It is more expensive to get the individual bundle than it is to pay for the services individually.
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Apple One Service Bundles Set to Launch Tomorrow, Fitness+ Coming This Quarter
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No Premier for me until Fitness+ releases. They shouldn't even offer Premier until it's ready, or at least discount it.
I paid in advance for a year of Apple Music and pay like $2.99 a month for iCloud storage but I would consider it when that expires. $30 a month is steep unless you really are sharing with multiple people.
If I get an Apple Watch, I might look into a trial of Fitness+
Otherwise, I am good at the moment.
Otherwise, I am good at the moment.
Which they won't do since they are clearly bundling services that don't really sell with others that do.
do I want ESPN or other stupid sports programs? No. But I'll keep getting charged for them if I sub to normal cable.
For the people with fuzzy math.
If your family currently uses Apple Music and needs 2 TB of iCloud storage, for those two services alone you will be paying $25 monthly. For just $5 extra, Apple One Premier gives you Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, Apple News+, and Apple Fitness+. It appears to be a very aggressive deal. (And if you are in the US, you can use the Apple Card to get an additional 3% cashback.) -- 9to5
If your family currently uses Apple Music and needs 2 TB of iCloud storage, for those two services alone you will be paying $25 monthly. For just $5 extra, Apple One Premier gives you Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, Apple News+, and Apple Fitness+. It appears to be a very aggressive deal. (And if you are in the US, you can use the Apple Card to get an additional 3% cashback.) -- 9to5
I already have the family plan for Apple Music, which I use often... if content on Apple TV+ and Arcade are compelling enough, I might bite... I hear good things about Ted Lasso.... but I have this urge to assume the service is likely underwhelming compared to HBO's great content. Any gem shows that can stand up to Boardwalk Empire, Deadwood, Rome, Chernobyl?
Apple TV+ hasn’t been worth the 1 show and 1 movie I’ve watched on it. No reason, none, to keep it.
Apple Music isn’t worth it when I pay $55 a year for Sirius XM and Pandora combo. So $4 something a month instead of $14.99 a month. Hmmm no brainer.
Apple Music isn’t worth it when I pay $55 a year for Sirius XM and Pandora combo. So $4 something a month instead of $14.99 a month. Hmmm no brainer.
Not touching this until Apple explains how it will work for long-time Apple users who have TWO Apple IDs. I have an Apple ID for iTunes and App Store Purchases and then a separate Apple ID for iCloud.
How can one Apple One plan work for users who have multiple Apple IDs?
How can one Apple One plan work for users who have multiple Apple IDs?
Silly and pointless reply.
I’ll listen to music, play some games and watch whatever becomes available. My mother will have all the music she wants. The little ones will have music and games.
I’m a person who likes to pay for movies and always will. I was one of those people who were buying VHS movies for $40 in the 80s.
If anyone thinks $20 is too much for so much content then that’s really cheap and beggarly ungrateful spoilt way of seeing life. People like that should have been taught ethics by their parents.
I'm so happy about this! Definitely going for the higher tier. There seems to be a good amount of value offered for the price and I'm looking forward to Apple fitness later on. 😃
Exactly.
iCloud and Music are the backbones of the entire thing. Bundling the other 4 services is just their way of getting customers to commit to spending that extra $5-10 per month. It’s great value if you used all of those services anyway, but if you didn’t, “it’s only $7 more dollars!”. That may be enough to entice some people to spend that little bit extra. 🤷🏻♂️
This is awesome timing. My wife just asked me when we could get Apple News+ again (we had a 3 month trial), and I mentioned we would upgrade to the new Premier plan once it launched. I’m already paying $25 for Music (Family Sharing) and 2TB of storage, so this will be a good extra $5 spent to get News+ and ATV+, and we’ll get to test Fitness+ too.
They've confirmed you will be fine. Everyone in our family has two apple ID's and I've noticed in recent days if you check your settings it lists both under settings per person. One for Apple ID and one for "purchases". You've been able to do this for a bit but they've made it more obvious.
@arn or whoever - this might be worth a new article. Check out your family settings and click on someone's name with two ID's and you'll see both show up now.
older support article but this is how you make sure it is set up properly: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207937
I suppose I will wait to subscribe. I paid for a whole year of Apple Music and it doesn't run out until 8/2/2021, My free year of Apple TV+ is good til 8/6/2021, and I have a free trial of Apple News that's good til 1/8/2021. I also pay for 2 TB of I cloud as well. I don't really care about News, Fitness, or Arcade, but I have to have the 2 TB for HomeKit Secure Video.
So if you sign up for Apple One does Apple cancel things you’re currently paying for or do you have to cancel them yourself?
I don’t see how the two are connected? It’s a promo from Verizon. You’d have to ask them what happens. Maybe they’ll offer a discount on Apple One?
What is the holdup with Fitness+??? Why launch this with one component missing? Grrrrrr
Quick cash. Without delivering the most valuable product in the bundle. 🤦♂️
I wonder if customers who just bought a new Apple product and got a free year of Apple TV+, like all those iPhone 12 buyers right now, get some kind of discount for Apple One.
I'm on £14.99 for family music and £6.99 for 2TB storage so will prob get the premium family. Have they just replaced the $ with £ for the UK?
I assume you have the VZW unlimited plan that includes Disney+/Hulu/ESPN and Apple Music for $10 more per month than an identical plan without. Even if you kept the plan the same you're still getting the Disney+ bundle for $3 less per month than normal. Plus you can share the Apple One plan with family members who can help split the cost.
Few thoughts.
- Apple One Individual ($14.95) getting only 50GB iCloud and Apple One Family ($19.95) getting only 200GB iCloud is a joke. $10 more for 2TB essentially bumps them toward Apple One Premier ($29.95) tier. Apple should encourage users to store all their data and photos in the cloud, not only for security, peace of mind, and easier support, but because it also locks in customers to the platform. Apple should offer another $14.99 Apple One tier with 2TB storage (and iTunes Match) in lieu of Apple Music.
- Apple should consider offering yearly discounted pricing. As it stands, Apple One Individual is only $31.46 cheaper than Apple Music Individual (1 Year) + Apple TV+ (1 Year) + Apple Arcade (1 Year) pricing.
- Some folks have free trial (e.g., 1-year Apple TV+, 3-month Fitness+, or 3-month Apple Arcade through qualifying purchase) or have free Apple service through wireless providers (e.g., Verizon with free Apple Music Individual). Apple should compensate them by lowering Apple One subscription at full retail value (e.g., $9.99 off each month if you have Apple Music Individual through Verizon).