The rain cat and dog make an angry dash for your car. You have an iPhone in one hand and the other is blank for the keys of your car. It will inevitably happen if you go crazy trying to get out of the rain ... you drop the iPhone. You pick up your phone, ride in the car, and quickly check if it still works. In most cases it seems that it works until the screen flashes between on and off. So?
Until recently Apple did not offer a replacement for water-damaged iPhone. You could buy a new iPhone, repair your iPhone at a price within the warranty deadline that Apple repaired, or search for a third party iPhone repair service company at a lower cost. Apple recently changed the policy on water that damaged the iPhone. policy To It includes all iPhone models from the latest 3GS model to the original iPhone. In this policy, Apple says to replace your damaged iPhone with a $ 199 price. However, your iPhone will be replaced with the same generation of iPhones, not all exchanges will be new iPhones. Some customers will receive refurbished mobile phones.
You may be wondering how Apple (or Apple) can determine if the iPhone is scratching water. You just saved it in 1/4 inch water of water for 5 seconds so you can not qualify for iPhone damaged by water ... is that so? According to Apple's website, what you need to do is "Small colored dots are displayed just under the headphone jack". This small little point will be Silver or White for iPhone without water damage.
Because your iPhone was judged damaged by water, what is your choice? You can use Apple's iPhone's exchange policy, but in the case of an old and refurbished model, $ 199 looks like a quick price tag. Another option is to have Apple repair your iPod. iPod repair fee is $ 49 (for iPod Shuffle) to $ 249 for iPod. And finally, you can let your third party iPhone repair company fix your iPhone. Some iPhone repair companies offer free diagnosis because the damaged iPhone parts are not necessarily visually proved by water damaged iPhone. When the iPhone is diagnosed, the cost of repair is notified, and you can make a decision at that point in the place worth the repair.
It is no doubt that the accident happened when Apple came close and provided an iPhone replacement for iPhone damaged by water. But please keep in mind that there are other cheap options.
