Dear Sieghard & List: I was told by Apple Accessibility Answer desk a few months ago, that AppleCare Plus now covers device loss & theft, this is why the price increased. You are lucky your home Underwriter covered the phone with zero deductible for $30/year premium. Mine wanted a much higher premium. Decided not to cover the phone, too expensive premium. Unlike USS Cellular Carriers, Bell Mobility does not offer handset insurance far as I know. They also do not offer ring tones && caller tones as US carriers do. Guess Bell does not like /Cash Cows. Brian K. Lingard VE3YI, Ab2JI, B. A., C. T. M. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: February 10, 2019 11:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: To AppleCare or not....that is the question
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 Wi-Fi 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 anymore 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 anymore. 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 From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnold Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2019 5:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: To AppleCare or not....that is the question Apple Care is maintenance insurance on an Apple phone. Best regards, Carolyn From: 'Marcio' via VIPhone [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2019 6:55 PM To: [email protected] 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 Follow me on Twitter <https://twitter.com/firirinfonfon> Me 10/02/2019 21:51, 'Kramlinger, Keith G., M.ED.' 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 -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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