Cheapest Samsung phone in the UK today: every Galaxy, new and refurbished
The cheapest Samsung phone on 05/11/2026: the Galaxy A16 at £117.49 new from A1 Tech Deals, or £113.04 refurbished from Argos on eBay. Every Galaxy we compare, with the cheapest shop.
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The cheapest Samsung phone you can buy new today is the Galaxy A16 128GB at £117.49 from A1 Tech Deals, read on its page at 20:50 on 05/11/2026. The Galaxy A17 is £5 more at the same shop, £122.49. If refurbished will do, Argos's eBay shop had an A16 in Excellent at £113.04 with 60-day returns. Below is the cheapest new and the cheapest refurbished price for every Galaxy phone we compare, from the budget A series to the S26 Ultra, all read at the shop or on the listing on 05/11/2026 between 20:44 and 20:51.
What is the cheapest Samsung phone today?
New: the Galaxy A16 (4G, 128GB) at £117.49 from A1 Tech Deals, sealed, with free 30-day returns and a 12-month warranty. The next cheapest new A16 was £125.50 on eBay from a private seller taking no returns, £129.99 from the cheapest eBay business seller in our search, and £149 on Amazon from a marketplace seller. John Lewis lists the A16 as discontinued.
Refurbished: the Galaxy A16 at £113.04 from Argos on eBay, graded Excellent, with 60-day returns, £4.45 under the cheapest new one. It was the last one in that listing when we read it.
The cheapest 5G Samsung: the Galaxy A17 5G at £151.99 new on Amazon from a marketplace seller, or £149.95 open box (opened, never used) on eBay from a business seller with 30-day returns. The A16 and the A17 in the first two rows are 4G phones.
| Galaxy | On 05/11/2026 |
|---|---|
| Galaxy A16 128GB (4G) | New £117.49 at A1 Tech Deals; £125.50 on eBay from a private seller, no returns; £149 on Amazon (a marketplace seller). Refurbished £113.04 from Argos on eBay (Excellent, 60-day returns); £124.49 at Gadcet (Used, Very Good). Read 20:44 to 20:50 |
| Galaxy A17 128GB (4G) | New £122.49 at A1 Tech Deals; £152.99 on eBay from a business seller with 30-day returns; £169.37 at Amazon; out of stock at John Lewis. Refurbished £129.99 on eBay (Good, a business seller, 60-day returns); £143.99 at Gadcet (Used, Very Good). Read 20:44 to 20:49 |
| Galaxy A17 5G 128GB | New £151.99 on Amazon (a marketplace seller); £164.49 at A1 Tech Deals; £169 at John Lewis; £184 from AO's eBay shop. Open box £149.95 on eBay (a business seller, 30-day returns); refurbished £150.99 at A1 Tech Deals (Excellent) and £151.99 from Argos on eBay (Excellent, 60-day returns). Read 20:44 to 20:49 |
| Galaxy A26 5G 128GB | New £183.99 at A1 Tech Deals; £195.18 on eBay from a private seller, no returns; £206.99 on Amazon (a marketplace seller). Open box £199.99 on eBay (the Enterprise Edition, a business seller, 60-day returns). Read 20:44 to 20:48 |
| Galaxy A36 5G 256GB | New £244.99 at A1 Tech Deals; £250.30 on eBay from a private seller, no returns. Refurbished £305.99 from Argos on eBay (Very Good, 60-day returns). Read 20:44 to 20:46 |
| Galaxy A56 5G 256GB | New £310 on eBay from a business seller with 30-day returns; £329 at Gadcet (an international model); £356.99 at A1 Tech Deals; £439.60 at Amazon. Refurbished £319.99 on eBay (Excellent, a business seller, 30-day returns). Read 20:44 to 20:47 |
| Galaxy S25 128GB | New £469.49 at A1 Tech Deals; £505.99 on Amazon (a marketplace seller). Refurbished £399.99 on eBay (Good, a business seller, 60-day returns); £440 at refurbed (Good); £529 at Gadcet (Used, Very Good). Read 20:44 to 20:48 |
| Galaxy S25 256GB | New £509.99 at A1 Tech Deals; £543.29 on Amazon (a marketplace seller). Refurbished £424.99 at refurbed (Good); £426.99 at A1 Tech Deals (Fair). Read 20:44 to 20:51 |
| Galaxy S25+ 256GB | New £577.90 on eBay from a business seller with 14-day returns; no shop we compare had it new in stock. Refurbished £484.99 on eBay (Good, a business seller, 30-day returns, the last one); £510 at Gadcet (Used, Very Good); £515 at refurbed (Good). Read 20:47 to 20:51 |
| Galaxy S25 FE 256GB | New £438.99 at A1 Tech Deals; £520 on Amazon (a marketplace seller); £549.99 on eBay from a business seller with 30-day returns; discontinued at John Lewis. Refurbished £412 at refurbed (Excellent); open box £449.99 on eBay (a business seller, 30-day returns); £489.99 for Amazon Renewed. Read 20:44 to 20:51 |
