I don't think it's showing up right in Tapatalk then. Haha. Nice thread, man!
In the OP for SquareTrade, it mentions, "Finally, a $50 deductible applies to all claims".
This may not be entirely accurate. Unless they've changed their terms and aren't disclosing it fully on their site, they do state that "There is a $50 deductible for any accidental damage claim on an iPhone." (click on the "iphones & cellphones" menu item along the left hand "coverage details" section)
It's my understanding that if the damage is because of normal wear/tear (ie. home button not working, screen stops working, etc), there is no deductible.
I had my home button stop working (only about 50% of the time did it work) and I paid no deductible. They shipped overnight a replacement phone and I sent mine back to them.
We offer extended warranties for iPhones newly purchased in the past 90 days from any Apple-authorized retailer. We also offer coverage for any previously purchased, fully functional iPhones, regardless of age, through our "Warranty for iPhone" iPhone app.
Our iPhone warranty offers 2 years coverage against drops, spills and normal use failures.
Because we dont want there to be any surprises at claim time, we want to let you know there is a $50 deductible for all accidental damage claims, payable when the claim is filed.* Any claim that's not related to accidental damage doesn't have a deductible. *
That's referring to the standard AC warranty included with all iPhones, which doesn't cover accidental damage, NOT AC+ which does cover accidental damage and which this thread is discussing. (I believe, but be sure to let me know if this is incorrect.)
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It took a little digging on their site's FAQ, but I did discover that you are correct. I'll be adding the following to the OP shortly:
Now I'm confused. First of all, I thought Apple Care was Apple Care. Are there different kinds of Apple Care Protections Plans?
Secondly, I think you're quoting Square Trade?
I just thought that the first year was just called the manufacturer's warrantee and AppleCare was the extended warranty.
Got it.
Great thread. I have been trying to figure out which warranty I should get for the past couple of days and this really helped, thanks!
So I'm definitely going to get Applecare+ when I get the iPhone 5. Does anyone think it's wise to get another third party insurance that covers lost and theft?
I'm currently on a pre-paid plan with Boost and I'm going to switch over to Verizon once the pre-order is live. From past experiences with carriers I've lost phones and I just want to have a backup plan just in case instead of paying the full price for another phone if I do lose it. Any advice?
From the way I understand it, I pay $99 for applecare. Say my future iPhone breaks, and I would have to pay $150 for a replacement (refurbished).
No. I don't know where you get the $150.
You should note that the AppleCare+ does battery replacements for free for the two years, normally like $79+service fee (not sure about the others, but sounds like SquareTrade will do this too if they cover wear and tear with no deductible?)....
Happy to help. Which one do you think you're going to end up with?
Before reading this, was going to get Best Buy, but now I just think it's too expensive. I'll probably get AppleCare+ but might hold off for a month or so (I think this is allowed?) and buy it later.
Does the $199 Apple charges for Out of Warranty Replacement give you a phone with the same storage you previously had? On the Apple website, it seems to indicate that the replacement phone would be 16 or 32 GB. I'm probably going to get a 64 GB version. This would make a huge difference for me, in getting a Warranty or not.