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AppleCare+ Can Now be Purchased Up to One Year After Buying an iPhone
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Pleased by this. I decided to keep my 6s
Plus for two years (first time ever) and would have gladly paid for Apple care at that point. I'm expecting the phone will need a new battery sometime around that two year mark anyway.
Plus for two years (first time ever) and would have gladly paid for Apple care at that point. I'm expecting the phone will need a new battery sometime around that two year mark anyway.
If Apple could only remove the AC+ from their upgrade program (therefore lower the monthly cost) I would be all over it. I see no reasons for AC+ knowing that I would be getting a new device every single year anyway.
Awesome. I bought my SE back in September and opted to not buy Apple Care. Glad I'll get a second chance at it, which will be nice to have if Apple doesn't refresh the SE anytime soo
I just checked my 6s bought in Canada in September 2016, and it's elgible
iPhone 6s
Serial Number: FK1QCCK*****
Eligible for AppleCare+
Get AppleCare+ for up to two years of expert telephone technical support and additional hardware service coverage from your iPhone purchase date, including up to two incidents of accidental damage.
Valid Purchase Date
A validated purchase date lets Apple quickly find your product and provide the help you need.
Telephone Technical Support: Expired
You are eligible to purchase telephone technical support from an Apple Advisor.
Contact Apple Support
Repairs and Service Coverage: Active
Your product is covered for eligible hardware repairs and service under Apple's Limited Warranty.
Estimated Expiration Date: September 8, 2017
No that isn't how it works. The AC+ expiration date is based on the initial activation date of the phone. It doesn't matter when you purchase the AC+.
I can't imagine they would be that concerned seeing how you'd be shelling out $129 + $29 deductible for that screen repair. Most people would go to a 3rd party place and save money, the ones who don't Apple still makes a profit on anyway.
Yes.
Whether that's for purchases after this week or prior is the next question.
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You may find otherwise.
I just checked the Amsterdam Apple site - a 32GB iPhone 7 with the VAT in your country is 879 euros. That is $945. An 32GB iPhone 7 is $690 with sales tax where I live.
So you see, that 3 year warranty isn't free.
AC+ covers accidental damage and includes 2 years of technical support.
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Would that affect touch id if it was a 3rd party repair at a non-Apple certified repair shop?
I think you're missing a key difference between these products.
Apple Care for Macs cover only hardware defect not cover accidental damage, while AppleCare+ for mobile devices covers accidental damage from day 1.
Since the iPhone never had included accidental damage, you had to choose it up front. Yes AppleCare+ for mobile ALSO extends hardware coverage by 1 year but this difference made for a previously explainable separate set of rules.
The way it initially worked is that you had 30 days to add AC+ and 1 year to add AC. AC+ was $99 and both extended the warranty by 1 year and included 2 accidental damage claims. AC was $79 and it merely extended the warranty by 1 year.
Working in a phone store (in Australia) we sell "insurance", the amount of people who don't take it then have to pay $1000+ to payout their plan is laughable. When insurance is $10-$15 per month.
Why would they pay $1,000 to get out of their plan because they have a broken phone when they could just pay maybe a couple hundred and get their phone fixed?
Not until you actually select to buy the AppleCare+ and select your country. Then you will be ineligible.
Because then this guy/gal and their store get to sell more phones!
also; $15 per month over a 2 year contract would be $360. I'm pretty sure the number of people "stung" by not paying for insurance is an order of magnitude lower than 33% of the population.
Has anyone successfully purchased AppleCare+ for iPhone 7 Plus outside the 60 day window? I purchased mine in September last year. I went to checkcoverage.apple.com, which shows a yellow exclamation mark next to "Eligible for AppleCare+." I clicked "Learn more and buy now," which takes me to the AppleCare+ purchase page. I clicked Buy, which redirects me to https://agreements.apple.com/us/en/sales/purchase?d=0 but that page is blank.
I just chatted with Apple and asked about this, and the rep said I can't purchase because I bought the phone more than 60 days ago. I pointed him to this MacRumors page, and he told me this is not an Apple website (duh..) and that the policy hasn't changed.
I just chatted with Apple and asked about this, and the rep said I can't purchase because I bought the phone more than 60 days ago. I pointed him to this MacRumors page, and he told me this is not an Apple website (duh..) and that the policy hasn't changed.
Don't be salty, This is just completely untrue. Someone who is prone to dropping their device would benefit from having two screen repairs for $29 each instead of 169 each time. Or how about getting those cables or headphones replaced when they start to wear? I'm not usually big on warranties, but this is Good coverage here and has helped MANY people.