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title: "Samsung Phone — £16.7M/yr Amazon UK Niche (2026) - Flapen"
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description: "Niche score 58/100 · £16.7M/yr market · 15.6M searches/yr · £129.14 avg price. Clears our launch bar. Data updated Jul 2026."
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# **samsung phone**
**Launch it**
A $16.7M/yr market growing +1.0% this quarter with returns at 1.3% — clears our launch bar.
Market size 100Growth 26Conversion 10Competition 75Returns 88Price range 10Avg price 65Brand share 20Review moat 75Quality gap 83
**Market size**
**Incredible****£16.7M**
£16.7M/yr · 15.6M searches
**Returns**
**Great****1.3%**
return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
**Quality gap**
**Great****4.2★**
avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
**Competition**
**Great****40%**
top-5 click share — an open shelf
**Review moat**
**Good****519.35**
avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
**Avg price**
**Good****£129.14**
avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
**Growth**
**Okay****+1.0%**
90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
**Brand share**
**Bad****92%**
top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
**Conversion**
**Bad****0.8%**
search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
**Price range**
**Bad****£5.89–£878.40**
cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
**Signals**[** High Price**](https://flapen.com/research/niches?market=uk&signal=high_price "Avg price > $50")
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, samsung phone is a £16.7M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (15.6M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand. Verdict: Launch it — 58/100.
Data updated Jul 25, 2026 · scored weekly · [~~How we score niches ~~](https://flapen.com/research/methodology)
## **samsung phone market data**
- **Units sold / yr**
- **100K–125K**
- avg 2,000–2,500/product
- **Revenue / yr**
- **£12.9M–£16.1M**
- units × avg price
- **Conversion rate**
- **0.8%**
- **Avg BSR**
- **#84**
- **Page quality**
- **0%**
- **Prime**
- **91%**
- **Sponsored**
- **48%**
- **Out of stock**
- **6.2%**
- **Avg brand age**
- **32 months**
- **Avg seller age**
- **171 days**
## **Competition & brand share**
Clicks spread well past the top 5 (40% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.
**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 & seasonality**
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +1.0% search growth over the last 90 days.
500K300KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26 seasonSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×
[**Open Trend **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/electronics-photo/samsung-phone/trend)
## **Top samsung phone search terms**
- **samsung phone**3.0M/yr+3.4%0.8% conv. - **mobile phones**2.5M/yr+1.7%0.3% conv. - **samsung**1.7M/yr-6.3%0.1% conv. - **phone**1.5M/yr+3.1%0.3% conv. - **sim-free & unlocked mobile phones**1.1M/yr+0.1%0.1% conv. - **motorola phone**533K/yr+2.4%0.4% conv. - **android phones**544K/yr+4.1%0.4% conv. - **mobile phone**505K/yr+10.0%0.4% conv. - **phones**459K/yr-0.6%0.3% conv. - **smart phone**426K/yr+7.1%0.4% conv. [**All search terms **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/electronics-photo/samsung-phone/search-terms)
## **Top samsung phone products on Amazon**
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
0%3%£502K6%£1.0M9%£1.5M12%£2.0M101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moatMarket share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
### **Top sellers**
by 90-day click share
[1**Samsung Galaxy A16 4G Android Smartphone Super Amoled 6.7 Screen Multiple Cameras 128GB Storage Blue Black 3 Year Manufacturer Extended Warranty (UK Version)**Samsung**£95.25**4.5★959 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DK1YCM6Q) [2**Samsung Galaxy A16 128 Black**Samsung**£92.15**4.5★1,469 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DPHC4RQW) [3**Samsung Galaxy A17 6.7 FHD+ MediaTek 4GB RAM 128GB Storage Dual-SIM Android Sma**Samsung**£123.67**4.4★869 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FMJNHRVV) [4**Samsung Galaxy A16 4G Android Smartphone Super Amoled 6.7 Screen Multiple Cameras 128GB Storage Light Grey 3 Year Manufacturer Extended Warranty (UK Version)**Samsung**£95.83**4.5★959 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DK1YKGR3) [5**Samsung Galaxy A17 5G AI Smartphone Slim 7.5mm Frame Large Screen 50MP Camera 128GB Storage 4GB Memory 5000 mAh Battery Black 3 Year Extended Warranty (UK Version)**Samsung**£138.64**4.4★513 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FJ8T3ZMQ)
