How to get broken Apple watch repaired cost free?
If you are planning to buy apple watch then think twice and read all about Apple watch before buying. Here are some pros and cons of it. These are based on my actual use of Apple watch for a month.
Pros
- Perfect for health measurement. Calculates accurate calorie burned during day.
- Perfect for wrist and give feel good.
- Reminds you for standing up and breathing.
- Receive and respond calls while driving. You need to have your Iphone synced with Apple watch for that.
- Check calorie burned during swimming, gym and indoor running.
- Analog and Digital watch dial look change.
Cons
- Top glass easily breakable even from 1 to 2 feet height
- For broken Apple watch without AppleCare you can not get replacement watch even if it is under warranty or within return timeframe.
- Apple watch belts are not good material , gets easily wearing marks within couple of weeks.
- You need to have Iphone to start Apple watch.
- Battery life is very low. Without use also battery gets drained within 2 days. With use you will need to charge it every day.
- If glass gets break, the touch sensitivity goes away. No use of Apple watch since only option left is to unpair from IPhone and return.
It is very second week after purchase my watch broke at corner when it fell from small sitting bench in gym. I did not have choice than returning or asking for replacement. There are already lot of forum and posts about Apple watch break stories. There is no guaranty of repair outside of Apple and no repairing store do it. If you find please reply to this blog.
Apple Store told me even though it is small crack without apple care cost would be around $295. With apple care cost would be $76 of replacement.
AppleCare do provide 2 years of software failure support and 2 times replacement warranty in case of breakage. Apple care plan itself cost is $52(With taxes).
In my given situation. I did not have choice to go for repair. Fortunately Apple gives 60 days to purchase AppleCare. So you buy AppleCare if incident happen to you. Better to buy AppleCare through Apple customer support. Once you buy AppleCare put repair order in couple of days. Unsaid thing here is Apple care plan will automatically starts from date when you bough your Apple Watch. After putting repair order you will receive package with return label.
Remove your strap / watch belt and put the watch in between plastic sticky coating. Make sure to unpair Apple watch from Iphone. Here are more instructions before you start process.
Seal the package back again and strap it with prvided sealing tapes.
Remove the original fedex tracker and keep only the bottom returning one. Drop it in FedEx center.
Once you drop you will receive email of shipment receive by Apple, status of repair and sending it back to your address. Mostly they send replacement with new piece. Entire order and replacement was completed within couple of days.
If you wanted to know how to get replacement without spending repair cost them please post me or contact me. It is also possible as I got repaired it.
