World's Most Sold Mobile Phone Models

World's Most Sold Mobile Phone Models : Best Selling Mobile Phone Models of All Time : All Time Best Selling Mobile Phone Models

Since 2001 the launch  of 3G, Mobile phones have became more widespread and people began to utilize mobile phones in their daily lives.

 In the world of Mobile phones, which phone model do you think are the most sold phone models of all time?

well take a look below.

1. NOKIA 1100

Units Sold : More Than 250 Million ( > 25 Crore)

Launched : 2003

Display : Monochrome, 96 × 65 px

Battery : Removable Li-Ion 850 mAh battery 

Network Technology : GSM

Wikipedia Lists Nokia 1100 as the best selling mobile handset of all time with more than 250 million phones units being sold.

The 1100 achieved its popularity despite being made during a time when more modern mobile phones with more features (e.g. colour screen, internal camera) were available in the market. 

It was targeted towards developing countries and users who do not require advanced features beyond making calls and SMS text messages, alarm clock, reminders, etc.

2. NOKIA 1110 and NOKIA 1110i

Units Sold : around 250 Million (~ 25 Crore)

Launched : 2005

Display : 96 x 68 px

Battery : Removable Li-Ion 900 mAh battery 

Network Technology : GSM

Wikipedia Lists Nokia 1110 and Nokia 1110i as 2nd the best selling mobile handset of all time with almost 250 million phones units being sold.

The Nokia 1110 and Nokia 1110i are low-end GSM mobile phones sold by Nokia. The 1110 was released in 2005; the 1110i was released in 2006. Both were aimed at first-time mobile phone users.

3. iPhone 6 and 6 Plus

Units Sold : More Than 220 Million (22 Crore)

Launched : 2014

Display : 750 x 1334 pixels

Battery : Non-removable Li-Po 1810 mAh battery 

Network Technology : GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE

Wikipedia lists iPhone 6 and iPhone6 Plus as the 3rd best selling phone model of all time, which also makes it as the most sold smartphone model of all time.

The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The devices are part of the iPhone series and were announced on September 9, 2014, and released on September 19, 2014.

The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus jointly serve as successors to the iPhone 5S and were themselves replaced as flagship devices of the iPhone series by the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus on September 9, 2015.

Hybrid Super Cars

Hybrid Electric Super Cars

 Super Cars having Engines powered by the fuel and electricity

Hybrid electric vehicle is a type increasingly common in automobiles which employ both a traditional internal combustion engine and an electric battery motor/generator to provide motive force and energy recovery.

A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) is a type of hybrid vehicle and electric vehicle that combines a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) propulsion system with an electric propulsion system (hybrid vehicle drivetrain). The presence of the electric powertrain is intended to achieve either better fuel economy than a conventional vehicle or better performance. 

There are a variety of HEV types, and the degree to which each functions as an electric vehicle (EV) varies as well. The most common form of HEV is the hybrid electric car, although hybrid electric trucks (pickups and tractors) and buses also exist.

Hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) concept being introduced into to Super Cars is one of the latest modern technology trends.

[being a big time car enthusiast myself, i like hybrid super cars the super most :)]

Let's take a look at the few Hybrid super cars and it's specification

1. BMW i8

BMW i8 without a doubt most magnificent hybrid super car type and one of the few concept cars which became reality

The BMW i8, first introduced as the BMW Concept Vision Efficient Dynamics, is a plug-in hybrid sports car developed by BMW. The i8 is part of BMW's "Project i"

BMW i8 Specifications

Top Speed        : Electronically limited to 250 kph (155 mph)

Engine             : 1.5L turbocharged I3 engine gasoline

                           Electric motor powered by Battery 7.1 kWh lithium-ion battery

Range              : 600kms at full fuel and battery capacity

                           while running only on Electric - up to 24-37 km at full charge

Acceleration    : 0 to 100 km/h under 4.6 sec

Horsepower    : Electric motor 129 hp and fuel engine 220 hp

                           Total combined 349 hp

The i8 was released in Germany in June 2014. Deliveries to retail customers in the U.S. began in August 2014. Global sales since mid-2014 totaled more than 10,000 BMW i8s by early November 2016, making the i8 the world's top selling plug-in electrified sports car.

