Wow, Maybe with the iPhone it's different because of frequency of claims or the type of damage/issue....Dave & I have had fantastic cust serv from Apple. They replaced my graphic card which is attached to the mother board, about 6 months after my 3 yr Apple Care coverage had expired. It failed within 2 months so they replaced the mother board/graphic card again. Both replacements were refurb'ed, but I was still happy to save the $700 bucks. When we bought our iPad last year in an AppleStore, salespeople NEVER mentioned it required Snow Leopard OS. We drive home 100 miles.....
Try to connect the iPad-> we learn we need Snow Leopard.
Called the STORE manager, said he'd send out a complimentary family pack Snow Leopard OS (~$269) so we could upgrade from Tiger and use our new iPad. And sent it overnight shipping.... Unbelievable.....![]()