Those who like to keep their phone nice for re-sale & don't like blowing $180 on an AppleCare+ replacement do.
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Do You Remove Your Case To Admire Your iPhone?
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Those who like to keep their phone nice for re-sale & don't like blowing $180 on an AppleCare+ replacement do.
So do these same people who rely on Applecare to 'protect' their phones rely on their auto insurance to protect their cars from their own carelessness or stupidity?
Maybe both?
It's not like you could simply put a protective case on a car to protect it from a 65mph crash. With iPhones you can and that's why for some people it makes the AppleCare insurance cost a 'waste' compared to simply buying a $15 case to keep it in.
True, but the analogy I was trying to make was that relying on Applecare to protect your phone is akin to relying on car insurance to protect your car from swirl marks or UV damage to the paint instead of simply applying a protective film or even just waxing/polishing the car regularly.
Before 3 years, Apple replaces the device with a new one if the the sleep or home button wears out. Although, if the screen is damaged you still have to pay $79. Without AppleCare+, they'll replace the device for worn buttons for free within your 1 year warranty
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And you're well off like Seinfeld.
I understand that, but that still doesn't answer my question.
If you end up in the position where you have to make an Applecare claim to get your phone repaired/replaced, it's already damaged. If you had a case on it, there's a possibility that damage could have been prevented in the first place.
Yes Applecare is a good thing, but it doesn't protect your phone from physical damage, accidental or otherwise. It just makes it cheaper to repair.
They don't care if the device gets damaged because AppleCare+ will give them another one. Also, typical cases don't protect from water damage.
Yes, the phone is beautiful caseless. But it gets dinged up and scratched without one.
Not if you have any sense. But I can see where that would leave most macrumors users.
3 years?
Can anyone else confirm this for the U.S.? I thought it was 1-year warranty and after that you are on your own.
Not for free.
Neither does Applecare. Applecare may provide an easier, less costly path to replacement in case of water damage, but an iPhone with Applecare is no more waterproof than one without Applecare.
3 years?
Can anyone else confirm this for the U.S.? I thought it was 1-year warranty and after that you are on your own.
3 years with AppleCare+, 1 without.
Pretty sure in the U.S. that AppleCare+ only gives you 1 extra year of warranty (beyond the year of warranty you already have) for a total of 2 years, not 3.
The points are:
- water damage without AppleCare+, buy a new phone with money saved from not buying AppleCare+.
- water damage with AppleCare+, replace phone with money saved on not buying a case.
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Wow, you're right. I assumed it was the same additional 2 years as Macs.
And how much money do you actually save by not buying a case? Obviously the second option is worse than the first.
The point is that a case and Applecare both provide a certain degree of protection to an iPhone, albeit in different ways. If one is so concerned about protecting his phone, then the best method is to buy and use both.
That would require me first putting it in a case to begin with. Ha!
I just bought an Incipio dual pro case that I'll probably use off and on... Mostly when outdoors being active. So like 3% of the time if that....Otherwise, none. the 6 is big as is but thin and very awesome, desigh-wise.
I started carrying my 5 without a case so I could be stealth at work where we weren't supposed to have our phones in the office. I got used to having it that way and it's hard to go back.
I just bought an Incipio dual pro case that I'll probably use off and on... Mostly when outdoors being active. So like 3% of the time if that....Otherwise, none. the 6 is big as is but thin and very awesome, desigh-wise.
I started carrying my 5 without a case so I could be stealth at work where we weren't supposed to have our phones in the office. I got used to having it that way and it's hard to go back.
Yes, the phone is beautiful caseless. But it gets dinged up and scratched without one.
+1 I made the mistake of not using a case before. Seriously, I still haven't figured out what scratched my 4s. It was just in my pocket and a hairline scratch appeared out of no where.
Yes but at this point, who cares? And I mean that as non-confrontational as possible... I was just telling my wife today as I traded in the old old 4 that had been passed around like a swisher at a snoop show... It seems so silly now to have been so worried about a little ding or nick. It's gone now...
If the plan was to keep the phone, maybe.... But even then, I reference my 100% flawless iphone 5 that is now a very slim and elegant paperweight on my desk. Sure I'll use it as an iPod still. But it'd still make a good iPod with a teeny scratch on it too!!
Point is, don't sweat the small stuff because before you know it, that won't matter anymore!!!
It affects resell value. (I sold my 4s ages ago when I got my 5). If you trade in your phone at an Apple Store that might not matter, but I will never want to do that. What they pay is way under what I can get on eBay or even shops that take second-hand mobile.
To be honest if I were to keep my phones, I wouldn't care about scratches on the body. Scratches on the screen will be a different story.
Yep, and here I thought I was the only one who did this on occasion
I did take my 5S out of its case a couple evenings a week for use at home; nice to enjoy the design of the phone.
My 6 will be in its case for a while!
I did take my 5S out of its case a couple evenings a week for use at home; nice to enjoy the design of the phone.
My 6 will be in its case for a while!
