Apple's 2026 Back to School Offer Just Went Live in Select Countries

[MacRumors]

Apple's annual Back to School promotion is now live in select countries in Asia, including China, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

The offer provides college students and educational staff with a free item with the purchase of an eligible Mac or iPad model. The exact offer varies by country, with options including a pack of four AirTags, AirPods 4, an Apple Pencil Pro, or an Apple gift card. You can also opt to receive a discount on some higher-value accessories.

In China, Singapore, and Vietnam, eligible students and educators can receive a pack of four AirTags with the purchase of any new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iPad Air, or iPad Pro through Apple's education store.

In India, you can receive a pack of four AirTags or AirPods 4 with a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro, or an Apple Pencil Pro with an iPad Air or iPad Pro.

Apple is offering a gift card in Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand.

Notably, the MacBook Neo is not an eligible product in any of the countries, and the iPad mini, entry-level iPad, and desktop Macs are excluded too.

In these countries, the offer is available through August 27.

Apple has yet to begin its Back to School offer in the U.S., Canada, or Europe, but it will presumably be rolling out in more regions very soon.

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[Leobreaker]

Hmm, I think I remember these "free gifts".

 

[gummybear2026]

Time zone basis today? That makes no sense at all!

 

[TruthAboveAllElse]

Time zone basis today? That makes no sense at all!

Today on a time zone basis would be better phrasing, but it makes sense.

 

[anthony13]

All your time zone basis are belong to us !

 

[JPack]

AirTags as the promo item. I actually posted that here semi-jokingly a couple weeks ago. Guess it's true.

 

[oceptis]

AI Joe doesn’t know where it is, much less where we are. J/K, I’m pretty sure he’s real. I think this means today for them, tomorrow for us.

 

[Astuces iOS]

AirPods Pro should be bare minimum for MacBook Pro !

 

[jdavid_rp]

AirPods Pro should be bare minimum for MacBook Pro !

Or an extra 8gb of ram

 

[Mikep976]

 

[Geekett]

Wow they didn’t include the Neo ! They could have offer 1 AirTag or 1 Apple cloth at least
And why only in Asia ?

 

[svish]

Expecting to see the offer in the US in the next 12 hours. But by far the most underwhelming back to school offer. iMac is excluded and was not expecting to see AirTags as the free item.

 

[JPack]

What's most interesting with this promo is, Apple India prices a 4-pack of AirTags the same as AirPods 4. Why do AirTags cost so much in India?

In every other country, 4-pack AirTags are US$99 (or equivalent) and AirPods 4 are US$129.

If this promo carries through to the U.S., it means customers get $99 value (AirTags) as the free item.

 

[racer1441]

If the Neo isn’t included and the deal is just dumb air tags, history will look back at this time and see where Apple could have dominated the next decades with the Neo and lock-in but screwed it up.

 

[coachgq]

Man I miss the days of the iPod touch or beats headphones.

 

[osx64]

Ends earlier than usual

 

[imperfectibility]

I thought we’d get the polishing cloth

 

[dandyryan]

lemme wait until china makes RAM a commodity again and prices in the next gen down. these back to school deals are literally just pre price hike numbers.

 

[Atog]

Can we have a new basic iPad with an AI-capable CPU?

 

[JPack]

MBA: $200 increase last month, $100 gift card.

MBP: $400 increase last month, $150 gift card.