Apple actually offers a 1 year hardware warranty and 90 days of phone support which will cover one incident. The AppleCare program is available to bump the warranty to three years for $59.
jared

darkhawk,

You're wrong. The Applecare program for iPod only bumps the warranty up to 2 years. Not 3 as you stated.

You're right. I thought AppleCare extended the warranty to three years, like the other extended warranties do. I was wrong. Sorry (but thanks for correcting me).
jared

Agreed -- the article is wrong. Apple offers a full one-year warranty on the iPod, with only 90 days of phone support. You can still go in to an Apple store and have your iPod replaced if needed. So there's no real significance in the fact that HP is also offering a 1 year warranty.

Seems like The Mac Observer needs to check its facts before posting articles.

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lazer_dewd wrote:
darkhawk,

You're wrong. The Applecare program for iPod only bumps the warranty up to 2 years. Not 3 as you stated.

Well - it's down to interpretation: it's three years out from the purchase date. Applecare is really two years, one year from the purchase date.

When the iPods first came out, it was only three months worldwide. In New Zealand, consumer law dictated that three months was invalid and must be twelve months instead.

I doubt that the New Zealand requirement made a blind bit of difference to Apple, but it wasn't long before the initial warranty period was stretched out to match the rest of the Apple product line of twelve months.

AppleCare Protection Plan for iPod


Key Features
Comprehensive service and support
Extends telephone support from 90 days to up to two years
Extends hardware coverage from one year to up to two years
Provides expert support for both Mac and Windows users

I would have link to it directly but it's to the online store so it would just die.

To summarize a correction to the original article and responding posts: the iPod, like all Apple products, comes with a 1-year limited warranty that covers the iPod, plus included accessories and software. The iPod also comes with 90 days of complimentary technical support (via phone, e-mail, etc.) that covers one incident. The AppleCare Protection Plan for the iPod extends the hardware coverage and phone support to two years from the date of purchase, with no limits on the number of incidents covered by tech support. This information covers purchases in the USA; I can't comment on Apple's policies elsewhere.

Applecare on computers provides a total of three years warranty coverage from the date of purchase. Applecarre on iPods provides a total of 2 years of coverage from the date of purchase. On Macs is an additional 2 years. On iPods it's an additional 1 year.

There is no interpretation about it. Apple's warranty on the iPod is one year, with 90 days free phone support. AppleCare extends that by one more year, for a total of two years. AppleCare for the Mac computers extends it by an additional two years, for a total of three. This does not apply to the iPod.
http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html

A former Apple employee.

i kinda accidently cracked my apple ear buds and i was wondering if i could use that apple one year warranty to get it fixed.. if you have any info about this please email me!!

Ps. I want to make sure if i could or not, because i dont want to mail them my ear buds and not have it mailed back. =P

Email: Lisal95132@yahoo.com
THanks!

-LiSA

darkhawk you are wrong it is applecare does bump it up 2 3 years do your hw i have an ipod and i have the 3 yr warranty

can you check the warranty of your ipod online?

how can i check if my apple ipod warranty is still valid? if you can help please reply to lazy_insane@hotmail.com thank you