Samsung Is Giving Away A Free Tablet To Galaxy S24 Buyers

Despite only releasing its Galaxy Tab S6 Lite late recently, Samsung is already giving it away for free with all qualifying Galaxy S24 purchases.

To pick up Samsung’s new tablet for free, Galaxy S24 buyers have to purchase the phone (the offer applies to all models) from Samsung, and other participating retailers, and submit a claim through the Samsung offers website. The offer runs until the end of April but there is one catch: the deal is only available to U.K. shoppers.

This is one of the better deals Samsung has rolled out since the Galaxy S24 launched in January. The company has repeatedly slashed the price of its flagship smartphone in recent months, including a flash sale in March that knocked 10% off all Galaxy S24 models for seven days.

That’s alongside a long-running 5% discount code, which can be used across several products when buying hardware through the Samsung Shop app. I went through the checkout process in the app and it looks like the “APP5” discount code can be used alongside the free tablet offer.

The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is worth £349 ($440) and it just came out, so if buyers decide to sell the tablet on they should get a decent price for it. If it sells for anything close to its retail price on the secondary market, that’s a better overall discount than some of Samsung’s recent straight money-off offers for the Galaxy S24.

Samsung isn’t alone here, Google and Motorola have also been battling it out for your money with back-to-back discounts. In early March, Motorola knocked up to 25% off of every phone in its roster, which included discounting its foldable Razr Plus handset by $300.

The company extended that deal a week later and it looks like Motorola is running a similar sale again right now, while also throwing in a free pair of Bose earbuds.

Google, too, has repeatedly slashed prices for the Pixel 8 series. Its spring sale, which launched late last month, knocked $200 and $250 off the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro respectively. But the biggest price cut was for the Pixel Fold, which was discounted by $500.

Android smartphone makers are aggressively battling it out not just for your money, but for your future purchases as they try to tempt you into their ecosystems. The possibility of smartphone users paying a subscription for certain AI features is a likely future, so throwing cheap (in price, not quality) hardware at you is a solid path to dedicated subscribers.

That is the reason why the recent spate of sales is the most aggressive I’ve seen in a while. Samsung isn’t shy about pricing its products competitively or directly aiming for the competition, but Google doing the same is somewhat new.

The back-to-back sales the company has run since October are unheard of and a clear reminder that you really should never pay full price for top consumer hardware in 2024.

Google, Motorola and Samsung will be launching new (mostly foldable) devices this summer and I suspect we’ll see more temporarily improved trade-in prices, freebies and bundle deals. If you’re planning to pick up one of the new foldable phones (or wearables) that launch in the next couple of months, don’t pull the trigger too early because there will almost certainly be many more discounts throughout the year.