QUOTE(dreamthief @ Nov 12 2014, 01:45 PM)
Warranty is important, but the 2nd year warranty is with 3rd party, not Apple. From what I heard from colleagues/friends, its at best effort basis.
I would say personal experience, within 1 year, if your Apple does not have defective hardware, it will last. This is excluding dropping it, smashing screen and so forth.
+5 for the above
owned 3Gs, no issue beyond 3years except when closer to the end of its life suffered water submerge and drop which breaks the glass and end up byebye
4S had issue with headphone jack which was already passed 1yr warranty period. called and reach to the 3rd party, i need to deliver to their office, no substitute available for either loan/borrow, need to wait, etc. I have no spare at the moment...in the end forget it and head to lowyat and have a shop help me replace instantly at around 1xx
this phone also suffered once drop into water, but amazingly after the beras rendam, everything still working and no faulty...
still keep in the room unused for now