Nokia-1100-is-the-worlds-best-selling-handset_id74364 2 Likes |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by Ebubeslym(m): 10:15pm On Oct 03, 2015 |
when Nokia still get sense. 1 Like |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by Whizpeter(m): 10:28pm On Oct 03, 2015 |
OP... Abeg help me look after this seat, I go meet you for FP... |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by Greyworld: 10:36pm On Oct 03, 2015 |
I remember vividly when every one in my house were using Nokia. |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by Sprintx24(m): 10:37pm On Oct 03, 2015 |
Would be great only if Nokia does what we know them for, that is durability and superb battery. 1 Like |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by Youpele52: 10:39pm On Oct 03, 2015 |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by lekjons(m): 11:12pm On Oct 03, 2015 |
pics |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by willian10: 11:19pm On Oct 03, 2015 |
This is the image, Nokia dominates the full list sha...,Nokia 1100(2003) & Nokia 1110(2005) has 250m device sold each
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Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by Nobody: 11:50pm On Oct 03, 2015 |
I rep Team Symbian.... Wished Nokia had developed that OS, I bet Google's Android OS would hav been sweating profusely to keep up with symbian 1 Like |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by donefesco(m): 1:12am On Oct 04, 2015 |
The good old days,their decision to use windows mobile instead of jumping on the android bandwagon cost dem dearly,dey would have given sammy a run for their money;probably the iPhone too |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by ritababe(f): 1:50am On Oct 04, 2015 |
Nokia the best that time.
but now android is the future. 1 Like |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by obaayo2: 4:57am On Oct 04, 2015 |
when Nokia was still in its right senses.. but now,its a pity...... |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by Nobody: 8:05am On Oct 04, 2015 |
I so much disliked this phone back then. |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by ihatebuhari(f): 8:30am On Oct 04, 2015 |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by Nobody: 9:09am On Oct 04, 2015 |
ihatebuhari:Nope.... I didn't fancy the shape, somewhat irregular. I preferred Nokia 1600 and Nokia 3110 Back those years. |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by Trackango: 9:18am On Oct 04, 2015 |
Good to know |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by Nobody: 10:16am On Oct 04, 2015 |
One of the millions |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by Nobody: 10:28am On Oct 04, 2015 |
ritababe:is android a name of a phone? Na wa |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by ThePeacemaker(m): 10:38am On Oct 04, 2015 |
This phone sha.........
If the phone fall na the ground qo break instead 1 Like |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by osesology(m): 12:20pm On Oct 04, 2015 |
It's a pity I couldn't afford it when it was still en vogue. Anyway sha, that was then. 1 Like |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by Warlord3000(m): 12:40pm On Oct 04, 2015 |
If you didn't get to play snake or space impact on this great device.. Then you really missed a lot big time |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by wheesin(m): 12:52pm On Oct 04, 2015 |
so who in Nigeria bought the 1 billionth model ? |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by Chidexter(m): 1:04pm On Oct 04, 2015 |
This Nokia was the Iphone of those days |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by Elxandre(m): 2:17pm On Oct 04, 2015 |
Warlord3000: Is there anyone who got to the end of space impact? |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by donefesco(m): 2:36pm On Oct 04, 2015 |
Elxandre:It's endless |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by Decapo: 2:45pm On Oct 04, 2015 |
My 1st phone |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by faray: 6:47pm On Oct 04, 2015 |
I called my ancestors with that phone... |
Re: Did You Know That The Nokia 1100 Is The World's Best-selling Handset? by Youngsage: 10:52pm On Oct 04, 2015 |
Wow! Good to hear that. Hehehe. I feel so proud of myself right now having used one, and knowing that my snake high scores still remain unbeaten till date! #Snakemaster |
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