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Renewable AppleCare+ Coverage Now Available in France, Italy, and Spain [Updated]

MACRUMORS. Why not update the headline stating that it is NOT available in these additional countries rather than just inserting the word UPDATED to the end of the headline. Much more useful and immediately visible to interested readers.
 
The reason I love Apple products is that they have far fewer problems than most I’ve ever used long term. They have been the most reliable tech products I’ve ever owned from both a hardware and software perspective. Are the perfect. No. But I’m glad Apple tried hard to stand by and alleviate most issues when they arise via Apple care.
 
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UrbanJoe1 said:
The reason I love Apple products is that they have far fewer problems than most I’ve ever used long term. They have been the most reliable tech products I’ve ever owned from both a hardware and software perspective. Are the perfect. No. But I’m glad Apple tried hard to stand by and alleviate most issues when they arise via Apple care.
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I agree. In my case, all of the times I have used AppleCare+ is due to my mistake. A fallen laptop, a crashed Apple Watch, etc etc. Should be so expensive to repair without the AppleCare+.
 
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Great timing! A few days ago I grabbed the wife's iPhone XS to update to the latest update and noticed that it said that AppleCare was eligible and the original AppleCare expired last week. Pleasantly surprised and thankful that I actually looked at her phone when I did. Now we can keep it for a few more years!
 
NightFox said:
I'm genuinely interested - for people who always cover their Apple stuff with AppleCare, are you up or down on what you've paid out for it over the years compared to paying for any damages you've used it for? Or is it more a 'peace of mind' thing?
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For me it’s always been peace of mind… Until this year…

11PM fully replaced, and a set of AirPods Pro.
 
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TheGeneralist said:
It’s an insurance. The business model of an insurance always needs to work with a tendency towards "the house wins", at least for the big picture - that's the nature of an insurance, otherwise its commercial model just wouldn't work. If you protect a lot of your Apple devices - like we do - and you're not one of the unlucky persons who kind of drop all their stuff all the time, then over time you pay more than you receive. Not much more, but at least a little.
What makes it worth it either way in my opinion is how things are handeled if anything occurs - the consequences (in terms of money loss and being without your devices for certain time periods) are in that case just much easier to bear and there is just not so much hassle.
So more on the 'peace of mind' side - it's a convenience product from my point of view. You have to decide if it's worth it for you.
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We had Applecare once and we've owned tons of Apple stuff for many many years. Coincidentally, we only had to use Applecare on one machine, the iBook G3 that had 5 logic board failures over 3 years.

Better off passing on Applecare and any other warranty. (Of course, it helps to get a credit card that offer additional warranty protection.)
 
TrevorR90 said:
Great timing! A few days ago I grabbed the wife's iPhone XS to update to the latest update and noticed that it said that AppleCare was eligible and the original AppleCare expired last week. Pleasantly surprised and thankful that I actually looked at her phone when I did. Now we can keep it for a few more years!
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So nice! What about price?
 
NightFox said:
I'm genuinely interested - for people who always cover their Apple stuff with AppleCare, are you up or down on what you've paid out for it over the years compared to paying for any damages you've used it for? Or is it more a 'peace of mind' thing?
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Overall, It’s probably been a net win for me, but I’ve been circumspect about what gets covered. Most recent example is my Apple Watch. It’s on my wrist all the time so I got the coverage. Cracked the screen while working on my car; no fewer worries.

But my work iPad, or things that are mostly tied to my desk gets skipped. Those are also the devices that are off limits to my kids 🙂
 
My Mini 5 AC+ expired in April and I was able to renew it monthly. Not sure when it became an option for monthly in the UK but I wasn’t offered it when I bought it, it was 2 years or nothing.

For Mini (I believe the base iPad and Air are the same) it is £3.49 per month. That is more expensive than the 2 year upfront option (£69 / 24 = 2.875, so less than £2.88 a month. So when buying a new device it’s better to get it upfront if you can, but if you can’t it’s less than a £15 premium over the two years.

I’ve had 2 iPods, 2 iPhones and 2 iPads, with coverage on the most recent iPhone and iPad. I wouldn’t get it on a phone again, as I had to insure it elsewhere against theft anyway so should have made do with that even though it would have been inconvenient time wise and no guarantee of a colour match wise (I broke one phone in 2005 and that’s all.)

iPad Mini has had a few close shaves so I’ll be going with it on the 6. Much more reasonably priced than the phone one if I recall correctly.
 
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