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> It seems to make a big difference whether or not you buy it from Google. I bought my 6p from Google. I paid for the extended warranty. It went into a boot lo
by bretthoerner 9y ago
> It seems to make a big difference whether or not you buy it from Google.
I bought my 6p from Google. I paid for the extended warranty. It went into a boot loop after 13 months and they still wanted me to pay the $75 fee for a refurb phone. Remember: I paid $89 in advance for a 2 year extended warranty. This is for a well known issue in their hardware, that iirc they are being taken to court for.
I had purchased a new Android phone every year for many years at that point. I do Android development for a popular open source library/product.
They're banned now. No more Android phones in my house for a long time. Happy on the iPhone and know if I walk into an Apple store I'll actually receive support.
- user-on1 9y agoseems like the 100's of dollars people pay is not enough to keep the phone running for even 2 years. they need additional 75 or more to assure the phone would function and that too with salty terms and conditions.
- cdkee 9y agoI had no warranty and they gave me a replacement 6P for free despite being OUT of warranty. I heard others were given Pixel XLs. I guess mileage really can vary.
- taneq 9y agoIt sounds like they're pretty random with their support. In a way that's almost worse, if their support was fully broken then you could make your choice to buy or not based on that, but when it's 50/50 then you have to take a gamble.
- trjordan 9y agoYep, dropped my phone (totally my fault), got a Pixel XL for $89. Pretty OK, would buy the extended warranty again.
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- alexbeloi 9y agoMy understanding is that even with the two year $99 Applecare+ for your phone, you have to pay them an additional $79 if your iPhone needs replacement.
- cmbailey 9y agoOnly if you physically damage it, not if it gets stuck in a bootloop (or any other manufacturing- or software-related defect).