Michael Mace has written about the (low) value of various market share statistics floating all over the market. Nevertheless, posting them can be very interesting - here is what I currently have sitting in my inbox:

Krusell sales statistics
Krusell is a very big Swedish manufacturer of cases. Once a month, they inform analysts about which phones sold the most cases - this month’s table is below:
1. (10) Apple iPhone 3G
2. (2) HTC Diamond
3. (5) Nokia E51
4. (3) Sony Ericsson C702
5. (4) Nokia 3109
6. (7) Nokia 6300
7. (6) Nokia N95 8GB
8. (9) Nokia 6220
9. (8) Sony Ericsson K810i
10. (-) Nokia E71
() = Last month’s position.

Mobile Choice Consumer Awards 2008
UK-based blogs seem to freak out whenever the MCCA are published. This year’s (UK-centric) results are below:

Phone of the Year: Nokia E71
Best Camera Phone: Samsung i8510
Tariff Deal of the Year: 3 Mobile Broadband
Best Bluetooth Headset: Jawbone Noise Assassin
Best Network: O2
Best Smartphone: Nokia E71
Best Mobile Game: Tetris Pop
Best Music Phone: Samsung F400
Best Customer Service: Virgin Mobile
Most Stylish Phone: LG Secret KF750
Best High Street Retailer: 02 Stores
Best Mobile Sat Nav: HTC Touch Cruise
Best Online Retailer: Virgin Mobile
Readers’ Dream Phone: Apple iPhone
Manufacturer of the Year: Samsung Mobile

NPD Group on market shares
Finally, the US-based NPD Group has shared the following interesting tidbits via CNET News:

  • iPhone market share 17% due to strong sales of 3G
  • Top-selling phones:
    1. iPhone 3G
    2. BlackBerry Curve
    3. BlackBerry Pearl
    4. Palm Centro

This is all the data I currently have here - stay tuned for more as it comes in!