When I bought my iPhone 5 in December 2012, I believed Apple Care at that time did not cover water damage. I bought a three-year warrantee from Square Trade. Fortunately, I have not needed to use my warrantee. I also bought a Ballistic Hard Core case, which has protected my iPhone from the many drops over the last three years.
In reflection on this issue, I feel the three-year warrantee left me feel unnecessarily attached to my iPhone, keeping it longer than what I might have. The replacement cost of a 2.5-year iPhone is not much and I would rather have the most current model than one more than two years old. In the future, I plan to get a two-year warrantee instead of a three-year warrantee. Also, credit card companies can double the length of a company warrantee. Has anyone skipped Apple Care and used their credit card’s extended warrantee service for iPhone problems? I wonder if this would be as good as Apple Care or Square Trade. Kelly On 1/10/16, Robin <robin-mel...@comcast.net> wrote: > Does AppleCare OR AppleCare+ COVER Loss & Stolen > OR Does it simply COVER HardWare-SoftWare? > > I'm surprised AppleCare OR AppleCare+ doesn't appear to COVER WaterDamage > At 01:13 PM 1/7/2016, you wrote: >>Apple Care does not cover water damage. Sorry about your phone, glad you >>got a replacement with no hassle! >> >>On 1/7/2016 8:41 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > >> > >> > So, for those who didn’t read this before, I was visiting my family >> > who >> > own a working cattle ranch in northern British ?Columbia over >> > Christmas. >> > I went for a walk at -28 Celsius on December 22 and after getting to >> > the >> > end of the 1.3 Km long driveway of the ranch I realized my brandnew >> > iPhone 6S was no longer in the chest pocket of my jacket. To make a >> > long >> > story short, I went home and immediately >> tried “Find my iPhone†using my >> > wife’s iPhone 6 and also tried to call my number. Calls went straight >> > to >> > voice mail and my iPhone showed as offline and I guess it is not too >> > surprising that the phone would have turned itself off in these >> > temperatures. >> > >> > My brother, sister in law and several of my nephews spent hours and >> > hours searching the driveway, snow on the gravel driveway itself was >> > compacted and next to it was maybe 10 inches of snow. We even bought a >> > metal detector and searched certain spots where my tracks indicated I >> > had walked into some deeper snow but after a total of at least 12 or 15 >> > hours of searching over several days the iPhone remained mysteriously >> > lost. There is, by the way, no way somebody may have found it and taken >> > it because the ranch is very remote and nobody else drove along that >> > driveway. >> > >> > I guess there is a small chance my new guide dog who was running around >> > off-leash found it on the ground and thinking it was a toy or something >> > picked it up and after carrying it off a ways may have dropped it. >> > >> > >> > >> > Anyhow, now that the holidays are over, I contacted my insurance broker >> > since I added a small add-on policy to my home insurance which is >> > supposed to cover my iPhone in case of loss or theft which are >> > situations where Apple Care will do nothing for you. I added this >> > policy >> > a few years ago when I travelled to the Philippines quite a bit to >> > visit >> > my then girl-friend and now wife because in countries like this phone >> > theft especially of an iPhone is very common. The policy is I think >> > about $30 a year and has a $100 deductable. >> > >> > I explained the situation to my insurance broker, they called the >> > insurance company and registered a claim, a few hours later I received >> > a >> > call from a very friendly young lady to whom I explained everything >> > again while she was recording it and taking notes. Once that was done >> > she told me right then and there that they would cover replacement cost >> > of up to $1,029 which is the cost of an iPhone 6S 64 Gb here in Canada. >> > >> > I had bought the phone on contract for $480, but the insurance company >> > will cover full replacement cost and she told me I can basically go >> > ahead and order a new phone, submit the invoice once I have it and I >> > will then get a cheque for $1,029 + applicaple taxes and less my $100 >> > deductable. She also said I was free to purchase any iPhone and if I >> > decided to buy a more expensive model I would still get the cheque but >> > of course anything on top of what my 6S cost would be my >> > responsibility. >> > >> > >> > >> > I must say that I was very impressed wit the coverage and the service I >> > received. For once I did not feel like I was treated like a criminal >> > which sometimes seems to be the case when you try to claim something >> > from an insurance company who often will try to do anything so they >> > don’t have to pay. After having had a chance to use my Mom’s iPhone >> > 6S >> > Plus I decided I’d spend the extra $130 and I ordered a 64 Gb space >> > grey >> > iPhone 6S Plus, of course I also had to shell out the cost for a new >> > Apple Care plan so in the end it will cost me $300 or so to replace the >> > lost phone, but still better than nothing. Of course there is a small >> > chance we may find the lost phone in April or so when the snow is gone >> > and since I also have Apple Care for it, I guess I could theoretically >> > get a replacement from Apple since I assume that after 4 months in the >> > snow and going through the melting process my 6S won’t work any more. >> > If >> > it still does work I’ll be sure to contact Apple to tell them how >> > tough >> > their phones are **smile**. >> > >> > Just received a ship notification for my new phone an hour ago, so I >> > should get it some time next week. >> > >> > >> > >> > Best regards, >> > >> > Sieghard >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > The following information is important for >> all members of the V iPhone list. >> > >> > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, >> > or >> > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >> > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> > >> > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >> > Quinn >> > - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> > >> > The archives for this list can be searched at: >> > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >> > --- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "VIPhone" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> > an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> > <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com >> > <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>. >> > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >>-- >>The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >> list. >> >>If you have any questions or concerns about the >>running of this list, or if you feel that a >>member's post is inappropriate, please contact >>the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >>Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and >>your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >>The archives for this list can be searched at: >>http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >>--- >>You received this message because you are >>subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. >>To unsubscribe from this group and stop >>receiving emails from it, send an email to >>viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >>For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - > you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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