With Samsung partnership, another new Galaxy product gets free space.
Since Google Drive has come to market, it seems that Dropbox has been working overtime to maintain their market leadership. Their cloud sharing software is run on more platforms than others providers of like products, but the market has been getting crowded of late. As a result, Dropbox is finding it more difficult to maintain their market lead. Now comes word they are offering up to 50 GB of free space when you purchase the new Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 tablet. This comes on the heels of them offering 50 GB of storage for 2 years with the purchase of the Galaxy S3. That news brought a lot of interest as a result.
It would appear that offering free space is how Dropbox is going to maintain their presence in the market. This latest offering for the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 tablet is only for a period of 1 year and not the 2 years offered for the Galaxy S3. It is still a great deal as you are saving the normal charges of $9.99 per month or the annual fee of $99. Either way, you are saving a lot of money and if you look at it as a savings off the price of the coming tablet, it makes it even more of a bargain. This free storage fits in with the needs of moving information around and is becoming very popular.
For Dropbox, this is a great move and where they are expanding, they remain in the news as people report on it. As with any storage, there is a tendency to fill up the space and a majority of people are likely to continue using it after the 1 year period is up and pay for the privilege. That is a great way to grow the business. And by associating the free space with new products, they are getting more free advertising.
The Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 tablet is going to be out this weekend and along with that comes some great pricing at $399.99. To put that into perspective, the current Apple iPad sells for $499 for a similar WiFi only version with 16 GB. Throwing in the savings for the free cloud storage from Dropbox and it makes this an even better deal. You should see this online this weekend at Best Buy, Walmart, Office Depot and others. Office Depot is showing the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 on pre-order for the $399.99 price with the free 50 GB of Dropbox storage for the first year.
As shown below from the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 features page, the promotion of the free offer is being prominently shown on the site. This recent deal may also be extending to the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 tablet as there are reports of people getting the up to 50 GB of free storage as well. On some forums, it is being reported that when you install the Dropbox app on the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, you then get the expansion of your storage to 50 GB. Not everyone is indicating success in expanding their total storage.
For now, the Samsung and Dropbox relationship looks like it will benefit those purchasing the selected products from Samsung with the free space. So it raises the question of whether the offer for free storage is going to cause people to take more of a look at the associated Samsung products?
It'a Great Offer ever, thanks for dropbox!
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