Apple makes its Applecare + Extended warranty a little more expensive for certain users.
For all current models in the United States, Apple increases the 50 cents monthly subscription price. This means that the monthly Applecare + standard cost for an iPhone 16 is now $ 8.49 instead of $ 7.99. The price increase applies to all current iPhone models and Applecare + and Applecare + with flight and loss.
Applecare + provides repairs for up to 2 flight or loss cover incidents every 12 months for a deductible (screen damage or rear glass, $ 29; other accidental damage, $ 99).
In addition, Apple seems to encourage consumers to pay these monthly costs more often. Although you can always buy the full 2 -year coverage of Applecare + coverage at the point of purchase if you buy online, the same is not true for retail purchases. As Mark Gurman reported at Bloomberg, the company will no longer authorize the 2-year-old purchase option at retail or in the Applecare menu option on the iPhone itself.
Gurman says that Apple Store employees have been invited to tell customers that change is “designed to reduce initial costs and prevent future coverage gaps.” In addition, they are invited to push the more expensive version of Applecare +flight and loss, which provides a replacement iPhone for $ 149 and costs up to $ 13.99 per month depending on the iPhone model.
Note that the increase in prices for Applecare + seems to apply only to iPhones, and not yet to other Apple products. The monthly cost of Applecare + for the Mac varies from $ 6.49 to $ 17.99 per month, while the iPad costs between $ 3.49 and $ 8.49 depending on the model.