or you lose it, you're screwed. Last time I checked Cingular won't insure a phone this expensive. 🤣
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it wont be through cingular..itll be through apple, everything is surrounded by apple including service/support/sales (but you can buy the phone at a cingular store), i wouldnt be surprised if they place an applecare product on this device optionally, im sure it will include a 1 year warranty as well...Apple is good with their support, actually very good best ive seen in almost all companies
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But I'm talking about water/physical damage and loss/theft. Is Apple's warranty going to cover that?
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well...i sure hope so, ive had 3 macbooks already, once spilled water in a bottle on it, second caught on fire when my friend lit a cigarette (dont ask bad experience), and third my laptop almost got stolen guess the guy dropped it and put it back, had a big gash and broken lcd....got replaced within a week all 3 times...so im gonna guess that if they have an applecare available for extra $$ everything should be covered, but if i would get insurance from cingular to be safe as well, im sure apple will cover it either way, just dry it and bring it in and say u didnt know it just stopped working hahaha, they usualyl dont check just exchange there, thats why i love apple they do it on the spot, phone companies usually have to go through insuran...
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wow, didn't know apple's support was that good.
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haha neither did i...i thought it was just nice when they changed it when i dropped water...but when it caught on fire....very shocked to see it be exchanged for a brand new unit....as long as your in the 1 year warranty you are safe with apple, thats why im so glad they are taking care of all the claims with support/service and not cingulars insurance company, thats always a drag with any cell phone company, cell phone insurance sucks haha, and hopefully iphone will have that applecare option too for an additional 3 year warranty for like $100 or so
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I like that better than the idea of the phone being covered by cingular.... nevermind then.
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ya, if it was covered by cingular i wouldnt buy it...that phone is too worthy and expensive to have those goons covering it with their cheap insurance companies...thank God its through apple
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You could just be careful with it. I've had several cell phones over the past 8 years, multiple handheld gaming systems, a Zune, several portable music (non-MP3) players, and I've never broken one of them, gotten one wet, lost one, etc. It really isn't that difficult. I don't know why people always act like it's really hard to take care of things they carry around with them @_@
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This was covered somewhat during Cingular's iPhone press conference.
Apple and Cingular will be offering joint support.
Support teams will be cross-trained, so basic things can be covered by either team, but if you call Cingular with an advanced technical question about iPhone, they'll do a warm transfer to an iPhone support person at Apple.
The warranty, etc. will be handled by Apple. Most phones have a one-year warranty, as do most Apple products, so that would be a safe assumption.
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yay...and that means applecare should be involved somewhere for additional warranty, i wonder how apple will handle stolen/lost phones...i hope it doesnt go through cingular insurance...i hate deductibles lol...but i also hope apple covers water/accidental damage of that sort by free replacement in the manufacture warranty
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