{"id":358560,"date":"2017-07-08T00:25:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T16:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/07\/07\/apple-back-to-school-dates-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-07-08T00:25:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T16:25:29","slug":"still-waiting-for-apples-2017-back-to-school-promotion-heres-when-its-launched-in-recent-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/still-waiting-for-apples-2017-back-to-school-promotion-heres-when-its-launched-in-recent-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Still Waiting for Apple&#8217;s 2017 Back to School Promotion? Here&#8217;s When It&#8217;s Launched in Recent Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For over a decade, Apple has offered an annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/back-to-school-promotion\/\">Back to School promotion<\/a>, offering K-12 and college or university students, parents of students, and educators incentives, such as a free pair of Beats headphones or an Apple Store gift card valued up to $100, with the purchase of a qualifying Mac, iPhone, or iPad.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2016\/06\/Apple-2016-Back-to-School-promo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"352\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-505168\"\/><br \/>We&#8217;ve been receiving questions about the Back to School promotion for a few weeks now, but there&#8217;s still no sign of an imminent launch. Some have wondered whether Apple is canceling the program entirely, but it&#8217;s too early to say, as there are still several weeks remaining before students begin returning to classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2006, Apple has launched its Back to School promotion in the United States and Canada as early as May 25, and as late as July 23. The promotion is usually extended to several European countries such as France, Germany, and Italy on either the same day, or no more than a few days later.<\/p>\n<p>These have been the exact kickoff dates each year for North America:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2016<\/strong>: June 2<\/li>\n<li><strong>2015<\/strong>: July 23<\/li>\n<li><strong>2014<\/strong>: July 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013<\/strong>: July 2<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong>: June 11<\/li>\n<li><strong>2011<\/strong>: June 16<\/li>\n<li><strong>2010<\/strong>: May 25<\/li>\n<li><strong>2009<\/strong>: May 27<\/li>\n<li><strong>2008<\/strong>: June 3<\/li>\n<li><strong>2007<\/strong>: June 5<\/li>\n<li><strong>2006<\/strong>: June 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s Back to School promotion is highly anticipated because it&#8217;s one of the few times a year that Apple offers deals to customers, and many hold off on summer purchases until the event begins. Apple offered free Beats headphones in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2016\/06\/02\/apple-2016-back-to-school-promotion\/\">2016<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2015\/07\/23\/back-to-school-promo-beats-2015\/\">2015<\/a>, free Apple Store gift cards in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2014\/07\/01\/apple-2014-back-to-school-promotion\/\">2014<\/a>, and free iTunes gift cards in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2013\/07\/02\/apple-launches-2013-back-to-school-promotion-with-gift-cards-up-to-100\/\">2013<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Apple launched a Back to Uni promotion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/02\/06\/apple-back-to-uni-2017-australia-new-zealand\/\">in Australia and New Zealand<\/a> in February, offering a free Apple Store gift card valued between $70 and $100 with the purchase of a qualifying new Mac or iPad Pro.<\/p>\n<p>The Back to Uni promotion in Australia and New Zealand can sometimes foreshadow what Apple plans to offer in other countries, but not always. In 2015, for example, Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2015\/01\/29\/apple-back-to-school-au-nz-2015\/\">offered an Apple Store gift card<\/a> worth up to $100 in Australia and New Zealand, but the deal was free Beats headphones in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For over a decade, Apple has offered an annual Back to School promotion, offering K-12 and college or university students, parents of students, and educators incentives, such as a free pair of Beats headphones or an Apple Store gift card valued up to $100, with the purchase of a qualifying Mac, iPhone, or iPad. 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