Apple’s huge student deal – free AirPods 4 or AirPods Pro 2 for £50 with Macs and iPads
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Apple’s student giveaway knocks up to £150 off, with free AirPods or £50 AirPods Pro 2 when you buy a Mac or iPad from the Education Store.
Students can now bag free AirPods 4 – or upgrade to AirPods Pro 2 for just £50 – when buying a discounted Apple Mac or iPad through the Apple Education Store. It’s part of one of Apple’s biggest student giveaways in years, offering savings worth up to £150 on brand-new accessories.
The deal is open to anyone in higher education, including university students and staff, and stacks on top of the usual Apple Education Store discounts. That means money off iPads, Apple Macs and MacBooks – plus the AirPods bonus – all in one order.
Apple isn’t extending the offer to Apple TV or the latest iPhones, which it doesn’t class as educational buys, but for anyone heading to uni this autumn it’s a rare chance to load up on Apple kit without paying full price.
Here’s the full breakdown of what’s included…
- £20 off an iPad (A16) priced at £309
- £50 off an iPad mini (A17 Pro) at £449
- £50 off an iPad Air at £749
- £100 off a 13.6-inch MacBook Air at £899
- £100 off a 15-inch MacBook Air at £1,099
- £100 off a 14-inch MacBook Pro at £1,499
- £200 off a 16-inch MacBook Pro at £2,229
There are also discounts on Mac minis and Mac Studio for any student in university and it comes with a selection of freebies too.
Apple is giving away AirPods 4 with any of the above deals, which is a saving of £179 on the normal price for the high end headphones. If students do not want the AirPods 4 they can choose a Magic Mouse worth £100, a Magic Trackpad worth £149, or a Magic Keyboard worth £199.
The Air Pods Pro 2 cost just £50 when you buy a MacBook or £100 if you buy an iPad as part of the student deal.
While phones are not included in the deal there are discounts available on the latest iPhone models.
The iPhone 16 costs as little as £24 a month with Sky Mobile and that is the cheapest way to own a new iPhone.
The iPhone 16 Pro Max is the best-selling phone in the iPhone range. The flagship phone comes with a high-end 12MP 4K front camera, Apple’s clever artificial intelligence, and an ultra-fast processor for streaming, video and photo editing and gaming on the go.
The Pro Max costs from £37 a month from Sky Mobile and that is the cheapest deal on the market for students who want the latest phone.
A new iPhone, the 17, will arrive in September and students can hold out for an iPhone 16 deal when the new phones launches. Prices will typically drop when a new model arrives and that means September could be a good time to upgrade a phone.
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