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AppleCare+ Can Now be Purchased Up to One Year After Buying an iPhone

BasicGreatGuy said:
It would have been nice to have the extra months added to my AC+ now. I know that that won't happen, though. That would have put me into 2019 for coverage, instead of the end of 2018.
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It doesn't work like that. It doesn't extend your warranty 2 years. It extends your warrant TO 2 years after phone purchase date. If you bought your phone with AC+ in January 2017, your warranty would end in January 2019. If you bought your phone without AC+ in January 2017 and added AC+ in December 2017, your warranty would still end in January 2019.
 
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BasicGreatGuy said:
It would have been nice to have the extra months added to my AC+ now. I know that that won't happen, though. That would have put me into 2019 for coverage, instead of the end of 2018.
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Nope. 2 years from purchase of the device. So it wouldn't matter when you purchased AC+. Additionally, if you intend to purchase AC+ it would be foolish to intentionally wait x months, because then your iPhone would be uninsured during that time.

Bradleykent5280 said:
[doublepost=1489782781][/doublepost]I can't wait for someone on here to show up and frame this as something bad.
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I wouldn't say this is "bad" per say, but I don't understand why people are lauding this as something fantastic. All this does is allows someone to buy as little as 1 year insurance on an iPhone. If I were Apple I would allow people to purchase AC+ all the way until 1 year and 364 days. A device inspection is required and the policy only lasts until 2 years from device purchase and the shorter the insured time the less likely a person will have 1, let alone 2, damages. Again, it's not evil, but I find it more of a rip off than AC+ already is.
 
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Personally I thought it was consumer law in the UK that you can buy an extended warranty at any time in the first 12 months of ownership from new, plenty of stores offer it. It's nothing special or new that's for sure. But this is good for America where you only seem to get 3 months warranty.
Then again extended warranties can be a rip off and consumer law again protects you.
 
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Channan said:
It doesn't work like that. It doesn't extend your warranty 2 years. It extends your warrant TO 2 years after phone purchase date. If you bought your phone with AC+ in January 2017, your warranty would end in January 2019. If you bought your phone without AC+ in January 2017 and added AC+ in December 2017, your warranty would still end in January 2019.
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So happy we have an European law covering warranty for at least three years. Apple was forced to write this on their website by a ruling. They're well aware of our law but still try to sell the expensive Apple care.
 
Channan said:
It doesn't work like that. It doesn't extend your warranty 2 years. It extends your warrant TO 2 years after purchase date. If you bought your phone with AC+ in January 2017, your warranty would end in January 2019. If you bought your phone without AC+ in January 2017 and added AC+ in December 2017, your warranty would still end in January 2019.
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I understand all that. You misunderstood what I was conveying (probably my fault there).

*Nevermind what I wrote. I was wrong in what I said, as shown by others.

I am not complaining mind you. I was just opining in a fanciful manner.
 
BasicGreatGuy said:
I understand all that. You misunderstood what I was conveying (probably my fault there).

I purchased AC+ for my iPhone 7+ on 12/11/16. If the new policy had been in place then, I would not have purchased said care for a year. Give that I did so on the date I did due to the policy at that time, it would have been nice (although not realistic) to have the extra months added to my current warranty of AC+.

I am not complaining mind you. I was just opining in a fanciful manner.
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Yeah then I don't understand what you mean by extra months added to your current warranty. There are no extra months. No matter how long after buying an iPhone that you purchase AC+, your warranty is going to end on the same day.

Whatever day your warranty ends right now with you buying AC+ in December, even if you bought it right now, it would still end on the same day.

If you're going to get AC+ regardless, it's much better to get it ASAP so you don't go longer without having accident protection.
 
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Channan said:
Yeah then I don't understand what you mean by extra months added to your current warranty. There are no extra months. No matter how long after buying an iPhone that you purchase AC+, your warranty is going to end on the same day.
Whatever day your warranty ends right now with you buying AC+ in December, even if you bought it right now, it would still end on the same day.
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You're beating a dead horse since BasicGreatGuy was only musing aloud.
In the original post he mentioned there are no extra months, he just said it'd be nice if that's how it worked lol. jeez.

