Device Popularity

From postmarketOS Wiki

Introduction

Although there are various reasons to consider porting pmOS to a device, popularity (i.e., number of units sold) is clearly a strong one. Specifically, if more than 10 million units were sold, millions can be expected to become available for "postmarket" resale and use.

Mobile Phones

The following table was adapted from information on Wikipedia's List of best-selling mobile phones page as of late August, 2020. It concentrates on mobile phones with touch screens, made by vendors other than Apple. (Sales figures are in millions of units.)

Manufacturer Model Year Sold
Nokia 5230 2009 150
Samsung Galaxy S4 2013 80
Samsung Galaxy S III, S III Mini 2012 70
Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 edge 2016 55
Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 edge 2015 45
Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+ 2017 41
Samsung Galaxy S II 2011 40
Samsung Galaxy S10, S10+, S10e 2019 37
Samsung Galaxy S9, S9+ 2018 35.4
Samsung Galaxy A10 2019 30.3
Samsung Galaxy Note II 2012 30
Samsung Galaxy S 2010 25
Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime 2016 24.2
Samsung Galaxy A50 2019 24.2
Samsung Galaxy A20 2019 23.1
Samsung Galaxy A5|A3 2017 20
Xiaomi Redmi Note 7, Note 7 Pro 2019 20
Huawei P30, P30 Pro 2019 20
Huawei Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro 2018 17
HTC ThunderBolt 2011 16
Huawei P20, P20 Pro 2018 16
Huawei P20 Lite 2018 16
Samsung Galaxy J2 Core 2018 15.2
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic 2008 15
Motorola Droid Bionic 2011 13
LG Cookie (KP500) 2009 13
LG G3 2014 10