Does AppleCare cover iPhone Water Damage?

Hello, 

AppleCare+ for iPhone provides unlimited incidents of accidental damage protection from unexpected and unintentional events such as drops, spills, or cracked screens.

You can get the latest information about AppleCare+ for iPhone here: AppleCare Products - iPhone - Apple

Note that each incident is subject to a service fee. The resource linked above provides an overview of those service fees in the “Service fees and deductibles at a glance” section.

Take care!

Depends on your location, but at least in the United States, the only Apple plan for iPhones is AppleCare+ (or a version that includes theft/loss protection), which is now "unlimited" (for accidental damage) although I suppose they might cancel it after too many instances. There have been cases of intentional damage (often YouTube stunts) where I've heard they denied an accidental damage claim. It would require paying a deductible. The deductible is different depending on the damage (just glass damage is a lower deductible). I recall it was previously up to two instances per 12 month period, but it doesn't seem to be the case now. This is the United States version, but the prices vary in different countries where AppleCare+ is available.

AppleCare Products - iPhone - Apple

AppleCare+ for iPhone includes unlimited incidents of accidental damage protection.3Each incident is subject to the service fees listed below, plus applicable tax. In addition, you’ll get Express Replacement Service4 and 24/7 priority access to Apple experts by chat or phone.2

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Service fees and deductibles at a glance

Incidents covered

Screen or back glass6 damage $29

Other accidental damage $99

Theft or loss $149

Check to see if your phone is eligible for additional coverage.

Check Your Service and Support Coverage - Apple Support

I'll just say that I wasn't paying too much attention to how old this topic was. I thought it was current because the same topic comes up from time to time, and old topics are typically frozen. It looks like a 9+ year old topic was resurrected by an Apple Community Specialist.

y_p_w wrote:

I'll just say that I wasn't paying too much attention to how old this topic was. I thought it was current because the same topic comes up from time to time, and old topics are typically frozen. It looks like a 9+ year old topic was resurrected by an Apple Community Specialist.

That's very bizarre.

Apple Care+ covers water damage with a $50 deductible. See AppleCare+ for iPhone for more info.

Regular AppleCare does not cover accidental damage such as water damage.

Apple has recently introduced AppleCare+ for the iPhone, which covers up to two incidents of accidental damage, with a $49 service fee. See this page for a full explanation and conditions.

Best of luck.

How do you know if you have apple care or not?

gabeisbored wrote:

How do you know if you have apple care or not?

How do you not know if you bought it or not?

There have been a number of these discussions that have been resurrected. See Joe’s post in the WC about this.

Thanks! I also saw a post from iJAWs in another thread where they explained why they were posting in such an old thread.