iPad Warranty -- when does it start ticking?

[kylera]

How does Apple determine when the yearlong limited warranty kicks in? I mean, it's almost taken 3 weeks for them to deliver my iPad (arriving on June 7!) and I pray that those 3 weeks aren't shaved off?

 

[sm.wilson]

Your warranty starts the day the unit is purchased(retail with serial numberl inked)/activated(Non-apple outlet/delivery). Expect your warranty to start the day you activate it in iTunes.

 

[kylera]

Your warranty starts the day the unit is purchased(retail with serial numberl inked)/activated(Non-apple outlet/delivery). Expect your warranty to start the day you activate it in iTunes.

So since mine is delivered, theoretically I could leave it sitting in a box for four months without activating, and after then, the warranty would start ticking?

 

[SDub90]

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I think when you order through apple it's the delivery date and when you order through a reseller it's the shipment date. Apple definitely wouldn't deduct the lead time from your warranty. I don't think they actually can - which is why they charge you when it's shipped, not when it's ordered.

 

[nickbarbs]

So since mine is delivered, theoretically I could leave it sitting in a box for four months without activating, and after then, the warranty would start ticking?

Correct.

I had an Iphone 3GS 32gb that i bought last year around October but never opened it. Gave it to my sister february of this year and activated it, warranty was from Itunes activation date ... so 4 months warranty was dormant.