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Apple Begins Offering AppleCare for iPhone in Canada

Thursday July 30, 2009 1:27 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
Apple has begun offering AppleCare for the iPhone in Canada, allowing iPhone 3G and 3GS owners there to extend technical support and hardware warranties to a total of two years from the date of iPhone purchase. The AppleCare plan is priced at $79 in Apple's Canadian online store.

Despite having launched AppleCare for the iPhone in the U.S. shortly after the release of the original iPhone in 2007, Apple has been slow to roll out coverage in other countries, having begun offering iPhone AppleCare for customers in the UK earlier this year and in Asia Pacific markets only last month.

The Canadian AppleCare launch occurs just beyond the one-year AppleCare activation window for those customers who purchased the iPhone 3G at launch, and readers have reported that Apple Canada is not providing an extension for the affected customers.
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thegoldenmackid
Posted: 33 months ago
Yay for the Geniuses in Canada.
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miggitymac
Posted: 33 months ago
If I buy Applecare off ebay now, will it work in Canada?
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kate-willbury
Posted: 33 months ago
oh great. a little late for those of us who bought the iphone 3g at launch and have expired warranties already. blah.
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swalaza
Posted: 33 months ago
In Europe this can be called a rip-off because customers in Europe are entitled to at least 2 years of warranty at the point of sale. The duration of that warranty is not fixed, it is subject to the expected time of how long a product should be able to work.

Although this is not the factory warranty it has the same practical use for customers.

Why doesn't Apple set a trend to show everyone they really make proper products, which should work for a very long time, even in the hands of lame people? :rolleyes:
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ClassicBean
Posted: 33 months ago
It's a-boot time.
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detoxguy
Posted: 33 months ago
Awesome news. Considering in Canada we sign a three year contract and are only eligible for subsidized pricing after 2 years I will finally have a warranty for the same amount of time I may have the phone!

Question: If I sell my 3GS next year in the event I want to get the next version would the applecare be transferrable to the new owner or cease when I no longer own the phone?
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darwen
Posted: 33 months ago

Question: If I sell my 3GS next year in the event I want to get the next version would the applecare be transferrable to the new owner or cease when I no longer own the phone?


Yes. AppleCare does transfer owenership. The only thing checked for when reparing/replacing is the experation date. An Apple Genius will rarely care who you are as long as your products serial number is still within the service dates.
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candan9019
Posted: 33 months ago

Yay for the Geniuses in Canada.


Didn't realize it was Canada's fault, always thought the "deciders" were in Ameriland.

I wonder if It even makes sense to buy it, god knows I'll be getting a new iPhone next year anyways.
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gkarris
Posted: 33 months ago
"Begins?" :confused:

What were our northern neighbors doing before?
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planethitsradio
Posted: 33 months ago
Bought off ebay, waiting for the code to register the phone.
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