BrightHand has just released its mindshare stats for the month of August.

The current list looks as follows:

  1. Samsung Solstice (new)
  2. Nokia E71 and E71x (#4)
  3. Nokia E63 (#1)
  4. Nokia N97 (#9)
  5. RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 (#2)
  6. RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630 (new)
  7. RIM BlackBerry Storm 9530 (#7)
  8. RIM BlackBerry Bold 9000 (Previously #8)
  9. HTC Snap (new)
  10. Samsung Impression (Returning)

It is surprising in multiple ways: first of all, Apple has – for the first time ever – disappeared from the mindshare list. Furthermore, Windows Mobile is handled by but one WMS…and dumbphones are now the third-largest group of handsets in the top 10.

As these figures are generated by monitoring search queries, they tend to show a somewhat accurate representation of user interest. Purchases are a different story, of course…


Related posts:

  1. BrightHand releases mindshare stats for June
  2. BrightHand releases “mind share” stats for July
  3. BrightHand mind share stats – April
  4. Metrics time: Brighthand mind share, Smartphone market share figures
  5. BrightHand mindshare stats – January 2010