2. McLaren P1

The McLaren P1, a limited-production plug-in hybrid sports car produced by McLaren. it Debuted at the 2012 Paris Motor Show

McLaren P1 is a mid-engine, rear wheel drive design that used a carbon fibremonocoque and roof structure safety cage concept called MonoCage

McLaren P1 Specifications

Top Speed       : Electronically limited to 351 km/h (218 mph)

Engine             : 3.8 L twin-turbo M838TQ V8

                           Electric motor powered by Battery - McLaren electric ECU motor

Range               : 530 kms at full fuel and battery capacity

                           while running only on Electric - up to 11-31 km at full charge

Acceleration    : 0 to 100 km/h under 2.8 sec

Horsepower     : Electric motor 177 hp and fuel engine 727 hp

                            Total combined 904 hp

Retail began in the UK in October 2013 and all 375 units were sold out by November. Production ended in December 2015. The United States accounted for 34% of the units and Europe for 26%.

Production was strictly limited to 375 units which, according to McLaren, is to maintain exclusivity.

3. Ferrari LaFerrari

Ferrari LaFerrari (project name, F150) is a limited production hybrid sports car built by Ferrari.

Ferrari LaFerrari Specifications

Top Speed      : Electronically limited to 349 km/h (217 mph)

Engine            : 6.3 L F140FE V12, electric motor & KERS

Acceleration  : 0 to 100 km/h under 2.4 sec

Horsepower   : Electric motor 161 hp and fuel engine 789 hp

                          Total combined 950 hp

Only 499 units have been built, and each cost more than 1 million US dollars. An additional 500th car was later made to be sold at an auction.

The vehicle was unveiled at the 2013 Geneva Auto Show,followed by Auto Shanghai 2013,2013 Tour Auto Optic 2000, 2013 Super car Chronicle, Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan.

4. Porsche 918 Spyder

The Porsche 918 Spyder is a mid-engine plug-in hybrid sports car by Porsche.

The Porsche 918 Spyder was first shown as a concept at the 80th Geneva Motor Show in March 2010.The production version was unveiled at the September 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show.

Porsche 918 Spyder Specifications

Top Speed     : 340 km/h (210 mph)

Engine           : 4.6 L V8 + 2 electric motors on front and rear axle

Range            : 680 kms at full fuel and battery capacity

                         while running only on Electric - up to 19 km at full charge

Acceleration : 0 to 100 km/h under 2.5 sec

Horsepower  : Electric motor 102 hp and fuel engine 563 hp

                        Total combined 767 hp

The Porsche 918 Spyder is a limited edition Hypercar, with 918 units manufactured and sold as a 2014 model year. The country with the most orders was the United States with 294 units.Canada ordered 35 units. Production ended in June 2015.

Tiger vs. Lion

Tiger versus Lion : Tiger vs Lion : Lion versus Tiger : Lion vs Tiger

Here is a brief blog on when Worlds 2 Biggest Cats come into a conflict

Have you ever thought of / imagined a fight between a Tiger and Lion ? if so, have you guessed who would win the fight?

Geographically Tigers and Lions don't co-exists or very rarely co-exists in the same region, Tigers are more native to the Asia and Siberia, where as the Lions are more native to the African Continent.

When a Tiger and Lion come into conflict, the result will be deadly. The most common reported circumstance of their meeting is in captivity, either deliberately or accidentally.

Historically, the comparative merits of the tiger versus the lion have been a popular topic of discussion by hunters, naturalists, artists, and poets, and continue to inspire the popular imagination in the present day. In the past, lions and tigers reportedly competed in the wilderness, where their ranges overlapped in Eurasia.

Let's take a look at these 2 Big Cats Size Comparison First.

TIGER

Weight : a Large Male Tiger would weigh up to 290 kg

Height : ~110 cm (at shoulder level)

Body Length : ~10 ft (~3 m)

Speed : 65 kph (in a  short bursts)

Bite Force : 1050 psi

Solitary? - Yes ( Tigers are Solitary animals that spend a majority of their lives without others of their species, with possible exceptions for mating and raising their young.)

a Tiger living alone as a solitary animal without living among with its own type gives a survival advantage to the tiger because it needs to find only enough food to sustain itself and its cubs.

