no iphone insurance from cingular

[8Benny]

anyone who currently owns a pda or smartphone from cingular will know that they dont offer insurance for these products, and according to a cingular rep the iphone will be just the same!!

theiphone costs even more than their pdas so i cant see them offering the insurance plan for it.

will apple themselves offer somekind of protection or insurance plan?

[NaNoHead]

Im not too familiar with Cingulars insurance policies but im sure they'll still be Apples 1 year warranty - ofcourse this wont guard against theft.

Past that Apple care would be the best bet.

[iAm]

We might see an iphone specific level of apple care, i mean just think how many people will abuse the 'accidental damage' cover :eek:

[axeonefour]

also be careful if you upgrade phones ay cingular. They will continue to bill for insurance covered by a phone even though that phone is not covered. To their credit however, after finding this out they honored the coverage evenb against their policy. Hope this helps

axeonefour

[Scrumple]

Im sure i read somewhere that Cingular have stated that all support for the iPhone device will be handled by Apple and that support for the service will be handled by Cingular.

I think Apple will offer a new level of apple care for the product but as of yet no specifics have been announced.

[denton]

Anyone have any updates on insurance?

From what i've been told AT&T wont be offering any insurance options for the iphone due to fraud and i doubt any such applecare package will cover theft.

They are advising customers to use their home owners insurance policy which personally i think is ludicrous, looks like come friday there's gonna be a lot of people walking round with uninsured $600 iphone's on them.