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Samsung unveils free of charge premium mobile services for Galaxy S5

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New ‘Galaxy Gifts Package' includes a huge collection of apps from PayPal to Instructor Live and Endomondo 

10 April, 2014, London, UK - Samsung Electronics today announced its collaboration with a number of leading mobile content and service providers to offer Galaxy S5 customers a range of exclusive, pre-paid and discounted subscriptions. From fitness to news and productivity apps, the Samsung Galaxy S5 will now come with a great selection of benefits*.

Key additions to the gift package include a free three month subscription to Instructor Live, an app with over 500 fitness and wellbeing classes to help you get active, which you can either tune in live or download on demand. From Cellulite Dynamite, Top Guns and Cross Conditioning, to Pyjama Pilates, Beditation and Yogini Bikini, there is a class to suit everyone. You can take part in the classes from the privacy of your home or stream and download when you're on the go, and with classes ranging from only ten minutes and upwards, the app is perfectly suited for the busiest lifestyles.

Samsung is also joining forces with sports community app Endomondo, offering all Galaxy S5 owners a 12 month free premium subscription to the service. The app allows you to do everything from real-time GPS tracking for when you're running or cycling, to sharing workouts and reaching your fitness goals through training plans, workout comparisons and in depth training analysis.

Other productive tools and services in the content offering include 50GB worth of free storage on Dropbox for two years, a free three month premium subscription to LinkedIn and special offers from your favourite stores when you pay using your phone via PayPal.

"We are continually looking for the best partners to help us expand and enhance the mobile experience for our dedicated customers," said Simon Stanford, Vice President of IT & Mobile division, Samsung Electronics UK & Ireland. "The Galaxy S5 was designed to offer consumers the most advanced tools to help improve their everyday lives and a big part of that is health and wellbeing. These new partnerships provide a comprehensive offering of some of the world's best mobile resources to suit people's active lives."

The Galaxy S5 is redefining how technology enhances everyday life by providing an experience focused on the most essential features for day-to-day use. The Samsung Galaxy S5 combines an advanced camera, the fastest network connectivity, dedicated fitness tools and enhanced device protection features so you can stay fit and connected in style.

Content Gifts Offered - Benefit and Availability

 

Category

Name

Description

News/Magazine

Bloomberg Businessweek+

S Pen (SDK 2.x) / 12M free subscription / 6M Samsung Apps exclusivity

Wall Street Journal

6 month free subscription

Utilities

Dropbox

Free 50GB for 2 year

LinkedIn

3 month premium subscription

Health/Fitness

Run Keeper

1 year free subscription to Run Keeper Elite

Map My Fitness

1 year free subscription to MVP with HRM or MVP

Skimble

1 year free subscription to Skimble

Endomondo

12 month premium for free

Lark

1 year Premium Service

Instructor Live

3 month free subscription

Finance

PayPal

Selection of discounts and offers to be available

Tech

Evernote

3 month premium subscription

 

* UK pricing to be confirmed.

* Subject to availability

Content Gifts Offered:

  • RunKeeper: Turn your Galaxy S5 into a personal trainer in your pocket. Track your fitness activities and share with friends. Measure your performance over time. Galaxy S5 customers can get free 1-year membership to RunKeeper Elite.

"Millions of people around the world count on RunKeeper for guidance and motivation around their fitness," said Jake Cacciapaglia, Director of Business Development at RunKeeper. "RunKeeper's partnership with Samsung provides customers access to live activity broadcasting and deeper insights around their fitness. We're excited to work together with Samsung to improve the lives of Galaxy S5 customers by helping them get and stay fit."

  • MapMyFitness: Built to help runners, joggers, and walkers of all ability levels and ages. Easily track pace, distance, calories, time with audio alerts and much more. Track running, cycling, and more than 600 types of other activities. Galaxy S5 customers can get Free 6 months MVP access and no ads.

"The MapMyFitness MVP service provides unlocked features and premium training tools, allowing our members worldwide to train smarter and reach their goals," said Robin Thurston, President at MapMyFitness. "Along with the existing news content, task management and social tools available in Galaxy Gifts, MapMyFitness is excited to offer a top-quality fitness subscription and round out the complete mobile experience."

  • Skimble: Workout Trainer provides 1,000's of multimedia workouts led by expert coaches. Workouts come equipped with dynamic, move-by-move video, photo, and text instructions. Galaxy S5 customers can enjoy 6 months free Pro+ premium membership experience.

"People want to live an active lifestyle but often lack guidance, motivation, and time," said Maria Ly, co-founder and CEO of Skimble. "Samsung and Skimble are putting fitness at the forefront by partnering together and turning the Galaxy S5 into a dynamic personal trainer that does (most of) the heavy lifting for you. New Workout Trainer customers signed up from a Galaxy S5 with Samsung Apps can enjoy a 6-month free Pro+ membership experience. Moreover, Workout Trainer seamlessly integrates with Samsung's S HealthTM platform."

  • Paypal**: Get the best mobile shopping experience on your Galaxy S5 and enjoy special offers from your favorite stores when you pay with PayPal.

