HTC M9 owner to get one free replacement for water damage, cracked screen, or switching carriers

[ahhming]

HTC has officially announced “Uh-Oh Protection,” a new guarantee that nets you a free overnight HTC One M9 replacement in the event of a cracked screen, water damage or the unfortunate hassle of switching carriers.

HTC UH OH Protection provides consumers who damage their new HTC One M9 with an untimely fall onto the pavement or into a toilet with a free phone replacement within 12 months of purchase. Consumers who don’t take advantage of UH OH Protection within the first 12 months will receive $100 towards the purchase of a future HTC One.

 

There aren’t many strings attached, though there are a couple of things to note:

• To get your replacement overnight, you’ll need to offer up a credit card number for HTC to put a $300 hold on. You know, just in case you’re trying to pull a fast one on them.
• You can also opt for a more traditional replacement approach where they send your new smartphone out the moment they receive your damaged one.
• The offer is US-only for now, unfortunately.

All it takes is a call to 866-449-8358 or a chat with HTC’s customer service reps online in order to get you on your way.

Source:
http://phandroid.com/2015/03/18/htc-uh-oh-protection/

http://www.htc.com/us/advantage/

[lani100]

Us only as always

And this is free?

[LAwLz]

That's very very good of them. It's just a shame it is US only.

[XYrZbest]

I'm glad they are adding water damage to this I wonder what they have planned for this live stream today... maybe release date, price, and capacity info???

[bobhays]

Yea I don't know how they are going to support this since a lot of people are going to use it.

[carolkarine]

As a current m7 owner and future m9 owner, this makes me wet.

Od course, I'll also have phantom glass on it.

[CtW]

As a current m7 owner and future m9 owner, this makes me wet.

[kuzimins]

Thats really nice. But they need to know here in Europe and the rest of the world our phones can also break.

[Inkz]

tldr the phone will be expensive.

Anything does not necessarily need to be expensive just because the company supports their own product.

[Redmond]

Was probably done to boost lackluster sales projections of the M9.

[hmminteresting]

I've just ordered the phone but I'm in the UK so apparently deemed not worthy enough for this coverage

[Nineshadow]

US only.

 

Woo.Great job HTC. The only people in the world who break their screens are from the US now?