If you’re not yet aware, Apple offer a FREE online service called the “Repair Warranty Checker” for any Apple product you happen to purchase. The service specializes in returning a date that you are covered for warranty until, based on the SN assigned to the product (now found on the box).
Today, I decided to give it a shot with my UK bought iPhone 4, selecting Australia as the country.
What surprised me was the fact that it is actually covered under warranty, meaning if I was to break it or anything like that, Apple would have to exchange or replace it.
This comes as a surprise to me as I wouldn’t have expected it to have had warranty outside of UK, let alone in a country that they’re not even readily available yet. I did the exact same thing when my iPhone 3GS, as this was having issues with the battery, and this was sent from Hong Kong. The serial number was from the “HK Batch” and I honestly didn’t expect it to be covered outside of HK, or even China for that fact. Yet, it was also covered worldwide, I checked this by changing the country selection to everyone available.
If I’ve learnt one thing today, it’s that people shipping iPhone 4 to other countries shouldn’t worry about voiding their warranty on the product at all, even if the product hasn’t hit store shelves yet, apparently .. you’re fully covered.
What I’m trying to work out however is when we’re going to see this iOS 4.0.1 upgrade. My iPhone 4, being in Australia and using a homemade Micro SIM cuts in and out of reception even without holding it in the “Death Grip” but just texting. It is very frustrating and this update can’t come quick enough. However, there are a lot of different opinions on this situation, both opposing – one being the issue stems from the actual hardware and the other software.
Discuss.