"With millions of people using PayPal to shop on mobile devices, it's more important than ever to make mobile shopping easy, frictionless and secure," said David Marcus, President of PayPal. "Fingerprint authentication capabilities on mobile devices means that consumers no longer need to sacrifice security for convenience. The Galaxy S5 implementation enables PayPal customers to shop at millions of merchants with a simple swipe of the finger. It's one of the most seamless payment experiences on a mobile device today."

  • Bloomberg Businessweek+: Get fresh perspectives on business news and market trends along with exclusive content and interactive features. Get 1 year for free with Galaxy S5.

"Read Bloomberg Businessweek+ weekly for a fresh perspective on global business news and market trends along with exclusive content and interactive features that enrich the reading experience," said Andy Lack, Chairman, Bloomberg Media Group. "Download the FREE app on your Samsung device and get your first year of Bloomberg Businessweek+ FREE." 

  • Wall Street Journal: An important decision can happen anywhere. Use The Wall Street Journal app to get our trusted and authoritative news while you're on the go. Read by more high-level decision makers than any other media, WSJ's market-moving journalism ensures you a competitive advantage in a world where every second counts.
  • LinkedIn: The Galaxy S5 includes integration with LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network with more than 277 million members worldwide. The new Galaxy S5 lets people bring LinkedIn into the phonesnative Contacts, Email and Calendar applications. Galaxy S5 customers will get access to three months of LinkedIn Premium - Business.

"LinkedIn members are getting work done on their mobile devices, so we need to be there too. That is why we're excited to put the power of LinkedIn in the pockets of Samsung Galaxy S5 owners," said Bob Rosin, LinkedIn's vice president of business development. "The integration of LinkedIn into Samsung's new Galaxy S5 smartphone will help people be better prepared for their work day. When you connect the new Galaxy S5 with your LinkedIn account, you will see useful content, such as the profile photo, headline, job title, and company information about people you are connecting with and meeting during the day directly inside the native email, calendar, and contacts apps of the phone."

  • Dropbox: Dropbox simplifies the work and personal lives of millions of people by letting them bring their documents, photos, and videos anywhere and share them easily. The service is used by more than 200 million people and 4 million businesses, with over 1 billion files saved per day. Dropbox offers 50 GB of space for two years with the new Samsung Galaxy S5.

"We're excited to continue expanding our long-standing partnership with Samsung by introducing even more integrations on the Samsung Galaxy S5," said Christine Moon, head of mobile partnerships and devices at Dropbox. "Now Samsung Galaxy S5 customers around the world can benefit from the peace of mind and convenience of having key application content and their most important files at their fingertips via Dropbox."

  • Endomondo: Founded in 2007 by fitness enthusiasts, Endomondo developed a free mobile app that turns GPS-enabled smartphones into a personal trainer and social motivator. The app is used for tracking workouts, analyzing performance and providing feedback, so people become and stay active. Endomondo stands apart from other activity tracking apps in its strong focus on social interaction, and helps customers connect with like-minded people to encourage the sharing of experiences and support in achieving collective goals. Customers can send friends real-time pep talks while they exercise, compete against friends for fun, challenge co-workers, and share it all on Facebook, Twitter or across the Endomondo social network. Endomondo operates on all major smartphones.
  • Instructor Live: Do you want to be fitter, have more energy, lose weight or get toned? How about learning yoga or practicing Pilates? With the InstructorLive Apps you have everything you need to get active, look great and start feeling amazing, all in the palm of your hand. And as a Samsung customer, you get everything for FREE for a whole 3 months when you download the App and register now! This is an exclusive offer for Samsung customers for a limited time only, simply download the InstructorLive App now on your phone or tablet using the link below, and register in seconds for instant free access for a whole 3 months.

Luke Walker, Founder and Managing Director of InstructorLive said, "We're extremely excited to be working with Samsung on this partnership. Samsung shares our vision in using technology to make it easier for people to get active and creating a more enjoyable experience for them. Using the InstructorLive apps on Samsung devices presents an innovative and convenient way for people to get fit to suit their schedule."

  • Lark: Lark provides a premium health advisory service based on analysis of your health data. GALAXY S5 offers free 1-year membership of Lark Premium service. Along with S health, Lark will provide the easiest way to improve your health and happiness.
  • Evernote: This award-winning app helps you remember and recall anything that happens in your life. From notes to ideas to snapshots to recordings, put it all into Evernote and everything instantly synchronizes across all of the devices you use.

For more information about the Galaxy S5, please visit http://www.samsungmobilepress.com/.

** The services listed above may not be available in all regions and features may vary by region. Also, service provider may change the name and/or value of its application at any time. Restrictions may also apply. Please visit for more detail about the offer www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxys5/galaxygifts.html

About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in technology, opening new possibilities for people everywhere. Through relentless innovation and discovery, we are transforming the worlds of TVs, smartphones, tablets, PCs, cameras, home appliances, printers, LTE systems, medical devices, semiconductors and LED solutions. We employ 286,000 people across 80 countries with annual sales of US$216.7 billion. To discover more, please visit www.samsung.com.