Updated Nov. 30 with confirmed details for U.S. and U.K. pricing and further addition of other Apple products.
Black Friday is here. Which means the Apple Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping event has now gone live down under and have now rolled out in the U.K. and U.S. Here are all the details, for all products, including the Mac, which attracts the highest-value gift cards. One of the benefits of Apple’s system is that the shopping event continues to the end unlike price offers that suddenly sell out.
Apple iPhone 15, part of Apple’s Black Friday Shopping Event.
Apple Shopping Event: The Dates And Deals
The event runs from the moment midnight strikes on Friday, Nov. 29 through to the following Monday, Dec. 2 inclusive in your time zone.
Instead of knocking money off its products, Apple’s technique is to provide a gift card that can be spent anywhere instore or online with Apple. So, if you’re planning to buy other stuff from Apple, it works out just as good as a discount.
Apple Shopping Event: MacBook Air Offers
Before we get to the iPhone and iPad, there are also gift cards available for those after a new Mac. Note that the latest releases, that is the iMac, MacBook Pro and Mac mini are not included in the shopping event, which leaves just the MacBook Air. Here’s what’s on offer.
The most affordable model in the shopping event is the MacBook Air 13-inch with M2 chip. It sells for $999 and up. You’ll score a $150 gift card if you buy this laptop, or a £120 gift card in the U.K. or A$240 gift card in Australia.
Move up to the most recent MacBook Airs and there are bigger-value gift cards on offer. Get a $175 gift card, or £140 card or A$280 gift card if you buy the MacBook Air 13-inch with M3 processor, which costs $1,099 or more. There’s also the MacBook Air 15-inch model. If you buy this, which costs from $1,299, you’ll snag a $200 gift card, or a £160 gift card in the U.K. and A$320 down under.
Other products attracting gift cards include the HomePod (not the HomePod mini) which sells for $299. Grab a gift card worth $50, £40 or A$80 in Australia. Apple TV 4K costs from $129 and comes with a $25 gift card, or £20 in the U.K., which means an A$80 card in Australia.
You can also claim a gift card worth $25, £20 or A$40 in Australia with either the Apple Pencil Pro or Apple Pencil 2nd generation, both of which cost $129.
Apple Shopping Event: iPhone Offers
Buy an iPhone 15, iPhone 14 or iPhone SE, means it will come with a gift card. In Australia, Apple says that you can snag a gift card of A$120 with an iPhone 15, while an iPhone 14 comes with a gift card worth A$80. The most affordable iPhone, the latest iPhone SE, comes with a A$40 gift card.
In the U.S., this means you’re eligible for a gift card worth $75 if you buy an iPhone 15, which costs $699 for the model with 128GB storage, $50 gift card with iPhone 14 ($599 and up) and $25 with an iPhone SE, which costs $429. In the U.K., it’s now confirmed that a £60 gift card is on offer with iPhone 15, £40 gift card with iPhone 14 and £20 card with the iPhone SE.
Apple Shopping Event: iPad Offers
iPad Pro.
A bigger Apple gift card is available when you buy an iPad, specifically, an iPad Pro, iPad Air, or iPad (10th generation). In Australia, the iPad 10th generation attracts a A$80 gift card, iPad Air A$120 and iPad Pro A$160. In the U.S. that means a $50 gift card with iPad 10thgeneration, $75 with iPad Air and $100 gift card with iPad Pro. Across the pond in the U.K., you can snag a £40 gift card with the iPad 10th generation, £60 card with iPad Air and £80 gift card with iPad Pro.
Other Apple Products
As for other Apple products which now attract gift cards, the Apple Watch SE which costs from $249 in the U.S. comes with a $50 gift card—in the U.K. the £219 price for the smaller-sized SE gets a £40 gift card with it.
Apple Watch SE.
AirPods Max cost $549 but you can score a $75 gift card with a purchase, and in the U.K. the £499 Max come with a £60 gift card. AirPods Pro 2 cost $249 (£239 in the U.K.) and come with a $50 or £40 gift card, respectively. And the new AirPods 4 get a $25 or £20 gift card. Pricing starts from $129 and £129.
