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Re: Apple Store appointment today

Date	2026-10-14 19:50 -0400
Subject	Re: Apple Store appointment today
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.advocacy
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From	CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge>
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On 2026-10-14 6:27 p.m., Tom Elam wrote:
> On 10/14/26 4:24 PM, Alan wrote:
>> On 2026-10-14 12:59, Tom Elam wrote:
>>> On 10/14/26 11:22 AM, Tom Elam wrote:
>>>> I have a 2:40 reservation to have my iPad examined. Might just be a 
>>>> dirty charging port, but this morning it will not charge.
>>>>
>>>> Results later.
>>>
>>> Love the Apple Store folks. It was just a dirty port. But, the tech 
>>> also informed me that the battery is a 82%, and to expect a message 
>>> to bring it back in a few months for a new battery. Since Apple does 
>>> not actually replace batteries that actually means a replacement 
>>> iPad. All covered under AppleCare+ For $20 a month for my iPhone 14 
>>> Pro, iPad 9th gen and the MacBook Air.
>>>
>>> An old guy across from me at the store had a 10 year old iPad the 
>>> same charging issue. He left with a working iPad too, no charge for 
>>> fixing it. The wife's 7 year old iPad 7 is now done with full update 
>>> service. Not seeing any need to buy another any time soon. I did not 
>>> have a single Android tablet that lasted more than 3 years. Hers with 
>>> not be under AppleCare+ in about a year, but so what?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Thank goodness your "life" wasn't "disrupted"...
>>
>> <eyeroll>
> 
> Yep, no need to go back in a week or so, pickup a replacement, restore, 
> and tweak settings. Replacement is much easier than Android, but still 
> takes some time. That will happen fairly soon though when the battery 
> (in truth, the whole iPad) will be replaced under AppleCare+. That will 
> likely not be the last such incident until it runs out of AppleCare+ 
> coverage. Since it was sold by Apple until May 2024 AppleCare+ should 
> last until April 2031. Am I right about that? Almost 5 more years?

Admittedly, it gives me confidence to know that if something goes wrong 
with this unit between now and the end of August 2028, they might just 
go ahead and replace it. I have no regrets whatsoever about getting this 
machine, especially since it didn't cost me that much.

-- 
CrudeSausage
MacBook Air M4
iPhone 13
Friendly Apple zealot

Thread

Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 11:22 -0400
  Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-14 10:27 -0700
    Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 16:01 -0400
      Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-14 13:23 -0700
        Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-15 07:16 -0400
          Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-15 10:15 -0700
  Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 15:59 -0400
    Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-14 13:24 -0700
      Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 18:27 -0400
        Re: Apple Store appointment today "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 19:30 -0400
          Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-14 19:52 -0400
            Re: Apple Store appointment today "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 21:16 -0400
              Re: Apple Store appointment today Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 18:32 -0700
              Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-14 21:59 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-10-14 22:26 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-15 08:10 -0400
        Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-14 19:50 -0400
        Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-14 17:10 -0700
          Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-15 06:49 -0400
            Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-15 09:22 -0700
              Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-16 14:38 -0400
                Re: Apple Store appointment today Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2026-10-16 12:39 -0700
  Re: Apple Store appointment today Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-10-15 11:53 -0400
    Re: Apple Store appointment today CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-10-15 12:16 -0400

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