Samsung ended its hyper-generous rewards scheme, known as “Samsung Boost,” last year. However, with the arrival of the Galaxy S25 series, including the new S25 Edge, the company is bringing back freebies for Galaxy phone buyers.
This story was updated on May 18th with a new Samsung freebie offer.
The difference between the Boost scheme and this is that the new offer is available to U.S. Galaxy phone shoppers, whereas Boost was restricted to the U.K.
As is the typical with Samsung’s freebies, the U.S. scheme isn’t as generous as the Boost programme was, but there are some decent freebies here that sweeten the deal when it comes to buying a Galaxy phone. They’re also phone-specific.
Galaxy Z Fold 6 buyers will get the following for free.
- 50% off LumaFusion and a 30-day free trial to Storyblocks
- 3 months of Peacock Premium
- 6 months of SiriusXM
- 2 months of Adobe Lightroom
- 30-day free trial to ArcSite
Galaxy S25 Ultra and S25 Edge get the following for free.
- 3 months of Peacock Premium
- 6 months of SiriusXM
- 6 months of Gemini Advanced
The Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra gets all of the above, alongside a year-long subscription to Goodnotes.
Samsung May Have More Freebies Up Its Sleeve This Summer
These are solid, lengthy freebies. Particularly the Galaxy Z Fold 6 line-up, which is clearly tailored to the device’s large foldable display. But they don’t quite match up the final list of lenghy free subscriptions Samsung’s U.K. boost programme offered, which included Deezer, YouTube Premium, Google Play Pass, Microsoft 365, Readly, Calm and much more.
That may change as we edge closer to the Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Fold 7 release this summer. But it is not uncommon for British shoppers to be handed free devices and services with their Galaxy purchases. In the last year, Samsung has given away a free Chromebook with Galaxy S24 purchases, a free tablet, free Galaxy Buds 3 Pro headphones and a free Galaxy Watch.
If you’re a U.S. shopper feeling hard done by, take some solace in the fact that Samsung’s American trade-in pricing far outstrips its valuations in Europe and the U.K. For example, Samsung will pay £263 ($347.00) for a used Galaxy S22 Ultra, whereas in the U.S., the company values it at $500. Clearly, Samsung’s internal purchasing data tells it that shoppers in Europe prefer a freebie over a trade-in, but that may be changing with the arrival of these free subscriptions.
Update May 18th: Samsung has launched another freebie deal for the Galaxy S25 Edge. The company is giving away a free pair of Galaxy Buds3 Pro with every purchase using the code “S25EDGE”. As you may have guessed from the nature of the deal, this offer is exclusive to shoppers in the U.K.
The promotion also includes double the amount of storage for free (for example, 512GB for the price of 256GB), and an extra £100 ($132.81) off for anyone who joins the New Galaxy Club (think carefully before signing up to regular hardware upgrades). Samsung has also bought back its offer of at least £200 ($265.62) trade-in for any Android phone. In the past, Samsung has assured me that it truly will take any Android phone to trade-in, so check behind your couch, or eBay, for old phones that still work.
For now, British Galaxy phone buyers don’t get access to the same list of free subscriptions that U.S. shoppers have. That may or may not change depending on whether or not Samsung decides to bring back its Boost programme, perhaps under a different name. But, for the time being, the company is clearly focussing its efforts on giving away free hardware.
