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AppleCare is what you get for the year, AppleCare+ is if you drop it/break it etc that also extends it to 2 years
 
I thought it extended it to 3 total years?
Nope it's just on top of the existing warranty. (2 years total)

You only get so many days of phone support (90 days I think) and 1 year of hardware defects included in the purchase of the phone.
 
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