Shopping at the Apple Store

published 1 June 2015

It is a point of pride with Apple that its products usually command full retail price. And if you drop your iPhone or if your MacBook fizzles, the financial fallout can be considerable. Take heart. We talked to employees and scoured Apple’s forums for money-saving tips on purchases and repairs.

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AppleCare+ is worth a look. Especially for an iPhone. You’ll pay $99 for iPhone coverage, which extends the one-year warranty to two years and covers two incidents of damage, no questions asked (although each repair not covered under warranty will set you back $79 for a service charge). If you’re not covered and an Apple genius tells you that you need a new phone, you’ll pay, say, $299 to replace an iPhone 6.

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Ryan joined Kiplinger in the fall of 2013. He wrote and fact-checked stories that appeared in Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine and on Kiplinger.com. He previously interned for the CBS Evening News investigative team and worked as a copy editor and features columnist at the GW Hatchet. He holds a BA in English and creative writing from George Washington University.