A number of you have pre-ordered or plan to buy an iPhone 5. A number of you already own iOS devices of some sort. How do you insure your iPhones and iPads? Many people rave about AppleCare+. It’s convenient to get your phone or tablet services at an Apple Store through AppleCare+ and, in my experience, the service is fast. Others prefer using insurance through a third-party company like SquareTrade, which in some cases offers more flexible terms and can be more convenient for people that don’t live near an Apple Store. There are some people that prefer carrier insurance through companies like Asurion, which offers replacements for stolen or lost products. Then there are those that don’t care to get insurance at all.
Kindly take today’s poll and let me know how you insure your iPhone and other iOS products.
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I answered for my wife, as she has insurance through Verizon now. I’m sure she would be fine with AppleCare, but we don’t like close to an Apple store so it would be difficult to get something taken care of if need be. She started off with no insurance, and then her phone got stolen (we found a creative solution around that). With her 4s we have insurance though through Verizon mostly just in case it ever gets lost or stolen again.
Honestly I don’t really see the need for other insurance. If something happens to the actual device then I don’t think I would have a problem reporting the phone lost/stolen, and paying the $50 or $100 for a brand new device.
AppleCare is typically better than most warranty programs but I tend to buy all of my electronics with an American Express card so I feel safe.
What are the benefits of using american express? I’ve always preferred discover.
https://www.americanexpress.com/us/content/card-benefits/extended-warranty.html
My Sprint sent me an e-mail a day after I pre-ordered the two iPhone 5’s and asked me if I wanted to purchase the Apple Care+, and I said “yes” after asking my brother if he was going to jailbreak his. He promised me he wouldn’t, so I went ahead and got the extra coverage.
True story: My dad goes to Washington D.C. with his two-month-old iPhone 4s and manages to lose it in a cab. He then proceeds to the nearest Apple store and outright buys a brand new 64GB 4s. He calls me for advice about which to buy and I tried to tell him to get the cheapest one, but he feels that the 64GB is “better” since the number is higher or something like that. Mind you, he MAYBE uses about 2GB of memory on his phone; mostly e-mails and pictures. Now, because he got pissed at Sprint (for not having solid service in France), he demands to be switched back to A’TNT so I had to cancel his two-year contract with Sprint halfway through the term and pay the early termination penalty for a phone that he doesn’t even have. (*sigh*)
I guess some people just feel the need to have the “best” of something regardless of logic.
-M
Att doesnt offer carrier insurance for iphones unless something changed recently. Kind of interested in that squaretrade since it includes drops and spills. Anyone have experience with it? Do they offer ipad coverage??
Bang! http://goo.gl/9bS6C
Ha! Your like a genie with links and info. Thanks.