AppleCare+ Only As a Subscription
Starting next week, Apple’s retail stores will no longer offer AppleCare+ plans as a one-time purchase, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
Instead, he said the stores will only offer AppleCare+ as a subscription.
It was already available as a subscription, so the main effect of this change seems to be to remove the discount for purchasing multiple years up front.
Previously:
- AppleCare+ Unlimited Repairs
- Extended Mac AppleCare+ Coverage
- AppleCare’s Limited Duration
- AppleCare+ Indefinite Subscriptions
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In the EU, all goods have a 2-year warranty by law.
Apple sells a 3-year warranty called AppleCare, which I would love to buy, but only if it started AFTER the statutory warranty ended.
It doesn't make sense to buy it immediately, except you are the person who drops everything - because that's not covered...
Another significant difference is that purchased AppleCare can generally be transferred to someone else (say if you give or sell your phone to someone else — not to a different device). AppleCare subscriptions can not.
