Applecare +

[Narcisus]

Morning Gents. The Mrs has purchased a new iPhone. This is the first new phone she has ever had but unfortunately she is prone to dropping them !

It's purchased outright is Applecare worth a look ?

[GuyW]

Narcisus said:

unfortunately she is prone to dropping them !

Narcisus said:

It's purchased outright is Applecare worth a look ?

Already answered I'd say

Much better than having to stump up for the excess rather than the outright repair cost.

I'm assuming a rugged case isn't an option?

[Narcisus]

GuyW said:

Narcisus said:

unfortunately she is prone to dropping them !

Narcisus said:

It's purchased outright is Applecare worth a look ?

Already answered I'd say

Much better than having to stump up for the excess rather than the outright repair cost.

I'm assuming a rugged case isn't an option?

Rugged case ? Don't be offering such daft suggestions ! I'll do a bit of research to see how other insurance companies do but I must admit Applecare sounds like the easy option ....

It's not easy to find a price for it for the iPhone 11 without putting the serial in. Looks to be around £200 for 2 years ?

[acd80]

Narcisus said:

Rugged case ? Don't be offering such daft suggestions ! I'll do a bit of research to see how other insurance companies do but I must admit Applecare sounds like the easy option ....

It's not easy to find a price for it for the iPhone 11 without putting the serial in. Looks to be around £200 for 2 years ?

I have Applecare on my iPhone 12 Pro and there are excesses to pay (£75 for screen, £25 for other issues off the top of my head) but I have a Macbook Pro that is 2 years old and developed a screenfault back in September (extremely noticeable on white backgrounds).

It is still covered so I took it into Apple for them to look at. They checked it and confirmed that it needed a replacement display.

Total cost of the repairs - £552.06 (Display assembly was £483.06 [random price!] and labour was £69).

Cost to me - £0 (apart from driving to the Apple store and back twice).

I'd always take out Applecare+ on expensive devices as it does provide peace of mind on what are expensive purchases if you drop / damage them.

[Narcisus]

Thanks Gents :-)

[Ham_and_Jam]

acd80 said:

I have Applecare on my iPhone 12 Pro and there are excesses to pay (£75 for screen, £25 for other issues off the top of my head

I’ve just taken the Applecare plus on my new iPhone 12 Pro. It’s £200 for 2 years (or £9.99 per month), and opposite of what I initially thought (& you by the look of it), it’s only £25 excess for screen and £79 for everything else.

Considering I would have thought the screen is the most easily damaged and fairly expensive to replace, it has the lower excess.

[acd80]

Ham_and_Jam said:

I’ve just taken the Applecare plus on my new iPhone 12 Pro. It’s £200 for 2 years (or £9.99 per month), and opposite of what I initially thought (& you by the look of it), it’s only £25 excess for screen and £79 for everything else.

Considering I would have thought the screen is the most easily damaged and fairly expensive to replace, it has the lower excess.

Apologies - you are right. I clearly was being cynical!

But I can't fault their support (you do pay for it...).

[Challo]

Im just about to look at Applecare. Never bothered previously, but after I dropped my previous ipad in water I might take it out.

[Office_Monkey]

Is it worth checking if you have cover through your bank, have mobile coverage through my account, excess is still there but saves stumping another 200 quid!