LION

Weight : a Large Male Lion would weigh up to 230 kg

Height : ~120 cm (at shoulder level)

Body Length : ~8 ft (~2.5 m)

Speed : up to 80 kph in short bursts

Bite Force : 600 psi

Solitary? - No ( Lions live in groups called 'Pride'. A pride of lions consists of related females and offspring and a small number of adult males.)

Lion not being a solitary animal and lives with group of other lions called as Pride gives advantage to the Lion to defend themselves and protect their cubs from other predators. this perhaps could be the reason why the Lion is called as the "King of the Jungle".

History in captivity

In the circuses of Ancient Rome, exotic beasts, including Barbary lions and tigers, were commonly pitted against each other. The contest of the lion against the tiger was a classic pairing and the betting usually favored the tiger. 

There are different accounts of which of these animals beat or killed the other, throughout time. Although lions and tigers can be kept together in harmony in captivity, conflicts between the two species in captivity, ending up in fatalities, have also been recorded.

here are the documented conflicts between a Tiger and a Lion from Wikipedia.

1. Roman Emperor Titus had Bengal tigers compelled to fight African lions, and the tigers always beat the lions.

2. A tiger called 'Gunga', which belonged to the King of Oude, killed thirty lions, and destroyed another after being transferred to the zoological garden in London.

3. A British officer who resided many years at Sierra Leone saw many fights between lions and tigers, and the tiger usually won.

4. In 1857 an 18-month-old tiger at the Bromwich Zoo broke into the cage of an adult lion. The pair fought, and the young tiger ripped the lion's stomach. The lion died minutes later.

5. At the Coney Island animal show in 1909, a performing lion attacked a chained tiger by leaping through the air, landing on the tiger's back. Though hampered by the heavy neck chain fastened to the iron bars of the arena, the tiger was more than a match for the lion and mangled it to death.

6. In March 2011, a Bengal tiger at the Ankara Zoo passed through a gap, between its cage and that of a lion, and killed it with a single paw swipe. "The tiger severed the lion's jugular vein in a single stroke with its paw, leaving the animal dying in a pool of blood," officials said.

7. In 1934, a fully grown African lion killed a mature Bengal tiger a short time after these circus animals were unloaded from the train, before trainers could separate them.

8. At South Perth Zoo, 1949, in a three-minute fight between a lion and a tiger, the lion killed the tiger. The fight occurred when the tiger put his head through a connecting slide. The lion caught the tiger by the throat, and, dragging it through the opening, killed it before the keepers arrived.

9. At a Circus in Detroit, in February 1951 a large male African lion called 'Prince' suddenly leaped from a high perch and sank its jaws into the back of a Bengal tigress called 'Sheba', while she was performing, catching her off-guard. A blank gun was then fired, Prince let Sheba go, and Sheba dragged herself away. Sheba then died an hour later, because of the injuries sustained.

10. In a corporation zoo in Madras, India, in September 1951, an eighteen-year-old tiger called 'Vikram' entered the cage of a seven-year-old lion called 'Leo', and got into a fight with it. Badly mauled, including in the femur, Vikram retreated into its cage, and despite receiving medical attention, died.

Majority of the documented encounters reports Tigers killing Lions, but these 2 cats are equally powerful and it all depends on the circumstances they live in.

Currently, India is the only country on Earth confirmed to have both lions and tigers in its wilderness. for now, they do not share the same territory in India, but they did in the past in parts of Eurasia

World's Fastest Car

World's Fastest Road Legal Production Car : Fastest Car In The World : Fastest Sports Car

BUGATTI CHIRON

Bugatti Chiron is a super car manufactured by French manufacturer of high-performance cars Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S (which is owned by the Volkswagen Group).

Bugatti Chiron is the successor to the Bugatti Veyron, The Chiron was first revealed at the Geneva Motor Show on March 1, 2016.

The production of this magnificent car is limited to 500 cars only, and the cars are assembled in Molsheim, Alsace, France.

