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Samsung Giving Away Gear Fit2 or 256 GB Memory Card With Note7 Purchase

Samsung and carriers began taking preorders Wednesday for the Samsung Galaxy Note7, sweetening the deal for the pricey premium phone with a free Samsung Gear Fit2 (valued at $179, but selling at Best Buy for $149) or a 256 GB…

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memory card (valued at $249 but selling at Amazon for $199) while supplies last. Terms are $0 down and $36/month over 24 months, said the Verizon website. Verizon is offering a waived activation fee to online customers and will credit up to $300 on a trade-in of select working devices for new activations only. AT&T Wireless gave an $879 retail price broken out to $0 down and $29.34 over 30 months to qualified buyers. It's offering a buy-one-get-one deal for the phone under its Next plan ($70 minimum data plan per month), with the second phone free after $695 in payments, said the website. Qualcomm, meanwhile, took credit for technologies in the Note7 in a news release Wednesday saying the phone uses the Snapdragon 820 processor with an integrated X12 LTE modem, Adreno 530 graphics processor, 680 DSP and Haven, which it called a “secure foundation” for iris scanning. The Snapdragon 820 supports 4K video capture and playback and support for slow motion video at 240 frames per second, Qualcomm said.