Nokia's 1100 handset: over 200 million served

by Darren Murph posted May 7th 2007 at 2:20PM

Sales records typically don't stand for too long without being overtaken by the next best thing, but somehow, Nokia's el cheapo 1100 handset has reportedly racked up "over 200 million sales" since it launched in 2003. You heard right, this low-end candybar has put the 100 million iPods, 50 million RAZRs, 10 million Chocolates, and 115 million PlayStation 2 consoles to shame in terms of sheer units moved. Interestingly enough, the design team that conjured up this cash cow originally dubbed it "Penny," and the stripped down, dust-proof mobile purportedly entered the market at precisely the right time to catch the booming overseas growth as folks worldwide began snapping up their own cellphone. Of course, such a basic, uninspiring phone isn't for everyone, but considering the 200 million strong that owned one sometime during their life, we'd say Nokia found a winner.

[Via Celularis, thanks Mariano]

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Tags: 1100, 200 million, 200Million, best selling, BestSelling, business, cheap, industry, record, sales

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Dom Evans @ May 7th 2007 5:32PM

I have an N95, T-Mobile Vario and a Nokia 1100.

If i am ever off to the beach or 3 day music fest, i will always grab the 1100. I makes calls, send texts and has a touch. And because it's so beautify simple and has an old school screen the batter lasts forever.

Sometimes less really is more. Plus it cost me about £15, so i dont give a monkeys what happens to it.

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