This is so funny. But very true. That’s why you should lease a car. Your merely paying for depreciation only. By the time it needs tires, you can buy it, sell it, or drop It off at the dealership and walk away from it..and you can get a new car every 2 or 3 years without negative equity or worry. When you lease a car your financing it’s depreciation only based on the lease and mileage that you opted for, nothing more.. your even allowed a certain amount of burn holes, and dings and scratches when u turn it in.
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I bought AppleCare+ for my IPad X 11” good move?
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This is so funny. But very true. That’s why you should lease a car. Your merely paying for depreciation only. By the time it needs tires, you can buy it, sell it, or drop It off at the dealership and walk away from it..and you can get a new car every 2 or 3 years without negative equity or worry. When you lease a car your financing it’s depreciation only based on the lease and mileage that you opted for, nothing more.. your even allowed a certain amount of burn holes, and dings and scratches when u turn it in.
Great move. Especially since Apple doesn’t replace screens on the pro iPads. I scratched my first gen 12.9. Apple wanted $600 to replace it. With Apple care that would have only been $49. Peace of mind is world the Apple Care cost, to me.
Quoting my friend here because I know he'll take this the right way...for me, it's a case by case decision. I generally have gone 'no' since the iPhone 4. In this case, though, these things are so light and, I am guessing, fragile, and certainly so expensive to repair or replace, that $129 + $49 to replace a dropped iPad Pro with a shattered screen seemed like a fair bet to me. But just to be clear, that's what it is - a bet. Newtons Apple is a little braver than I am.
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This is true, and worth thinking about.
For me personally it's a discretionary item . . if the cost of coverage is low but the cost of repair or replacement is anticipated to be high i'll consider it. For the iPad Pro that I have I parlayed the savings i got on purchase price into AC+ . . . if I didn't have the $250 off on the iPad i wouldn't have gotten it (gen 2 IPP with verizon discount). All value based for me. For the OnePlus 6T I just ordered, the phone is just too damned cheap for me to consider additional coverage on it based on the fact that I rarely drop my phones.
AppleCare+ is actually a great deal. You don’t have to buy it outright, because you may sell your iPad after just 6 months, or even a year of ownership. So you have just thrown away money if you paid $129 for it.
If you buy a iPad, you can add it for $5.99 each month. So, if you buy a new iPad every year it only cost $70 bucks to pay for AppleCare+ For the entire year.
A new iPad comes out every year anyways doesn’t it?
There’s no telling how much you may be out of pocket before you need the protection.
My kid knocked my iPad out of my hands today, it took a spill on to hardwood floor. Luckily it was unscathed by the fall. But, if would have actually broke today my AppleCare only costed me $6.41 so far, and a $49.00 deposit. So, $55.41 would have fixed it, instead of being out $178.00 to fix it.
If you buy a iPad, you can add it for $5.99 each month. So, if you buy a new iPad every year it only cost $70 bucks to pay for AppleCare+ For the entire year.
A new iPad comes out every year anyways doesn’t it?
There’s no telling how much you may be out of pocket before you need the protection.
My kid knocked my iPad out of my hands today, it took a spill on to hardwood floor. Luckily it was unscathed by the fall. But, if would have actually broke today my AppleCare only costed me $6.41 so far, and a $49.00 deposit. So, $55.41 would have fixed it, instead of being out $178.00 to fix it.
I think Apple Care for a person who does not use a case and has 2 children also using the iPad, is a very good idea. I live alone and use cases on my devices. I only get Apple Care for my MacBook Pros that I keep longer - for tech support and the unlikely possibility of damage. Enjoy your new iPad with peace of mind.
Honestly keep it, the cost of repair for the new iPads Pro is ridiculous.
These devices have gotten so expensive I now get AppleCare for my iPhones and iPads. I may not need it but, will certainly appreciate it if I do. In the meantime I have peace of mind.