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Is there an option online to apply gift cards to pay part of the order?
You can't use App Store gift cards for buying things from the Apple Store, but yes, people can buy you Apple Store gift cards to apply toward a phone.
 
Apple store gift cards can be used towards purchases, if your gift card is less than the total purchase you can apply the difference to a credit card.
You cannot use App store gift cards for store purchases
 
I've read this thread three times and still don't get what's being said!

You can't use App Store gift cards for buying things from the Apple Store, but yes, people can buy you Apple Store gift cards to apply toward a phone.

Hmm... you can't use the gift cards for buying from the Apple Store, but you can use them to buy a phone?! I thought the question was about *online* buying.

Apple store gift cards can be used towards purchases, if your gift card is less than the total purchase you can apply the difference to a credit card.

You cannot use App store gift cards for store purchases

So, here the advice is that you can use Apple store gift cards toward purchases, but not for store purchases! What happened to *online*?

Somehow, it reads like you all are referring to the physical stores when the question asked about online.

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Oh, wait! The light bulb just went off. 💡 :cool: (Long day, brain numb.)

The difference is whether the gift cards are for *apps* (iTunes, app) vs. *hardware*, etc. at the Apple Store.

What threw me is that the OP asked this:

”If someone buys me an Apple store gift card can I use it online to buy an iPhone SE?”

The answer to that is YES! Unequivocally; no caveats.

But be sure you're looking at an *Apple Store* gift card as opposed to an iTunes, app gift card, which is solely for software & music, not for hardware!

OK! Send my post to the Committee on Redundancy Committee!
 
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Oh, wait! The light bulb just went off. 💡 :cool: (Long day, brain numb.)

The difference is whether the gift cards are for *apps* (iTunes, app) vs. *hardware*, etc. at the Apple Store.
Exactly! It’s silly that Apple distinguishes between the two types of gift cards, but they do.
 
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