| Galaxy S25 Edge 512GB | New £549.99 on eBay from a business seller with 60-day returns; £559.99 at A1 Tech Deals; £728.79 on Amazon (a marketplace seller); £899 at Gadcet. Refurbished £462 at refurbed (Very Good, almost sold out); £499 at Gadcet (Used, Very Good); £504.99 on eBay (Good, a business seller, 30-day returns). Read 20:44 to 20:51 |
| Galaxy S25 Ultra 512GB | New £759.99 at A1 Tech Deals; £790 on eBay from a business seller with 30-day returns; £845 on Amazon (a marketplace seller). Refurbished £613.49 at A1 Tech Deals (Fair); £634 at refurbed (Good); £779.99 from musicMagpie on eBay (Excellent, 30-day returns). Read 20:44 to 20:51 |
| Galaxy S26 512GB | New £702.85 on Amazon (a marketplace seller); £789.99 at A1 Tech Deals; £799 at John Lewis; £859.99 at Gadcet. Refurbished £750.49 at A1 Tech Deals (Excellent); £802.49 from Argos on eBay (Very Good, 60-day returns). Read 20:44 to 20:49 |
| Galaxy S26 Ultra 512GB | New £919.99 at A1 Tech Deals; £929.99 on eBay from a business seller with 30-day returns; £959 on Amazon (a marketplace seller). No refurbished one in stock at a shop we read: musicMagpie's eBay listing was out of stock. Read 20:44 to 20:49 |
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Which Samsung phone is the best value?
At the bottom of the range, the A16 and the A17 cost almost the same at A1 Tech Deals, £117.49 and £122.49, and the A17 is the newer phone for £5 more. Both are 4G. If you want 5G, the A17 5G was £151.99 and the A26 £183.99, and the A36 with 256GB of storage was £244.99, all new.
In the S range, the S25 FE 256GB at £438.99 was £30.50 under the standard S25 128GB at the same shop, with twice the storage. The S25 Ultra 512GB at £759.99 was £30.01 under the cheapest eBay business seller and £85.01 under Amazon. The newer S26 Ultra was £919.99, only £10 under eBay. What each S25 model gives you for the money is in Galaxy S25 prices in the UK.
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Where A1 Tech Deals was not the cheapest
On five phones another seller beat it on 05/11/2026:
- Galaxy A56: £310 on eBay from a business seller with 30-day returns, £46.99 under A1 Tech Deals's £356.99.
- Galaxy S26: £702.85 on Amazon from a marketplace seller, £87.14 under A1 Tech Deals's £789.99. John Lewis had it at £799.
- Galaxy A17 5G: £151.99 on Amazon from a marketplace seller, £12.50 under A1 Tech Deals.
- Galaxy S25 Edge: £549.99 on eBay from a business seller with 60-day returns, £10 under A1 Tech Deals.
- Galaxy S25+: no shop we compare had it new; the cheapest was £577.90 on eBay.
Who is A1 Tech Deals?
A1 Tech Deals is the trading name of Omnibytes Ltd, a company in Manchester, and it heads most rows of the table. Its product pages on 05/11/2026 said "Brand New & Sealed", with free UK delivery, free 30-day returns and a 12-month warranty. It also sells refurbished stock on the same page as the new phone, under a condition picker, so check that the condition says Brand New before you pay: on the S25 Ultra the page offered new at £759.99 and Refurbished, Fair at £613.49. Its company details, reviews and returns are in is A1 Tech Deals legit?
Is a refurbished Samsung cheaper?
Usually, but by less than you might think on the cheap phones. A refurbished A16 was £4.45 under new, and a refurbished A17 cost £7.50 more than a new one at A1 Tech Deals. On the flagships the gap is bigger: a refurbished S25 128GB in Good was £399.99 on eBay, £69.50 under new, and an S25 Ultra 512GB in Fair was £613.49, £146.50 under new. On the S26 a refurbished one in Excellent cost more than the cheapest new one on Amazon.
Which refurbished Galaxy is worth buying, and what the grades mean, is in refurbished Samsung phones in the UK. For a used S25 from an eBay business seller, read second hand Galaxy S25: what it costs and what to check.
What to do
- For the cheapest new Samsung, buy the Galaxy A16 or the Galaxy A17; on 05/11/2026 A1 Tech Deals was the cheapest shop for both.
- For a flagship, compare the S25 FE and the S25 first; the S25 Ultra 512GB was £759.99 new that evening.
- On eBay, read the seller line and the returns before you pay: several of the cheapest new listings were private sellers taking no returns.
- Prices move daily, so check our product pages' read times before you buy, and see this week's price drops for what got cheaper.