**~~View all top sellers →~~**
### **Newest**
by launch date
[**Samsung Galaxy A17 5G 128GB 4GB 50MP Screen 6.7 - Black**Samsung**£120.83**233 rev5mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FPPQ5T37) [**HONOR X5c Plus MediaTek Helio G81 4GB RAM 64GB ROM Smartphone**HONOR**£53.62**346 rev9mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FRSVBHS9) [**HONOR X5c Plus Unlocked Smartphone 6.74 90Hz Vivid Display 64GB Storage 5130mAh Long-Lasting Battery 50MP Dual Camera Octa-Core Processor Dual SIM Android 15 Black (UK Warranty)**HONOR**£55.39**346 rev9mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FRSPZVT5) [**Samsung Galaxy A17 4G Ai (128GB + 4GB) Black CPU Speed 2.2GHz 2GHz Size (Main_Display) 169.1mm (6.7 Full Rectangle) / 164.5mm (6.5 Rounded Corners) USB Type-C**Samsung**£103.48**183 rev9mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FV13LWXZ) [**Global Unlocked New Android 3G Smartphone 5.2 Cellphone Dual SIM - Entry-Level Phone for Calls & Light Apps**Generic**£37.93**81 rev10mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FS6LR2NF)
**~~View all new products →~~**
### **Trending**
90-day click momentum
[**Samsung Galaxy A17 5G 128GB 4GB 50MP Screen 6.7 - Black**Samsung**£120.83**4.4★**▲ 160%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FPPQ5T37) [**Samsung Galaxy A26 5g Black - 8 + 256gb - 6 7 Super Amoled Fhd+**Samsung**£193.57**4.4★**▲ 128%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F13VWSQW) [**Samsung Galaxy A16 4G Android Smartphone Super Amoled 6.7 Screen Multiple Cameras 128GB Storage Light Green 3 Year Manufacturer Extended Warranty (UK Version)**Samsung**£101.46**4.5★**▲ 107%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DK1YV6DC) [**Motorola Moto G86 Dual-SIM 256GB ROM + 8GB RAM (GSM Only | No CDMA) Factory Unlocked 5G Smartphone (Pantone Spellbound) - International Version**Motorola**£155.82**4.3★**▲ 104%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F7RTGCKM) [**Samsung Galaxy A56 5G Smartphone 128GB Graphite**Samsung**£229.23**4.7★**▲ 102%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DFVHBVLV)
**~~View all trending →~~**
## **What buyers say about samsung phone**
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.
### **What buyers love **
**Value For Money**33%
*“Excellent value”*
**Quality-Overall**10%
*“The phone itself is excellent quality”*
**Ease Of Use**8%
*“Easy to operate”*
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**7%
*“As described”*
**Battery Life**6%
*“Good battery”*
**Assembly/Installation**4%
*“Once set up I was very happy with it”*
**Camera Quality**3%
*“Great phone with great camera”*
**Phone Calling Feature**2%
*“Handy phone”*
**Product Condition**2%
*“Looks brand new”*
**Display Resolution**2%
*“The screen is clear”*
### **What buyers complain about **
**Quality-Overall**10%
*“Awful quality”*
**Charging**9%
*“Take bit longer to charge”*
**Battery Life**7%
*“battery doesn't last long”*
**Functionality-Overall**7%
*“Not working”*
**Software/Application**4%
*“junk software”*
**Durability**4%
*“Short lived”*
**Connectivity-Overall**4%
*“The phone has no good connection”*
**Computation Performance**4%
*“bad performance”*
**Value For Money**4%
*“For the price it's unbeatable”*
**Assembly/Installation**3%
*“too many issues setting up”*
### **Top return reasons **
**Functionality-Overall**15%
**Charging**11%
**Connectivity-Overall**6%
**Size-Overall**5%
**Compatibility-Overall**5%
**Battery Life**5%
**Quality-Overall**4%
**Software/Application**4%
**Sim Card/Tray Issues**4%
**Computation Performance**4%
## **Common questions**
- **Is samsung phone profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?**
- The niche generates £16.7M/yr across 54 tracked products. 22 of 22 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is +1.0%. Flapen's verdict: Launch it (58/100).
- **How competitive is the samsung phone niche?**
- 15 brands and 299 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 40% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 92% of demand.
- **What do buyers complain about in samsung phone?**
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Quality-Overall, Charging, Battery Life. The return rate is 1.3%.
- **When does demand for samsung phone peak?**
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.
- **What does it cost to enter the samsung phone niche?**
- Listings span £5.89–£878.40; the average listing price is £129.14 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 519 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.
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