Check your Apple Warranty
Sometimes troubleshooting your problems just isn’t enough and you need to take your hardware in for service, but before you do so, you might want to check on your Apple warranty status. This is very easy to do for any hardware, including Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Apple TV, all you need is the devices serial number.
Check the Apple Warranty of your Hardware
This applies to all Apple hardware:
- Locate the devices serial number
- Go to Apple’s Service & Support Coverage check
- Enter your serial number, click on “Continue”
You’ll now see a screen like this, which gives you details on your hardwares Apple Care warranty status, including time left with phone support, if you’re eligible for repair coverage, and if you’re eligible for extending the warranty:
Pay special attention to the remaining time left on your AppleCare warranty, if this is about to expire soon it’s a good idea to buy an extended AppleCare coverage plan.
You don’t need to pay full price for the extended warranty though, you can get a sizable discount by buying AppleCare Warranties through Amazon. Here’s a few examples:
- AppleCare Protection Plan for iPad – $65
(34% discount)
- AppleCare Protection Plan for Portable Apple Computers 13 Inches and Below – $202
(18% discount)
You can check out other AppleCare deals on Amazon
nice one …. i do it to my macbook pro 3year ,
Another related tip:
You can avoid the hassle of finding the serial number on the device or packaging and trying to read that tiny print and then typing the sequence of letters and numbers.
For a Mac, Apple Menu > About This Mac > Hardware (Overview) will get you the computer serial number. You can then copy and paste it into the web page describe above.
For an iPod, in iTunes, select your device, then click the Settings button at the top of the device window. I couldn’t select the S/N to copy, but it is there in larger, easier to read type.
Any iPhone and iPad owners, please comment on those devices.
For iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad you can also get serial number from iTunes or on the device by clicking Settings > General > About Just scroll down and you’ll see Serial and other data.
I always buy AppleCare on Mac hardware because I keep it for at least 3 years. I don’t bother with iPhone warranties because I upgrade each major product cycle.
No matter what your status, you should still go to the Genius Bar with your difficulties. The amount of case-by-case exceptions that Apple makes is incredible and I speak from experience.
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I’m not able to track my iPhone 4 warranty left.
its a gifted handset and i wanna know warranty badly.
looking forward to hear from you soon.