Being successor to the Bugatti Veyron which had held the title as the "World's Fastest Road Legal Production Car", Bugatti Chiron comes with even much greater Capacity, Power, Torque and Speed than it's predecessor Bugatti Veyron making Bugatti Chrion perhaps the most powerful car on the planet today.

Bugatti Chrion hold's many records in its specifications making it as beast of all cars

Bugatti Chrion Specifications

Speed : Anticipated 463 km/h (288 mph), electronically limited to 420 km/h (260 mph) for safety reasons 

             (Fastest Car on the Planet)

Engine : 8.0 L (488 cu in) W16 quad- turbocharged, 

               16 Engine Cylinders 

               (Most Engine Cylinders for any standard Super/Hyper Sport Cars).

Displacement : 7993 cc (Highest Displacement for any car in the world)

Acceleration : 0–100 km/h (60 mph) under 2.3 Sec

                        0–200 km/h (120 mph) in under 6.5 seconds

                        0–300 km/h (190 mph) in under 13.5 seconds

                        (Fastest accelerating car in the world)

Horse Power : 1479 bhp (Highest Break Horse Power for any car in the world)

Gears : 7-speed automatic transmission

Wheelbase 2,711 mm (106.7 in)

Length         4,544 mm (178.9 in)

Width         2,038 mm (80.2 in)

Height         1,212 mm (47.7 in)

Kerb weight 1,996 kg (4,400 lb)(est)

Fuel Tank Capacity : 100 Liters.

This Car has the highest specifications of any Super/Hyper Sports Car.

Mileage / Fuel Efficiency :

With 100 Liters Fuel Tank Capacity, it is alleged that 100 Liters Fuel Tank will get emptied under 12 minutes of driving at Full speed

World's Most Popular Sports

World's Most Popular Sports : Most Popular Sports in the World : World's Top Sports

1. FOOTBALL / SOCCER

With more than 3 billion fans around the world, Football/Soccer makes it as the world most popular sport.

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end.

Highest governing body - FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)
Popularity region - Worldwide
Olympic Sport? - Yes

2. CRICKET

Estimated near to about 3 billion fans Worldwide, Cricket is the 2nd most popular sport in the world.

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard-long pitch with a wicket (a set of three wooden stumps) sited at each end.

Highest governing body - ICC (International Cricket Council)
Popularity region - Australasia, United Kingdom, Indian subcontinent, Southern Africa, Caribbean
Olympic Sport? - No (1900 Summer Olympics only)

3. BASKET BALL

Estimated more than 2 billion fans around the world, Basket is the 3rd most popular sport in the world.

Basketball is a sport that is played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter and mounted at a height of 10 feet (3.048 m) to backboards at each end of the court.

Highest governing body - FIBA (Fédération Internationale de Basket-ball)
Popularity region - Worldwide
Olympic Sport? - Yes

4. FIELD HOCKEY

Estimated near to about 2 billion fans around the world, Hockey is the 4th most popular sprt in the world.

Field hockey is a team sport of the hockey family. The game can be played on a grass field or a turf field as well as an indoor board surface. Each team plays with eleven players, including the goalie.

Highest governing body - IFH (International Hockey Federation)
Popularity region - Europe, Asia, Australasia.
Olympic Sport - Yes

5. TENNIS

Estimated about a billion fans around the world, Tennis is most probably the 5th most popular sport in the world today.

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court.

Highest governing body - ITF (International Tennis Federation)
Popularity region - Europe, Americas, and Asia.
Olympic Sport - Yes

World's First Laptop

World's First Laptop : World's First Computer Notebook : World's First Handheld Computer

The Epson HX-20 (also known as the HC-20) is generally regarded as the first laptop computer, announced in November 1981, although first sold widely in 1983.

A simple handheld computer, it featured a full-transit 68-key keyboard, rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries, a small (120×32-pixel) dot-matrix LCD with 4 lines of text, 20 characters per line text mode, a 24 column dot matrix printer, a Microsoft BASIC interpreter, and 16 KB of RAM (expandable to 32 KB). Through at least the late 1980s Epson continued to release laptops such as the L3s.

