Second hand 4s and AppleCare

Hi,
I was wondering.. a few months ago I bought a second hand iphone 4S from a guy, who had bought it from carphone(UK). Checking the serial No. on the phone it has an apple warranty till the 25th of April 2013. So my question is whether although I have the authentic box of the iphone, am I legitimate to update my warrany by buying AppleCare for an extra year although not having the initial receipt when the iphone was bought? Furthermore if I can , then the AppleCare does provides me with a new iphone replacement in case its my fault that any issue has arisen on the phone?
Thanks,
Steve

You can purchase AppleCare anytime within the phone's one year warranty period, You might want to read this to see if you want to purchase it:
http://www.apple.com/uk/legal/statutory-warranty/

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