Box for iPhone and iPad 50GB offer

Re:Box for iPhone and iPad 50GB offer by catinsocks on Sunday January 19, 2014 @12:37AM (#7083501)

I think they only offer such a large amount free because they don't allow you to store large files and that is what they want you to pay for.

Edit: you can see here maximum file size is 250mb without paying https://www.box.com/pricing/

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Re:Box for iPhone and iPad 50GB offer by jeffdavis on Sunday January 19, 2014 @01:13AM (#7083575)

"they don't allow you to store large files and that is what they want you to pay for...you can see here maximum file size is 250mb without paying"

I found that comment a bit jarring. Is 250MB file size max and 50GB total storage for free considered to be stingy now?

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Re:Box for iPhone and iPad 50GB offer by Dylan16807 on Sunday January 19, 2014 @01:20AM (#7083590)

The 50GB is irrelevant because we're talking about file size. And yes, 250MB is 'not large', in that it blocks super bulky video files.

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Re:Box for iPhone and iPad 50GB offer by morganherlocker on Sunday January 19, 2014 @01:44AM (#7083646)

I would venture to say that most people use dropbox and similar services for image sync. Sure people use it for all sorts of things, but I would bet that the majority is images.

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Re:Box for iPhone and iPad 50GB offer by jlgaddis on Sunday January 19, 2014 @03:12AM (#7083818)

Yep, I got 50 GB free a while back (I don't remember with/from what) so I planned to use it for backing stuff up. After I discovered that the file size limit was 250 MB I had to reconfigure things in order to split files at ~200 MB in size.

(See also the limits on monthly transfer.)

Now I just use Amazon Glacier and my "Box" is empty.

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