I agree, too bad it doesn't work like that though, I'd go to the last minute ;)
 
Bradleykent5280 said:
[doublepost=1489782781][/doublepost]I can't wait for someone on here to show up and frame this as something bad.
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This isn't bad. It's not good either. It's a neutral decision. If anyone is going to get Applecare, the best bang for the buck is to get it when you get your phone. Purchasing a year later still only gets you the same amount of coverage. You either purchase 2 years of coverage for $129 or you purchase 1 year of coverage for $129. You haven't saved any money.

If the fee was prorated based on time from purchase, THAT would be something good. This is neutral at best.
 
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apolloa said:
Personally I thought it was consumer law in the UK that you can buy an extended warranty at any time in the first 12 months of ownership from new, plenty of stores offer it. It's nothing special or new that's for sure. But this is good for America where you only seem to get 3 months warranty.
Then again extended warranties can be a rip off and consumer law again protects you.
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It's still a 1 year manufacturers warranty in the US. AC+ extends it to a second year, and also adds cheaper accidental damage repair fees.
 
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BasicGreatGuy said:
It would have been nice to have the extra months added to my AC+ now. I know that that won't happen, though. That would have put me into 2019 for coverage, instead of the end of 2018.
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Edit since others already clarified how it works. However regarding your thought process, it would be nice if the 2 yrs started at AC purchase time. THAT would be a good option.
 
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yanki01 said:
apple hasn't updated to see the terms but interested to know what if someone gets a replacement within a year? I've had one on my 4, 5 and 6. wife has on her 5s and 6. could we still be able to purchase apple care for the replacement device?
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Not eligible for Genius Bar swapped phones.
And within 364 days of original purchase date.
 
What a pleasant surprise? It makes sense to add it earlier on though if your intent is to have a protection plan, assuming you can afford it from the original purchase.
 
Mascots said:
You're beating a dead horse since BasicGreatGuy was only musing aloud.
In the original post he mentioned there are no extra months, he just said it'd be nice if that's how it worked lol. jeez.

I agree, too bad it doesn't work like that though, I'd go to the last minute ;)
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Just to continue the beating, in his original post he actually wished it was retroactive since he already purchased it a few months ago (I'm honestly not even sure what he was intending to mean by that...)

But why would you wait till the last minute? o_O All that does is not insure you for the first year and not get any sort of pro-rated discount for the second year. So you're at risk for 12 months and then even assuming you didn't incur any damage in the first year you can only buy 1 year of insurance for the cost of 2 year insurance... :confused: Sound terrible to me Edit: whoops I confused myself on what you had meant. I got carried away, but my first point still stands that you'd go 1 year at risk without insurance.
 
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Mascots said:
You're beating a dead horse since BasicGreatGuy was only musing aloud.
In the original post he mentioned there are no extra months, he just said it'd be nice if that's how it worked lol. jeez.

I agree, too bad it doesn't work like that though, I'd go to the last minute ;)
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No, he said he wishes this policy was in place when he bought AC+ so he could have waited to buy it and got extra months added to his warranty.
 
Can you buy it on replacement devices? Meaning if I already got a warranty replacement, will they let me buy AC+?[/QUOTE]

Typically the purchase date of the original device is what decides this. When you get a replacement it's not considered a purchase by Apple, if the purchase date of your original iPhone was less than a year ago then you could buy AC+ on your replacement.
 
senseless said:
Insuring a $400 device for $99 AND a co-pay just seems a little silly to me.
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I agree with you, however my iPhone cost $949 so IMO Apple needs to sell different levels of AC+ with different costs based on the value or initial purchase price of your iPhone.

I still don't buy AC+ though - I'd rather "self insure" by setting aside money in the event I need to repair or replace my iPhone. I consider my iPhone a daily driver that's going to be up for replacement every 2-3 years, so AC+ seems silly to me considering if I have one "incident" I'm still probably paying less for repair if I don't just decide to replace it (depending on how old it is).
 
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Swazaloo said:
In the long run, it's always cheaper to pay WHEN something breaks, not IF something breaks. There's a reason these warranties exist, and it's not to help you.
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As a developer doing some automation and UI testing, I disagree. For us, at least ^^
 
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