iPhone warranty question

boomhower said:

I bought my iPhone 5 in October of 2012. My power button has went on the fritz so for giggles I checked the warranty and it's valid though 2/14. Certainly a pleasant surprise but I thought it was only a year? Anyways I'm a happy camper I got a refurb on the way to get me through until the 6 is released.

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You bought apple care. Thats two years from date of purchase

The standard warranty is only a year. Apple probably made a mistake and started the warrant late?

Apple made no mistake you got extra due to the holiday period exception

Gav2k said:

Apple made no mistake you got extra due to the holiday period exception

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Nope - you don't get extra warranty because of holidays!

Sometimes they make mistakes. If there was a system error/the warranty didn't register when you first bought/activate it, the warranty will start on the next software update/activation. So my guess is the activation didn't go through properly, and you reinstalled iOS/did an update a few months later which triggered a reactivation, and thus the warranty to start.

Brian Y said:

Nope - you don't get extra warranty because of holidays!

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Correct. Extended returns, perhaps extended time to get extended warranty. But that's it

You can run into such things if you get a swap as well. All service parts get a 60-90 day warranty of their own regardless of the original period.

Gav2k said:

Apple made no mistake you got extra due to the holiday period exception

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charlituna said:

Correct. Extended returns, perhaps extended time to get extended warranty. But that's it

You can run into such things if you get a swap as well. All service parts get a 60-90 day warranty of their own regardless of the original period.

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Bought and received my iPhone 5 right during the Christmas period in 2012 and yet my 1-year warranty shows up as already being expired.