A recent change to the Apple Care+ plan now enables service coverage even when traveling abroad. Just after the announcement of the iPhone 5s and the 5c Apple had raised the Care+ coverage for accidental damage from $49 to $79 and with that news, along comes the info that travelers traveling abroad would be able to avail this service for a phone in any country where Service is possible. And surprise, that list includes India. Currently, the Apple Care+ plan is non-existent here and previously, Apple Care+ used to work only in the home country, so for people buying phones abroad from India, this is good news.
This is the document above that has leaked out on to the web thanks to @SonnyDickson in which you can note that the GSM model of the iPhone 5 will be available for service coverage in countries including India, Russia, Taiwan, Turkey and more. So, it is possible that people buying the iPhone from the U.S will indeed get the appropriate service coverage in India, assuming the fact that the iPhone comes with Apple Care+ coverage from the country they bought.
So, will this change your purchase decisions about the iPhone 5s or the iPhone 5c?
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via TechCrunch