Ashutosh Singh
June 6, 2024
Apple offers one of the best after sales services, but it’s not cheap. Free warranty doesn’t cover many problems.
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Standard warranty is also good compared to competition, but now it just got worse with the new Apple’s warranty policy.
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Standard warranty no longer covers the hairline crack on iPhone and Apple Watch. You will have to pay to get hairline cracks fixed.
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Hairline cracks are those minor cracks with no visible point of impact.
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Any part replacement on iPhone is quite expensive. So what can you do to reduce its cost?
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The only option is the AppleCare+ subscription. It covers accidental damage, now including hairline cracks.
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But the subscription cost is not cheap. The company already charge premium and should not have made this move.
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Apple didn't provide any particular reason on why hairline cracks removed from the free service.
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