AppleCare+ Now Offers Optional Theft and Loss Protection for iPhones
Sep. 13, 2018Apple has announced newAppleCare+plans to include optional loss and theft protection for iPhones. According to a post on theofficial AppleCare site, users can now opt in for theft and loss protection as part of the two-years of extended coverage offered by the plan.
For an iPhone X, iPhone XS or the XS Max, users will have to spend $269 to get their replacement iPhone. In the case of the iPhone XR, iPhone 8 Plus and the iPhone 7 Plus, the charge will be $229, while for an iPhone 8 or iPhone 7, users will‘only’have to pay $199 to get a new phone.
The pricing may seem way on the higher side for most users, but Apple points out that it just comes down to just‘$4.16 more per month’over the standard AppleCare+ pricing. It isn’t immediately clear, however, if existing AppleCare+ subscribers can add the theft and loss coverage to their existing plan.
Meanwhile, users considering upgrading to the new plan need to note that it requires the‘Find My iPhone’service to be turned on at the time the phone was lost or stolen.
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