Iphone 5 Discontinued what happens to Applecare+on it?
What's going to happen to my Iphone 5 with applecare+ if i have to replace it and iphone 5 is discontinued?
iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4
What's going to happen to my Iphone 5 with applecare+ if i have to replace it and iphone 5 is discontinued?
iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4
There will still be iPhone 5 models available to satisfy needs for replacement. Apple continues to support models even when discontinued for a period of time.
There will still be iPhone 5 models available to satisfy needs for replacement. Apple continues to support models even when discontinued for a period of time.
Don't you know for how long will Apple still be supporting Iphone + Applecare+ customers? I actually want to replace mine because it is a bit broken and I can only do it until December of this year. (Business reasons).
They are contractually obligated to support you until your AppleCare+ agreement expires.
"Discontinued?"
The iPhone 4 is still available online and in stores. AppleCare+ is still available on new purchases of the iPhone 4. Don't bet the mortgage on the iPhone 5 suddenly becoming unavailable.
Besides, discontinuation of a hardware model is an entirely separate issue than AppleCare coverage.
Are you sure?
I have an iphone 5 and the 5C is basically an uglyfied iphone 5 with hideous colors and a marginally improved battery life...maybe and I surely won't ever want it over my iphone 5 that I still love....I am worried that iOS 8 will skip the iphone 5 but come to the iphone 5c instead, though I can't see for the life of me why it would.
I've never heard of anything less than at least 2 iOS yearly big upgrades per generation.😐
What do you think?😕
True they are, but will the iphone 5 get next years iOS update like it should have if it were not discontinued, I mean iOS 7 being the only ios update for an iphone 5! Come on...and they are still selling the old 4S but now in a tiny 8gb size! I am speechless!😕😮
Why do you think it will stop at iOS 7 for the iPhone 5?
That's what I was trying to ask...except I did not know how to put it as simply as you did 😊..but the reason I am worried the iphone 5 will stop at iOS7 is cause they just discontinued it. Hopefully I am wrong I don't see why it should stop here and if the iphone 5c can get iOS8 next year I see no reason for the iphone 5 not to..with the same specs almost...except does discontiuning a model make that happen, stopping it here at iOS7
azMonsoon wrote:
True they are, but will the iphone 5 get next years iOS update
No one knows. No one knows if the 5C or the 5S will get "next years iOS update" either. There is no guarantee of anything. Since iOS 7 can be installed on anything going back to the iPhone 4, which was released 3 years ago, there is no reason to believe that the 5 won't get whatever comes out next year, especially since the 5C is essentially just a 5 with a cheap plastic case.
Nobody on here knows for sure what Apple will do off in the future...we can say what is likely to happen based on history. Apple has not had a record of abandoning users with a new model release. They continued to support the old PPC Mac users, the G5 class of computer, for several years after the switch to the Intel processor. You can use up through iOS 6.1.3 on the iPhone as old as the 3GS. So one can reasonably expect current iPhone 5 users to have an operating system available for some time to come.
Thankyou for your opinion, that's what I would think and hope too, but since there is no precedent I wonder still.
Like I am shocked they kept on the iphone 4S and dropped the iphone 5.
No y'all what I was asking is if I need to get my phone replaced using my AppleCare will they give me the new iPhone 5s or will they still have iPhone 5 in stock in the upcoming months even though they aren't making or selling iPhone 5 anymore
A warranty replacement will be of the same model, same colour, same capacity.
If you want a new iPhone 5s, you will need to buy one. Don't expect Apple or anyone else to start giving them away.
I'll repeat; there is no reason to expect that the iPhone 5 will suddenly become unavailable. The iPhone 4 is still around and it hasn't been the "New Big Thing" for three years.
Guys after reading your comments I only have 1 more question. When I change my iphone 5 (32gb black/slate unlock model) this december for a exact same one, and I want to buy a new iphone5S, or probably an iphone5C; what do you recommend me to do with my iphone5? Should I try to sell it on ebay? Does the fact of being discontinued have a big impact on the market (price). My applecare+ plan expires until fall of 2014.
Iphone 5 Discontinued what happens to Applecare+on it?