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This year, buyers of Apple’s Back to School promotion in the US and Canada will receive a $150 gift card on eligible Macs and a $100 gift card on eligible iPads.
There are restrictions on eligible devices as in 2021. The devices included in the additional Back to School promotion are:
- MacBook Air (M1 or M2)
- MacBook Pro (any size)
- iPad Air
- iPad Pro (any size)
For each Eligible Mac, an Eligible Buyer will receive a $150 Apple Gift Card. For each Eligible iPad, the Gift Card is $100.
This is significantly different from the 2021 offering, and not just in the way that year included free AirPods. Right now, the cheapest AirPods available are the second-generation models, which retail for $129.
There are also differences in terms of which devices it applies to.
Unlike that previous Back to School promotion, the current one does not apply to the Mac mini or the Mac Pro, nor does the Mac Studio, which was introduced since the 2021 promotion.
There is no difference with the iPad selection on offer, which means that again the iPad mini and the regular iPad are excluded.
Apple is also slowly rolling out Back to School promotions internationally. In several countries, buyers are offered second-generation AirPods for free.