Microsoft Announces Special OneDrive And Office 365 Pricing For New Lumia Devices In India

Along with the launch of Lumia 535 device in India, Microsoft also announced two special offers on OneDrive and Office 365 for new consumers across all Lumia smartphones.All new Windows Phone 8 based Lumia devices will have an option to upgrade their OneDrive storage to 1TB for a special price of Rs. 799($11) per annum. Also, Office 365 Home Premium will be available at an unbeatable price of Rs. 2499 ($40) per annum. With Office 365 Home 1-year subscription, you get the following benefits.

• 1 year subscription includes the latest full Microsoft Office applications
• Share your subscription with up to four members of your household
• Office on 5 PCs or Macs plus five iPads or Windows tablets
• Easily access your docs with Office Mobile apps for iPhones, Android, and Windows phones
• 1TB OneDrive storage per user, for up to 5 users
• Call phones in over 60 countries with 60 minutes of Skype calls per month

Without this Lumia offer, Office 365 costs Rs.4,199.00 per year and OneDrive 1TB costs more than Rs.2000. I guess this is a great deal for consumers in India. Apart from the above, Lumia 535 device alone comes with the following offers,

• All Lumia 535 owners on Vodafone subscriptions will get to enjoy 500 MB data internet pack per month, free of cost for 2 months. The offer is applicable for subscribers currently not active on internet packs. Subscribers can use internet on 3G / 2G / EDGE as per availability
• Online shoppers can use the Windows Phone Jabong app on their Lumia 535 and get a total of Rs. 6000 off on their purchase over a period of 3 months
• Paytm, India’s largest mobile payments service will offer Rs. 600 worth of extra charge on any recharge [@ Rs. 150 pm over 4mths]
• eBooks worth Rs. 1,500 free on Flipkart ebooks
• 2 months of BoxTv subscription worth Rs 720 absolutely free

Source: Microsoft