Epson HX-20

Manufacturer : Epson
Release date                : 1982
Introductory price : 795 US$ (today $1911.67)
CPU : 2 Hitachi 6301 CPUs at 614 kHz
Memory : 16 kB RAM expandable to 32 kB
                                    32 kB ROM expandable to 64 kB
Display : 4 lines x 20 characters LCD
Graphics : 120 × 32-pixel
Input : full-transit keyboard
Power : rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries
Dimensions : A4 Sized
Weight : approximately 1.6 kg

A History of laptops describes the efforts in the 1970s and 1980s to build small, portable personal computers that combine the components, inputs, outputs and capabilities of a desktop computer in a small chassis.

Video Games Visuals and Graphics Then and Now

Here is my short and brief blog on visuals and graphical evolution of video games over the years


The history of video games goes as far back as the early 1950s, when academic computer scientists began designing simple games and simulations as part of their research.

Video gaming did not reach mainstream popularity until the 1970s and 1980s, when video arcade games and gaming consoles using joysticks, buttons, and other controllers, along with graphics on computer screens and home computer games were introduced to the general public.

Since then generations of video gaming consoles and series of video games have emerged. now video gaming is a $76 billion dollar Industry.

Video game industry have seen top competition among companies like Nintendo, Electronic Arts (EA), Sony, Ubisoft, Activision-Blizzard,.. etc and many more.

Since 1990s to 2000s video game developers have pushed the graphical and visual looks of video games close to the reality which has now become a key part of video game success.

A variety of computer graphic techniques have been used to display video game content throughout the history of video games. The predominance of individual techniques have evolved over time, primarily due to hardware advances and restrictions such as the processing power of central or graphics processing units.

The most noticeable graphical and visual evolution in videos games are
2D games to 3D games.
Parallel projection games to fixed 3D projection games
Side-scrolling game to open world concept games.
2.5D, 3/4 perspective games to first person and third person perspective games.

Here are few handpicked and formatted pictures of video games by me, it actually gives you a cool look at the evolution of visual and artistic looks in video games over the years as those games gets released in sequels with much improvements.

Need For Speed

Prince of Persia

Street Fighter

Mario

Age of Empires

Basket Ball

Dominant Operating Systems (OS) by Category

Dominant Operating Systems (OS) by Category

Different categories of computers use a wide variety of operating systems (OS), with different OS families having a majority on different platforms.

The usage share of operating systems is the percentage of the operating systems used in computers.

Let’s take a look on which variety of operating systems (OS) dominates what Category of Computers

Computer Category : Desktop and laptop computers

Dominant OS : Windows

Market Share : ~90%

Microsoft Windows (or simply Windows) is a metafamily of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft. The Total Market Share for Windows OS in Desktop and laptop computers Category is almost 90%, Windows consists of several families of operating systems. among all Windows 7 alone makes up 41% of market share of total 90% share of Windows

Windows 7 was released in 2009 by Microsoft as a successor for Windows Vista it soon went on to become most used operating system for Desktop and laptop computers till date.

It was succeeded by Windows 8 three years later in 2012, and then Windows 8.1 was released in 2013 and then Windows 10 in 2015, even after 3 new versions of windows after Windows 7, Windows 7 still remains as most used OS for Desktop and laptop computers with a Market Share of 40.23% (Dec 2016 by StatCounter).

Computer Category : Smartphone’s and Tablet Computers

Dominant OS : Android

Market Share : ~68%

Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, based on the Linux kernel and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones

Android was first released in 2008 with the name “Android Alpha”, soon Android went on to become most used Operating System for Smartphone's and Tablet Computers with almost 68% of Market Share.

Google says that over 1.3 million Android smartphoness are sold every day. Most are running Android making it the most popular mobile operating system. It is also the most popular operating system in general.

There are over 1,600,000 apps available for Android.

Computer Category : Super Computers

Dominant OS : Linux

Market Share : ~97%

Linux is a operating system assembled under the model of free and open-source software development and distribution, first released in 1991.

Linux is the most used operating system for Super  Computers, as of July 2016 Linux makes up to 99% usage share of TOP500 Super Computers.

Although most modern supercomputers use the Linux operating system, each manufacturer has its own specific Linux-derivative, and no industry standard exists, partly due to the fact that the differences in hardware architectures require changes to optimize the operating system to each hardware design.