Apple Prepping All-in Subscription Bundle for October

Appleā€™s long-expected bundling of all of its consumer subscription services is reportedly called Apple One and could arrive in October.

Thatā€™s according to a report from the reliable Mark Gurman in Bloomberg, anyway. Citing multiple sources, he says that the consumer electronics giant will offer different tiers of the service at different price points, and each with its own set of bundled Apple subscription services.

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The most basic Apple One package will include just Apple Music and Apple TV+. The next tier up will add Apple Arcade, and then the next tier after that will add Apple News+. The most expensive tier will include all of those services plus extra iCloud storage and should, by my own back-of-the-napkin math match or exceed the average monthly cost of an iPhone. (Bloomberg theorizes that the most expensive package would be about $40 per month.) Each package would work with Appleā€™s Family Sharing system, meaning that each would provide access to up to six people per service.

Whatever tiers Apple goes with, the plan is obvious enough: Any bundling of services should cost less than paying for the individual services. So that basic tier, which combines Apple Music and Apple TV+, should cost less than $15 per month. My guess is it will land in the $12 to $12.50 range.

Bloomberg also notes that Apple is developing a new virtual fitness class subscription service, codenamed ā€œSeymour.ā€ It will be accessed via an app on iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV.

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  • j5

    Premium Member
    13 August, 2020 - 10:09 am

    <p>I would definitely subscribe to this bundled service. I'm already paying for iCloud backup and Apple TV.</p>

  • oscar999

    13 August, 2020 - 10:20 am

    <p>Apple One? Really?</p>

  • jbinaz

    13 August, 2020 - 10:27 am

    <p>Being able to charge for services like this will give them a way to replace the revenue they lose when they start easing back on the 30% vig (because they'll most likely be forced to). </p>

    • BigM72

      13 August, 2020 - 12:02 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#561191">In reply to jbinaz:</a></em></blockquote><p>They could make potentially more if they ease off on the 30% vig, developers stop using workarounds.</p>

  • JH_Radio

    Premium Member
    13 August, 2020 - 10:29 am

    <p>I only care about Apple news Plus. I will never use any of the other services other then iCloud storage, which I pay for. </p>

    • ejuly

      13 August, 2020 - 11:18 am

      <blockquote><a href="#561195"><em>In reply to JH_Radio:</em></a><em> Finally I have found someone who gets </em>&nbsp;Apple news Plus. I did it the first couple of months and thought it was nothing special; can you tell me how it has changed.</blockquote><p><br></p>

      • SvenJ

        13 August, 2020 - 4:40 pm

        <blockquote><a href="#561203"><em>In reply to ejuly:</em></a><em> </em>I'm in the same boat. I got News+ at the preview and dropped it after about a week. My biggest irritant with Apple News is the number of featured articles in their e-mail blast are behind a paywall. My biggest irritant with News + was that didn't change remarkably. I didn't expect any articles they featured to not be available. Has it changed?</blockquote><p><br></p>

  • cavalier_eternal

    13 August, 2020 - 10:44 am

    <p>The math there seems off. If the bundle is going to family sharing based wouldn't you start with the Apple Music family plan at 14.99 and Apple TV+ at 4.99?</p><p><br></p><p>The fitness thing sounds most interesting personally. </p>

  • yoshi

    Premium Member
    13 August, 2020 - 11:06 am

    <p>They should call it… iSub.</p><p><br></p><p>I'll just see myself out.</p>

    • cavalier_eternal

      13 August, 2020 - 11:39 am

      <blockquote><em><a href="#561198">In reply to yoshi:</a></em></blockquote><p>iSub was an actual product by Harmon Kardon. It was subwoofer add-on for iMacs in like 2000. </p>

  • cavalier_eternal

    13 August, 2020 - 11:10 am

    <blockquote><em><a href="#561197">In reply to pecosbob04:</a></em></blockquote><p>I looked at the Apple website and it said 1 yr free with a new device otherwise a 7 day free trial and then 4.99 per month after. No mention of 9.99. </p>

  • BigM72

    13 August, 2020 - 12:10 pm

    <p>It'll be frustrating if the bundle increase is linear vs pick-what-you-want and out pops the relevant price because different things matter to different people.</p><p><br></p><p>Whilst everyone wants iCloud, I'm one of the odd few who probably start with Apple News+ and then have varying interest in Music, TV and Gaming (i.e. my "flavour of the month" interest changes).</p><p><br></p><p>Curious if bundles will still be month-to-month or will require a longer term commitment.</p>

  • dftf

    13 August, 2020 - 3:13 pm

    <p>They missed the opportunity to call it "Apple Core" then…</p>

  • Saarek

    13 August, 2020 - 3:45 pm

    <p>I'd hoped for a pick and mix bundle. I personally have no interest whatsoever in Apple Arcade, but I could possible be tempted by Apple News+</p><p><br></p><p>Will have to see what they actually come out with, but I can see myself taking advantage of a bundle offer if the price is right.</p>

    • mikegalos

      13 August, 2020 - 5:16 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#561265">In reply to Saarek:</a></em></blockquote><p>The profit in a bundle is getting you to pay for services you wouldn't otherwise buy.</p>

  • winbookxl2

    Premium Member
    14 August, 2020 - 12:02 am

    <p>I hope they do this with the pro apps like Adobe with Final Cut Pro X and all the other pro apps they offer. </p>

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