Doesnt matter they sell extra on site warrenty, wich is something different.
The apple warranty is the one you already have, its in fact paying twice for the same. APple if they want can sell the same on site warrenty without a problem.
Doesn't matter, because Dell sells longer (2 year) warranty without telling people that they may have the right to a free repair anyway. That's the whole argument between Italy and Apple: When Apple sells Apple Care, the customer should be told exactly what they are paying for, and they are paying for the difference between their rights through standard manufacturer's warranty plus consumer rights on one side, and Apple Care on the other side.
The same applies to Dell, you get manufacturer's warranty automatically, and then you can buy for extended warranty. Many people will not care for the "on site" part but just want the extra time, and they get cheated. What I can't quite understand is why you are defending Dell here, who is clearly acting worse than Apple, but apparently nobody in Italy cares. Or they do care, but any fines against Dell don't make the news. Which is also quite possible.
The 2 year is the minimum period for a warranty in every european state, so when a device gets broken in this time the company has to replace it, privided it was not the customers fault it went broken.
You need to be a bit more precise.
If you buy an iPhone, and three days later some thug grabs your phone, throws it hard on the ground, and smashes it, that is clearly not the customer's fault, but Apple is clearly under no obligation to replace it. The _seller_ (not the manufacturer) has to fix it if the fault _was present_ when you received the device ("fault" means "badly made", not doesn't work. A part designed to work for three years that is badly manufactured and therefore breaks after 15 months is faulty from day one). And there is the small detail that after more than six months the customer has to prove the fault was there.
You don't have the right to a replacement; the device can be repaired, and if it can't be repaired, you can get your money back with possibly a deduction for the use that you had.
Calling your consumer rights "warranty" is very, very misleading. "Warranty" is what a company gives you voluntarily. It is totally independent of your statutory rights that you have as a consumer against the seller. That is always confusing people.
And a very important point: Who is "the company" that you are talking about? If you go to an Apple Store and buy an iPad and an Epson printer, and then you go to PCWorld and buy a Mac Mini and a Samsung monitor, who is "the company"? In this situation, Apple, Epson and Samsung will be each giving you some amount of manufacturer's warranty. Completely voluntarily. On the other hand, the Apple Store and the PCWorld store are responsible for your statutory rights.
This doesn't make sense. If their countries have a national law that states all products have 2 year warranties, then what does Apple need to advertise? Everyone should already know it's law that ALL their products have 2 year warranties.
It's more complicated than that, but not much. First, Apple doesn't have to give any warranty. The _seller_ of a product on the other hand is responsible that products are useful for a reasonable time. And you are supposed to know that as a consumer. The problem is selling extended warranties or Apple Care. Apple Care doesn't actually give you three years warranty: It gives you three years warranty, minus whatever rights you had anyway. Therefore a company must tell customers about their rights _when they sell additional warranty or Apple Care_. (I don't know if they do it, but for exactly the same reason companies selling insurance for your phone should probably tell you that your phone might be covered by your home insurance, by travel insurance etc. )
