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Samsung Phone

Maybe

Shoppers spend $16.7M a year here. But buyers convert on only 0.8% of searches, so Samsung Phone is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 6% of 1,488 Electronics & Photo niches · +14 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£16.7M/yr15.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
+1.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
40%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 299 sellers

Flapen Score

Samsung Phone against its category

The dotted line is the Electronics & Photo average. Past it, Samsung Phone is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Samsung Phone market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Samsung Phone 15.6M times last year and spent an estimated £16.7M. The top 5 brands take 92% of clicks. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

0.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 15.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +1.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £16.7M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
15.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+1.0%
Conversion, latest week
0.8%
Market size, estimated
£16.7Ma year
Peak month
November1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
samsung phone3.0M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £129.14.

Listings sell for £129.14 on average, from £5.89 to £878.40. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At £129.14 that is £258K to £323K a year per listing.

Average price
£129.14above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.89–£878.40
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
£258K–£323K
Returns
1.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

48% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 91% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #84 within Mobile Phones & Smartphones. It carries 519 reviews at 4.18 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
48%
Prime listings
91%
Out of stock, average day
6.2%
Average rank
#84in Mobile Phones & Smartphones
Average rating
4.18 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
519per listing
Listings tracked
54

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 22 of last year's 22 launches as successful.

22 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 22 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
22
Successful launches
22Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Samsung Phone products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take only 40% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£502K£1.0M£1.5M£2.0M101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

299

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

40%

Top 20: 70%

Open market

7%

  • Samsung68%
  • Nokia7%
  • Motorola7%
  • HONOR6%
  • Generic4%
  • Google1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 7%)

Demand

Samsung Phone search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

500K300KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Samsung Phone search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • samsung phone3.0M/yr
  • mobile phones2.5M/yr
  • samsung1.7M/yr
  • phone1.5M/yr
  • sim-free & unlocked mobile phones1.1M/yr
  • motorola phone533K/yr
  • android phones544K/yr
  • mobile phone505K/yr
  • phones459K/yr
  • smart phone426K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Samsung Phone

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Quality-Overall10%−0.03

Awful quality

Cheap rubbish

Not ok for corporate settings low quality too

Charging9%−0.10

Take bit longer to charge

Doesnt charge

no charge

Battery Life7%

battery doesn't last long

Poor battery life

Strangely the battery life is incredibly short

Functionality-Overall7%−0.09

Not working

Stopped working

Not functional

Software/Application4%−0.04

junk software

Software/hardware issues

a massive delay when wanting to use the apps

Love

Value For Money33%+2.93

Excellent value

Good Price

Excellent value for money

Quality-Overall10%−0.03

The phone itself is excellent quality

Amazing quality

The build quality is excellent

Ease Of Use8%+0.51

Easy to operate

Ease of use

easy to hold

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.47

As described

As advertised

Exactly as promised

Battery Life6%

Good battery

Battery lasts ages

Battery Life is great

Return

1.3% Return rate 8% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall15%▆▇▆███

Not working

Stopped working

Not functional

Charging11%█▅▆█▆▇

Take bit longer to charge

Doesnt charge

no charge

Connectivity-Overall6%▅▅█▇▄▆

The phone has no good connection

whilst the WiFi doesn't work

It looses the connection constantly

Size-Overall5%▇▇▇▇▇█
Compatibility-Overall5%▇▆█▇▇▇

FAQ

Common Samsung Phone questions

Answered from the same tracked data.