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iphone 8 plus 256gb unlocked

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a small market ($0/yr) — iphone 8 plus 256gb unlocked doesn't clear our bar today.

Market/yr

$0

Growth (1y)

+38.1%

Products

15

Brands

4

was 6 a year ago

Sellers

117

Price range

$119.62–$306.50

Returns

1.6%

Rating

4.1★

38/100

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Scored 38/100 across market size, growth, competition, quality gap, and returns.

Market sizeGrowthCompetitionQuality gapReturns
Market size
0
×0.30
Growth
46
×0.30
Competition
36
×0.20
Quality gap
79
×0.10
Returns
87
×0.10

Demand

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 97 weeks — +38.1% year over year.
689344.5Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26Jul '24Dec '24Apr '25Aug '25Nov '25Mar '26

Seasonality

Monthly demand index across the year — 1.00 is average.

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Competition

87%Apple
  • Apple87%
  • Plum8%
  • Tracfone3%
  • Straight Talk2%
  • Other0%

The top 5 products take 66% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them. 4 brands and 117 sellers compete here.

Brands

4 falling

was 6 a year ago

Sellers

117

Top 5 brand share

100%

#ProductBrandPriceRatingReviewsClick shareTrend
2Apple$151.083.5★10811%falling
4Plum$126.034.3★9848%falling
5Apple$155.884.2★22,5027%flat
12Apple$306.504.0★27,1192%rising
14Straight Talk$129.054.0★1072%flat

Product shelf

Reviews

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Battery Life17%

“The battery life is good”

Value For Money13%

“Great value”

Quality-Overall11%

“Excellent device and condition”

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%

“As advertised”

Product Condition7%

“Like new”

Efficiency5%

“Works well”

Software/Application5%

“now it can download the latest apps”

Charging2%

“it charges pretty fast too”

Durability2%

“Just like new”

Assembly/Installation2%

“Easy to set up”

What buyers complain about

Battery Life26%

“Battery is no good”

Functionality-Overall6%

“Phone doesnt work”

Touch/Button Controls6%

“Touchscreen does not work”

Durability5%

“barely last half a day with regular usage”

Audio Quality5%

“One of them had no speaker or audio at all”

Charging4%

“It cant stay charged not even for a couple of hours”

Camera Quality4%

“Camera did not work”

Speaker3%

“Perfect replacement for my wife's SE that had some difficulty with the speakerphone option”

Product Condition3%

“Refurbished by who”

Touch Screen3%

“The lower half of the screen would hardly respond to touch”

Top return reasons

  • Battery Life14%
  • Charging10%
  • Functionality-Overall9%
  • Size-Overall8%
  • Touch/Button Controls7%
  • Touch Screen6%
  • Advertised Vs Actual Product4%
  • Compatibility-Overall4%
  • Speaker4%
  • Display-Overall4%

Data scraped July 8, 2026 · Marketplace baseline: 4.4★ avg rating · $22.71 median price · 2.2% median returns across 13,812 tracked niches.