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Apple Offering Discounted iPad 10-Packs to Educational Institutions

Friday March 19, 2010 1:27 pm PDT by Eric Slivka

Apple has begun promoting 10-pack iPad bundles for educational institutions, offering minor discounts while also reducing packaging by eliminating separate retail boxing for the devices. Each package contains ten iPads with USB-to-Dock Connector cables and power adapters along with a single set of documentation.

Only Wi-Fi iPad models are currently available for order through the program, with bundle pricing offering a discount of $20 per iPad for hardware-only purchases and $40 per iPad if purchased with AppleCare.

BF822LL/A: iPad Wi-Fi (16GB) $4,790
BF825LL/A: iPad Wi-Fi (16GB) with AppleCare Protection Plan for iPad - Auto Enroll $5,580
BF823LL/A: iPad Wi-Fi (32GB) $5,790
BF826LL/A: iPad Wi-Fi (32GB) with AppleCare Protection Plan for iPad - Auto Enroll $6,580
BF824LL/A: iPad Wi-Fi (64GB) $6,790
BF827LL/A: iPad Wi-Fi (64GB) with AppleCare Protection Plan for iPad - Auto Enroll $7,580

Individual Wi-Fi iPad pricing is set at $499/$599/$699, with two-year AppleCare available for $99. No discount is offered for individual purchases made through Apple's education stores.
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pmpknetr21
28 months ago
Really nice for the schools.
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rstansby
28 months ago
Only $20 savings for each iPad, when you buy 10. That is no better than the education discount on iMacs, when you buy them 1 at a time.
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j_maddison
28 months ago

Really nice for the schools.


I disagree, very very small discount

Apple should have extended the full education discount of 14% to students. As much as I love Apple's products, they're very much an overly greedy company these days. They're also possibly being myopic, as students are highly likely to buy content for the device IMO

Very shameful Apple
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pmz
28 months ago

I disagree, very very small discount

Apple should have extended the full education discount of 14% to students. As much as I love Apple's products, they're very much an overly greedy company these days. They're also possibly being myopic, as students are highly likely to buy content for the device IMO

Very shameful Apple


wtf?

4 years ago my brother (parents) had to pay $2000 for his "tablet PC" from HP in highschool.

This works out to what, $470 a piece? Give me a break.
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j_maddison
28 months ago

wtf?

4 years ago my brother (parents) had to pay $2000 for his "tablet PC" from HP in highschool.

This works out to what, $470 a piece? Give me a break.


The iPad is not a tablet PC. You can still pay $2,000 for a tablet PC if you want. The iPad is a tablet yes, but it doesn't run a full blown deskptop OS (I'm not getting into that argument).

My point is, Apple used to offer excellent discounts to students and teachers across all of it's product ranges. It's a shame they're not offering the same with the iPad.
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Jett0516
28 months ago
what kind of school would need the ipad over a mac or pc?
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j_maddison
28 months ago

what kind of school would need the ipad over a mac or pc?


It's a companion device

Personally I would have found it very handy during my studying years, purely due to the form factor and diary/ notepad functions.

I was as disappointed as most people when it was released, I'm still disappointed in it as a home device, but for work I can see it being very handy. I don't need to multi task in work, but it would just sit there gathering dust in the house, for me at least anyway
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tk421
28 months ago

wtf?

4 years ago my brother (parents) had to pay $2000 for his "tablet PC" from HP in highschool.

This works out to what, $470 a piece? Give me a break.


4 years ago is completely irrelevant in the tech world.

The comparison that is valid is iPad-with-discount to iPad-without-discount. The discount is 4% on the $499 model and less on others. That's pretty small.
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Apple!Fre@k
28 months ago
$20 discount? BFD!

That doesn't impress anybody, much less educators.

For buying 10, the discount should be $100 per unit. Buy 100, $125 off per unit.
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minik
28 months ago
Why businesses need to often discount in the first place?
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