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Barclays Proposes Apple Could Lessen iPhone 8 Pricing Impact by Including Apple Music/iCloud Bundle

For the people who don't use iCloud, how do you backup your devices and how often? We have 2 phones and 2 iPads we backup automatically to the cloud with mostly pictures since we have a little one. 3 per month seems like a bargain.
 
I'm very sceptical. I don't think Apple needs to add extra insentive for them to sell all the units they're able to manufacture, even at the higher price point. The power of their brand is sufficient drive demand.

That being said, I would love for this to be true. Since i'm on a 24 month instalment plan that lets me upgrade every year, I'm expecting the new iPhone to be a $10/month increase over what I pay for my 128GB 7 Plus. I also pay for a single subscription of Apple Music and for 50GB on iCloud storage. So, if this offer IS true, I'll actually be paying less per month for the new iPhone X/Edition. Unfortunately, I don't think it's going to happen, IMHO.
 
I really don't know if they would do this but I hope not. I think it would feel a little ... 'grubby', for want of a better word.

I think it would make more sense with their other iPhones, that aren't the premium, luxury model. Or maybe they'll just do it across the board for all iOS devices as a tenth anniversary stunt.
 
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OldSchoolMacGuy said:
It's pathetic to buy the entry level phone. That's like going to buy a Porsche and looking for the one with zero options. A clear sign someone is spending outside their means and buying something they can't really afford.
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Conflating spending ability with dislike to sub-premium offering of a base phone? The phone is a premium phone and should start with premium specs. 64 gig is not premium in any way shape or form. You also may want to rethink your 'example' of the Porsche. A premium car wouldn't be considered a premium car if it had a five gallon gas tank.
 
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I always thought it was more likely that Apple would include AirPods with the iPhone Edition—if anything. I've also thought it would be a neat concept to bundle more free iCloud Storage with higher capacity tiers. If they do the 200GB thing, I'd like to know how that would work for people like me who have 2TB? Do I just pay $7/mo for my storage now? What about my family Apple Music Plan? $5/mo now?
 
Brilliant move if it happens...imagine the quarterly reports for Apple Music and iCloud sales tripling or even more (regardless if the iPhone buyers actually use the bundled services). Apple Music shoots to the TOP of highest "selling" music services! Of course, Apple will say included services are for NEW customers only so as to not lose income from those already paying...
 
timborama said:
**** that. I don't want Apple Music nor iCloud storage. Note 8 looking better and better.
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How does this rumor make the Note 8 look better...? Apple potentially giving customers something for free (even if you don’t need it) makes another smartphone appealing to you? How dare them!!

Rumor probablynisnt even true, so idk why it bothers you like that.
 
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A lot of complaining here. Let's understand the choices: either the phone costs $999 with nothing added, or it costs $999 with a few services bundled in.

You're gonna be paying a grand no matter what. Use the services or don't, but a cheaper phone or an alternative service is not happening.
 
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Chupa Chupa said:
By "lessen" they mean "saddle" consumers with costly features they don't want. If Apple includes Music or boosted iCloud accounts it won't be "complimentary." It will be padded into the price. The consumer who doesn't want these two items CAN ignore them but CAN'T avoid paying for them since it's bundled into the price. It's NOT like Apple is offering an OPTIONAL discounted Music and iCloud pricing to buyers as a "bonus". It's like the U2 deal -- here take this crap. We insist.

Obviously this is still a rumor but damn if it doesn't have the money grubbing stench of TC.
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This rumor 1) Potentially explains why analysts were going off knowledge of a higher cost iPhone to begin with. **Components didn't dictate a price that is $200-300 more than the previous iPhones** and 2) It could explain the difference of cost clearly, because the addition of :apple:Music and iCloud storage pretty much adds up to the additional cost the Edition was estimated to sell for. It also makes a lot more sense than just having a randomly high price, and somehow explaining that at keynote, without any reasoning aside from hardware upgrades.

Not to mention, this is a typical hyper profit focused move from Timmy, because it ties more into the services ecosystem.
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QCassidy352 said:
A lot of complaining here. Let's understand the choices: either the phone costs $999 with nothing added, or it costs $999 with a few services bundled in.

You're gonna be paying a grand no matter what. Use the services or don't, but a cheaper phone or an alternative service is not happening.
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How do you know it wouldn't have cost $800 before any decision was made. These talks about bundling could have been going on a while back, which is why the cost was predicted to be so high (note, it was only business analysts predicted the very high entry level cost). Component costs only increased by $60-80.
 
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ACST said:
Just give us something useful like free Applecare+, that would actually lessen the price impact.
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Can you just *imagine* the entitled snowflakes, if you gave all purchasers free AC+? The world would implode.
 
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Correct me if I'm wrong... but we've been expecting the price of the iPhone 8 to start at $1,000 anyway.

And this was before there was talk of "free" iCloud or Apple Music.

So if the phone is $1,000... and they did offer iCloud and Apple Music included... what would be the problem?

You don't have to take the offer.

But let me be the 94th person to say that I doubt Apple would even offer this in the first place. That's not their style. :)

Sidenote: I wish Apple would offer bundles for Apple Music and iCloud for those who pay for both. I see no reason to have two charges going to the same company each month or year.
 
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UnionVGF said:
Conflating spending ability with dislike to sub-premium offering of a base phone? The phone is a premium phone and should start with premium specs. 64 gig is not premium in any way shape or form. You also may want to rethink your 'example' of the Porsche. A premium car wouldn't be considered a premium car if it had a five gallon gas tank.
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For the majority of users 64GB is more than enough. With iCloud and other cloud applications, local file storage isn't an issue for most.

There's a reason the base storage model hasn't been a real problem for the vast majority of iPhone users (despite a small number complaining about it online). Looking at Apple's usage data, storage isn't a problem for most and 64GB will be more than enough for those getting the next iPhone too.
 
thejadedmonkey said:
Given that a phone is a necessity anymore, and they're so easy to break - They're definitely not Nokias - Apple is just going to have to face the fact that they've hit a price wall. $1100+ (including *just* a 2 year warranty) is just too much for a device that probably wont make it to the 3 year mark.
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1 year warranty, not two.
 
It'd be a smart move. Especially to increase Apple Music adoption when Apple is struggling to compete with services like Spotify. And I've always thought the 200 GB iCloud should be included with ALL new Mac, iPhone, and iPad purchases; offering a 5 GB free storage tier to someone who just spent thousands on a Mac is pathetic.

Will it happen though? Probably not. Since Tim Cook took over Apple has not been enthusiastic about increasing value-for-money with bundle deals, and refuses to even include a $9.99 dongle in the box of a $2,799 MacBook Pro as I mentioned in another thread.
 
psac said:
A big nope. I don't buy it. They don't need to give anything away for free, and it hasn't been their style.
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There's been exceptions. They were the first platform to make their desktop/laptop OS upgrades free. Remember when an OS upgrade cost $99+ ? Eventually, they made their iWork apps suite (Pages, Numbers, etc.) free.

I doubt they were being generous. It was likely a marketing strategy to encourage hardware purchases.
 
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Maybe if people start buying older gen phones. Maybe phone companies like apple might reconsider going back to lower tier price...
 
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