I had a problem back with the iPhone 7, where the charging just quit working
randomly one day. Apple did replace it for free while I still had Apple
Care, I think you get your first year free, and what you're paying for is
the second year, but when the second one exhibited the same exact issue, I
ended up having to pay around $300 for a replacement, because the first year
coverage had lapsed by then. Now, I am on the Apple upgrade plan, where a
256 GB XR is about $43 a month with Apple Care included. Since these are
effectively 0 interest loans with the option to upgrade after the first
year, it seems mathematically the same as if you paid it up all at once with
the Apple Care included. I am glad that the XR seems to have a lot sturdier
connection when you plug in the lightning cord, it seems to take more force
to pull it out of there than the 7's did, but hopefully whatever was made
defectively in a few batches back then won't be a problem again. I would've
thought for sure they would fix the port and send back the one I had, but
something leads me to believe that the problem was with something else, as
they didn't look damaged or anything that one could easily see. The other
benefit I heard you can get with Apple Care is that they will overnight you
a different phone to use first if you give them a credit card, and then once
they fix your broken one, you either send in the replacement after they send
that back, or if is something they can't fix easily, you keep the
replacement and they do whatever they do with the old one and it's no
charge. I thought about adding the loss and theft coverage for piece of
mind, but there are probably better third-party ways to get insurance for
that type of thing that cost less.
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From: "Agent086b" <agent0...@internode.on.net>
To: "viphone" <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: To AppleCare or not....that is the question
Hi,
I may have misunderstood your message. The 3 iPhones I have had replaced I
did not have to pay anything for the replacements under AppleCare.
Max.
On 11 Feb 2019, at 3:02 pm, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:
Just so you know, Apple Care Plus does not cover loss or theft.
It covers accidental damage I think twice, once for each of the two years,
but if your phone needs to be replaced that is also not free. I have no
idea how much it costs nowadays with the expensive phones like the XR or
XS.
Gone are the days when Apple Care Plus was $79 or $99. The last time I had
Apple Care Plus was on my 6S Plus back in 2015. I lost that phone about 3
months after I got it when I was visiting my families ranch at Christmas
that year. I went for a walk up their driveway which is gravel and about
three quarters of a mile long. At the time it was of course covered in
snow since we are talking about northern British Columbia and the
temperature was minus 30 Celsius (about minus 22 Fahrenheit. When I got
back home I realized the phone wasn't in the chest pocket of my down
parka. Trying to call it or use Find my iPhone was useless because in
these temperatures and without being close to body heat the phone would
have shut down in less than 5 minutes. Various members of my family spent
about 10 hours searching without luck. Fortunately I had my phone added to
my homeowner's insurance as an extra item with a 0 deductible. That only
costs about $30 a year extra and unlike Apple Care Plus it does cover loss
or theft. The insurance paid the full price for a new phone. About 4
months later after the snow was gone in mid April my brother found the
phone. I asked him to stick it in a bag of rice and mail it to me, that
took a few days and when it arrived I took it out and plugged it in. At
first nothing happened, but to my surprise when I checked it an hour or so
later Voiceover came right up, I could unlock it with my PIN and as soon
as I did it started dinging and making all sorts of noises as it connected
to my WiFi and 4 months worth of emails, messages and notifications went
off. In the end I realized that the phone worked perfectly fine with two
exceptions: the screen was black in other words it somehow didn't work any
more even though I could do anything using Voiceover. And yes, I did of
course check if the screen curtain was on and it was not. The second issue
was that the camera did not work any more. Now that I had the physical
phone back I took it to an Apple Store and after paying $129.99 Canadian
they replaced it with a new phone.
Quite a few people on this list who have been here for a few years heard
the story before, but I recounted it just to make the point that just the
cost of Apple Care Plus does not cover a phone replacement. Given how
expensive Apple Care Plus has become I am no longer buying it. Water
damage is almost impossible nowadays with an iPhone 8 or anything above it
because the phones are virtually waterproof and the X series phones even
more so than the 8 and the 8 is more waterproof than the 7. I much rather
spend the money to have the phone covered through my homeowner's
insurance, it's cheaper and it will cover loss or theft.
Regards,
Sieghard
-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of
Carolyn Arnold
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2019 5:59 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: To AppleCare or not....that is the question
Apple Care is maintenance insurance on an Apple phone.
Best regards,
Carolyn
-----Original Message-----
From: 'Marcio' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2019 6:55 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: To AppleCare or not....that is the question
Hi,
Well I'm not that much into Apple stuff. I just have an iPod Touch. Also
I've really never heard about such AppleCare.
It may have another name on my country and as I'm not that Apple expert,
don't know.
However, from what I've heard on the lists I am on, when you call the
Apple Support they say that if you use whatever accessibility feature you
don't need AppleCare to be answered.
I'm sure it won't help almost in any way, but if you find use for at least
one of the words I wrote I'll be glad :)
Cheers,
Marcio
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Em 10/02/2019 21:51, 'Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.' via VIPhone escreveu:
Hi,
I have always routinely purchased AppleCare, but have never really had any
reason to use it.
I still have a few weeks before the deadline for purchasing AppleCare for
my XS.
I’m curious how others on this list are viewing AppleCare.
Any thoughts appreciated.
Best, Keith
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