Samsung is offering a plethora of premium apps and subscriptions exclusively for Galaxy S5 owners worth $576.
Samsung, the world's largest smartphone maker, announced the latest flagship, the Galaxy S5, at an event held in Barcelona during the Mobile World Congress, last week. The tech giant is offering the future owners of Galaxy S5 portfolio of premium apps and subscriptions bundled with the flagship smartphone, free of charge. The paid services include long-term subscriptions to premium app upgrades, fitness and also news content in The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg Businessweek.
Fifteen apps including both subscription-based and in-app purchases are packed in Samsung Galaxy S5 valued at $576. Among other apps, some of the most valuable ones are a six-month subscription to the WSJ for $160, three months of LinkedIn Premium for $75 and six months of 50GB of storage on Box for $60.
The Galaxy S5 is integrated with health and fitness, thanks to the built-in heart monitor, some other apps help users track their physical activities. Part of the new Samsung Galaxy Gifts is an year of Run Keeper Elite membership, a year of Lark's premium service and six months of Skimble and Map My Fitness premium subscriptions. All apps are fairly valuable, with Skimble charging $42, Lark and Map My Fitness for $36 and Run Keeper for $20. Lark uses the phone's built-in heart rate monitoring capabilities to track users' health and fitness.
The package also includes three months of Evernote premium subscription worth $15, three months of 1 TB of cloud storage from Bitcasa valued at $30 and more than $50 worth special offers from PayPal while shopping with retail partners. Other entries include the popular puzzle game "Cut the Rope 2," with $10 worth in-app credits, EasilyDo Pro worth $5, Blurb app for creative self-publishing with a $5 coupon and Flick Dat contact sharing app worth $2.
Samsung did not reveal if users will be asked for billing information so once the service expires an auto-renewal feature helps continue services. The tech giant offered similar deals with Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Note 10.1.
