Apple Care or AT&T Insurance?

[ShawnTXDFW]

I haven't even gotten my iPad Pro yet. But just curious as to which is better and why. I have had Apple products since the iPhone 3G and have never had Apple care. Nor AT&T insurance for that matter. That being said I'm really thinking about putting it on the Pro. Just need some feedback. Anything would be greatly appreciated.

 

[tekchic]

AT&T at least for cellphones has a $199 deductible. It's only $49 (or $59?) for AppleCare+. I'd go AppleCare+ if the choice is between those two.

 

[iceman42]

i would get applecare+.it pays for its self if you call applecare a couple of times a year

 

[gvndeb60]

Check the deductible for AppleCare for the iPad Pro. If the deductibles are close(and they might be as the new iPhone deductibles went up this year) I would vote for AT&T insurance bc that covers loss as well. I prefer dealing strictly with Apple but from a money perspective AT&T might be cheaper when you also consider no upfront cost versus the $99 or higher cost of AppleCare up front.

 

[gvndeb60]

Never mind, AppleCare is $99 upfront and only $49 per incident. AT&T deductible is $199 and it is $6.99 monthly. So unless you are scared of losing it or it getting stolen, I'd go AppleCare.
Also look up SquareTrade.

 

[JT2002TJ]

I did AppleCare AND insureappleiphone on my IPP. AppleCare for everything non loss/stolen, and will use insureappleiphone if the iPP is stolen/lost. I commute to Manhattan daily on mass transit, so it significantly increases the chances of theft/loss.

 

[Fuchal]

Applecare. Reason: Express Replacement

 

[akuma13]

I did AppleCare AND insureappleiphone on my IPP. AppleCare for everything non loss/stolen, and will use insureappleiphone if the iPP is stolen/lost. I commute to Manhattan daily on mass transit, so it significantly increases the chances of theft/loss.

Searching the forum, I'm not hearing good things about this company.

 

[ucfgrad93]

I'd definitely go with AppleCare.

 

[veryangrybirds]

I agree with most of the people here. AppleCare is the best way to go.

 

[JT2002TJ]

Searching the forum, I'm not hearing good things about this company.

I have them for 4 phones, and 2 ipads (I also have AppleCare+ on the IPP). I have not had to use it yet, but I wanted something that covered theft and loss. So, I may be back one day to eat crow, but I have had them since 2010.

 

[MTShipp]

Throwing Squaretrade into the mix.

They have a few options for the iPad Pro; $49 deductible, 2 year coverage for $85 or $0 deductible, 2 year coverage for $99. They also offer 3 year coverage for a bit more.

I've used Squaretrade for one of my iPhones and they allowed me to carry it to the Apple store for them to fix and I had my reimbursement in 2 days.