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Manzana has changed its standard repair and warranty policies for iPhone and Apple Watch to stop covering hairline cracks on their screens, which from now on will be considered accidental and, therefore, the responsibility of the users.
The standard one-year warranty offered by the brand has never covered cosmetic damage, such as scratches, dents or breaks in the plastic of the charging ports, as specified on its website.
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On the other hand, it was responsible for covering the so-called fine cracks, that is, those that appeared on the screens of their devices and did not show a clear point of the impact that could have caused them, as 9to5Mac recalls.
Apple would have chosen to modify this part and stop including the repair of these damages in its standard warranty and begin classifying them as accidental or caused by users, according to this media.
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Specifically, it would have contacted stores and authorized service providers of the brand to announce this change in its repair policy, so that those owners of iPhone and Apple Watch devices pay for the service that until now was free for the first year. from the date of purchase.
Hairline cracks discovered on iPads and Macs, on the other hand, will still be covered by their product warranty when taken to Apple stores and repair shops.
Source: Elcomercio
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