Comments on: Is AppleCare worth it?

By: BrandonKJAiB

BrandonKJAiB — Tue, 04 May 2010 01:54:04 +0000

Thanks for your input, everyone. Like most warranties, the opinions are pretty divided. It can be frustrating to spend extra money to "protect" your product, but I think it is worth it in some cases.

By: John Steele

John Steele — Mon, 03 May 2010 14:05:29 +0000

Here is my thought. Get SquareTrade instead.

It will cover everything Apple Care will, plus accidental protection (what happens when you baby your phone and you get water in it from exercising–voided Apple Care, not so with SquareTrade), plus it does more for resale value. Best part is when there is a problem they give you the cash you originally "insured for". Here is an example… I have a 3GS I got it at launch with contract. Outside of contract I think it's like 600 before tax. Now say that it falls out of my pocket and shatters when the HD iPhone comes out in July. I get 600 plus tax sent to me less a deductible (depends on the reason for returning, but in the scheme of things is quite small) and I send in my damaged phone, with AppleCare I am most likely buying new anyway, at the least, I am buying a hefty amount. This drastically improves resale value (which is what I'll do instead of "having an accident" with my old phone when the new iPhone comes).

Another example, I bought a 5.5 30gb video iPod on eBay. About 8 months later it was acting really slow, and would randomly shut down. SquareTrade asked for my unit and give me the money, which was exactly what a new 60gb iPod classic costed… I couldn't have got AppleCare on that, but if I could have, they would have probably given me a refurb or swapped it f with another 30gb HD.

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 03 May 2010 08:07:46 +0000

I have a 3gs. I would say purchase the AppleCare for it. First, it covers battery and screen most importantly among others. So that alone can cost you over hundreds of dollars for repair. My iPHone had screen pigmentation. Now I have a new screen and the whole deal took under fifteen minutes. I was happy. If you can squeeze it into budget, DO IT.
fG

By: Ivan Williams

Ivan Williams — Sun, 02 May 2010 16:59:12 +0000

I have Apple Care for all my Apple products (two iPhones, and an iPad). Now sure I would get an Apple product without it…

By: DoubleAron

DoubleAron — Sun, 02 May 2010 10:21:19 +0000

My 3GS needs to be replaced for cracks but I am waiting until all the jailbreak wrinkles are ironed out.

By: Andrew ellis

Andrew ellis — Sun, 02 May 2010 08:44:13 +0000

Between myself and my wife we have been through 6 iphones with dodgy buttons/switchers and not taking charge. It might have been more but they refused to fix one because they said it had water damage. It had never been near water and was a replacement for another broken phone which makes me wonder what we were given.

Should I have to pay more to fix a phone that is failing well before it's useful life time?

On another note we have had a lot of home button failures so this double press to multitask is asking for trouble in my opinion. A swipe across the screen as an alternative gesture would be useful.