Apple will reportedly sign a contract for warranty repairs with one of the foreign partners. This will allow the company not to interact directly with Russian authorized service centers to comply with sanctions. The United States recently banned the import of smartphones over $300 into Russia. This category also includes spare iPhones used by service centers to temporarily replace defective devices.
According to sources, the new foreign company will assume all obligations to provide warranty support. “From April, receiving a device for warranty repair, the service center will contact Apple’s new foreign partner and send the device to him. As a result of this combination, the repair time will increase greatly and can take up to two months, ”the source explained.
It is also worth remembering that warranty repairs will continue to be offered only for equipment legally imported into Russia, that is, until March 2022 or purchased abroad.
Source: Ferra
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