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MacBook Neo's AppleCare+ Repair Fees Are Lower Than All Other Macs

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The new MacBook Neo has a breakthrough starting price of just $599, and AppleCare+ repair fees for the laptop are lower than all other Macs too.

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AppleCare+ for the MacBook Neo can be purchased for $139 upfront, or customers can opt to pay $4.99 per month or $49.99 per year indefinitely. In the U.S., there is also AppleCare One, which lets you protect multiple Apple products from $19.99 per month.

For a MacBook Neo with AppleCare+ coverage, repair fees are as follows:

  • Battery replacement: $0
  • Screen damage: $49
  • External enclosure damage: $49
  • Other accidental damage: $149

For all other Macs with AppleCare+ coverage, most of the repair fees are higher:

  • Battery replacement: $0
  • Screen damage: $99
  • External enclosure damage: $99
  • Other accidental damage: $299

All prices listed in this article are in U.S. dollars.

Apple began accepting MacBook Neo pre-orders last week, and the laptop launches Wednesday.

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turbineseaplane Avatar
turbineseaplane
2 hours ago at 08:36 am

The new MacBook Neo ('https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/macbook-neo/') has a breakthrough starting price of just $599, and AppleCare+ repair fees for the laptop are lower than all other Macs too.
Apple's usage of "breakthrough" has become comical at this point.

After morning coffee, I'm planning a "breakthrough" event in the restroom.
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jonnyb098 Avatar
jonnyb098
2 hours ago at 08:34 am
Because the Neo probably costs Apple about $150 to produce. It's essentially a "spare parts laying around from old MacBook Airs" laptop in a new body. Similar screen to old MB Air from years ago, camera, etc. Plus it's missing other components like Force Touch and MagSafe.

Apple is known for approx 400% margins. So just work backwards from there.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
erikkfi Avatar
erikkfi
1 hour ago at 08:50 am
Extended warranties like AppleCare are almost pure profit. As an Apple shareholder I encourage all of you to buy it.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
JPack Avatar
JPack
46 minutes ago at 09:32 am

Apple is known for approx 400% margins. So just work backwards from there.
Not sure where the heck that came from.

M2 MBA has a BOM of over $500 for example.

https://electronics360.globalspec.com/article/19480/techinsights-teardown-apple-macbook-air-notebook
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
V
Velli
22 minutes ago at 09:56 am

This is probably a fairly accurate guess of the cost, An A18 Pro chip/board assembly is $90.25, Apple has claimed they got the aluminum manufacturing cost down, the display is a very cheap item being that it is using very old design technology, no real advanced tech in it. This is def a sub $200 machine.
Don’t know where you dreamt up these numbers, but if the chip/board assembly was 90.25USD (which is highly unlikely), no way the whole thing would be only 150.

Not that the BOM price is relevant to anyone anyway. But the way people throw around very specific numbers is hilarious. The difference in BOM between making five hundred thousand or five million units will be quite significant. I’ve seen quotes where the difference between making 10.000 and 100.000 of a part was more than a factor of five. The total cost was less than 50% more, to make ten times as many… scale matters.

Which is why the Neo uses an iPhone chip.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
StoneJack Avatar
StoneJack
2 hours ago at 08:38 am

Because the Neo probably costs Apple about $150 to produce. It's essentially a "spare parts laying around" laptop in a new body. A repackaged M1 MacBook Air in with a new body. Similar screen, camera, etc. Plus it's missing other components like Force Touch and MagSafe.

Apple is known for approx 400% margins. So just work backwards from there.
40%
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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