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MacBook Neo's AppleCare+ Repair Fees Are Lower Than All Other Macs

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The new MacBook Neo has a breakthrough starting price of just $599, and AppleCare+ repair fees for the laptop are lower than all other Macs too.

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AppleCare+ for the MacBook Neo can be purchased for $139 upfront, or customers can opt to pay $4.99 per month or $49.99 per year indefinitely. In the U.S., there is also AppleCare One, which lets you protect multiple Apple products from $19.99 per month.

For a MacBook Neo with AppleCare+ coverage, repair fees are as follows:
  • Battery replacement: $0
  • Screen damage: $49
  • External enclosure damage: $49
  • Other accidental damage: $149
For all other Macs with AppleCare+ coverage, most of the repair fees are higher:
  • Battery replacement: $0
  • Screen damage: $99
  • External enclosure damage: $99
  • Other accidental damage: $299

All prices listed in this article are in U.S. dollars.

Apple began accepting MacBook Neo pre-orders last week, and the laptop launches Wednesday.

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Because the Neo probably costs Apple about $150 to produce. It's essentially a "spare parts laying around from old MacBook Airs" laptop in a new body. Similar screen to old MB Air from years ago, camera, etc. Plus it's missing other components like Force Touch and MagSafe.

Apple is known for approx 400% margins. So just work backwards from there.
 
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Have we reached the point of the disposable computer? Go overseas and trash it before return to avoid the hassle at immigration in the USA trying to get your personal information?
 
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jonnyb098 said:
Because the Neo probably costs Apple about $150 to produce. It's essentially a "spare parts laying around from old MacBook Airs" laptop in a new body. Similar screen to old MB Air from years ago, camera, etc. Plus it's missing other components like Force Touch and MagSafe.

Apple is known for approx 400% margins. So just work backwards from there.
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This is probably a fairly accurate guess of the cost, An A18 Pro chip/board assembly is $90.25, Apple has claimed they got the aluminum manufacturing cost down, the display is a very cheap item being that it is using very old design technology, no real advanced tech in it. This is def a sub $200 machine.
 
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MayaUser said:
Is Apple wording or macrumors?
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I’ve noticed it doesn’t seem to really matter what Apple does, says, or does not, or says not[?], when the automated responder is coded to be negative.

I think the lower repair price is informative of both about expected build quality and also component replacement price, as the service time is nearly fixed. There is probably also some motivation by Apple to keep these customers in Mac which might provide some downward pressure on price.
 
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jonnyb098 said:
Because the Neo probably costs Apple about $150 to produce. It's essentially a "spare parts laying around from old MacBook Airs" laptop in a new body. Similar screen to old MB Air from years ago, camera, etc. Plus it's missing other components like Force Touch and MagSafe.
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Apple don't have any large number of old parts laying around. Storing unused parts destroys profit margins.

Apple just order the hardware from the manufacturer to supply it when Apple needs it.
 
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Most of these in any institution would be under AppleCare school agreements anyway that allow for X% of repairs.
 
kaspurr said:
This is probably a fairly accurate guess of the cost, An A18 Pro chip/board assembly is $90.25, Apple has claimed they got the aluminum manufacturing cost down, the display is a very cheap item being that it is using very old design technology, no real advanced tech in it. This is def a sub $200 machine.
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That's not true.

This uses Incredible Aluminum™️, which is a breakthrough innovation™️, powered by Apple Neural Fusion.
 
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jonnyb098 said:
Because the Neo probably costs Apple about $150 to produce. It's essentially a "spare parts laying around from old MacBook Airs" laptop in a new body. Similar screen to old MB Air from years ago, camera, etc. Plus it's missing other components like Force Touch and MagSafe.

Apple is known for approx 400% margins. So just work backwards from there.
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Looks like you haven’t read any article on the Neo. It has an A19 chip, the body differs from a MBA, and as you state, if it’s missing Force Touch and MagSafe how can it possibly made from spare parts?
 
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Hank001 said:
Looks like you haven’t read any article on the Neo. It has an A19 chip, the body differs from a MBA, and as you state, if it’s missing Force Touch and MagSafe how can it possibly made from spare parts?
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A18 Pro, not A19.

Body is new (and cheaper to make), you are right.

Missing newer tech like MagSafe isn't really supporting the spare parts narrative, you're correct.
It supports the "cheap as heck" narrative.
 
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