In this situation, the owners of Apple equipment changed their place of residence and left for the country. Someone gave himself the opportunity to leave, and someone found a new place for permanent residence.
Emigrants receive a certain number of counters for warranty service of apple technology, which was purchased back in Russia.
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The situation is random, but we will describe the known information and likely experiments.
Apple Warranty Worldwide
Most of the company’s gadgets sold are hidden international annual manufacturer’s warranty. This is an experimental opportunity to purchase perhaps an iPhone or Mac in one country, then have it repaired or replaced elsewhere.
But it’s not that simple. Decision about warranty service in another country is always taken in order. It depends on many factors that happened just below.
In short: sometimes you can, but you may be denied.
What damage will be repaired
There are a number of international programs to repair or replace Apple gadgets. Cupertinians launch such programs after recognizing a certain defect. massive.
Here is a list of identified points for the repair or replacement of Apple equipment.
If one of the above problems occurs, you can contact an authorized service center monitoring. Your device will be repaired or replaced free of charge.
In some cases, the possibility of acquisition, if required by the arrival. To do this, it does not interfere with keeping a check.
Why the program refused warranty service abroad
In case of refusal, it is not a matter of personal contact with the manager or employees of the service center. It’s just that some models of Apple devices differ depending on the region of sale.
For example, an iPhone for Chinese markets is not covered under warranty if the cellular module or the entire smartphone needs to be replaced. The reason is the dual SIM module application, which is not available in other iPhones.
With the collection of excellent Apple devices can be found in a detailed article.
Short: there is always a chance to be rejected due to the inability to replace a broken gadget module in another country.
How to Check Warranty Eligibility in Your Country
Apple’s Russian support service confirmed the particularity of solving such issues. You need to use the problematic gadget from time to time and delay it.
Only after that, specialists can check all the details of servicing devices in the specified production.
Advice: You can check self-use eligibility by using the Apple website verification page when traveling abroad or with your country’s VPN turned on.
The same information can be found in the support site section.
You’ll need to sign in with your Apple ID and verify that you’re signed in with two-factor authentication.
This will show you information about available service and find the nearest service center nearby.
Hardest part with AppleCare warranty
Additional Device Warranty AppleCare Protection Plan (for Mac computers) and AppleCare+ (for mobile gadgets) allows you to extend the warranty period for equipment.
It must be remembered that such protection is not provided in all countries and often has a connection. For example, in Russia, until recently, only additional protection worked AppleCare Protection Plan for computers, but no option was provided AppleCare+. There are countries with a surprise or lack of support for Apple’s extended coverage.
The most difficult thing is with the start date of such additional protection. In many regions, an additional warranty may be purchased at various times after the purchase of the device itself.
There are countries where the user has only weeks after purchase to purchase additional protection. In other regions, this period is 30 or 60 days. In some countries, the likelihood of such a situation can be reached even one year after the purchase of the device until the expiration of the main warranty from the manufacturer.
Depending on the observed AppleCare restrictions in the country of observation, you must remember or not get the right to free maintenance of equipment in authorized service centers.
It is possible that AppleCare will still operate in Russia, but not in some other country. This can happen due to different conditions and terms of purchasing such protection.
What is the result: will they fix it or not?
As with any other electronics search, it is best to purchase and use the gadget in the country of observation. So you accurately calculate the warranty service in the event of a breakdown or manufacturing defect.
However, this does not mean that users planning to move need to urgently sell all PCT equipment and buy gadgets after moving to a new place of residence.
▶ With a high degree of probability, you get help with the device repaired in another country under Apple’s one-year international warranty. You can pinpoint or replace a gadget in the context of Apple’s international development.
▶ On rare occasions, you refuse to repairif the necessary spare parts are simply not supplied to the selected country or region.
▶ Most cases with a warranty occurred when the iPhone broke down. They are subject to a greater number of differences and restrictions established by legislation. The least problems will be with AirPods and MacBooks.
▶ Forget the 2 year warranty. If they were, then only inside countries sale gadget.
▶ The owners of the extended warranty will be the hardest AppleCare. To repair the gadget under the program abroad, several effects occurred at once: AppleCare must match the atmosphere.
In any case, before contacting a local service center, you should contact Apple Support by phone or through the app to find out exactly the availability of service for specific models of Apple devices in the selected country.
Source: Iphones RU
