Max "Buzzworthy" Eddy1d ago
Marcin Wichary
In this promotional photo from Apple, the headphones are more expensive than the computer.
Mar 16 at 2:06amWeb
Show threadMarcin Wichary1d ago

Okay, I am actually wrong here: it’s only cheaper with educational discount, and this person is not at school. I misunderstood what educational discount means.

Edit: Although I’m now being told there are ways she could get that discount for a personal laptop, too, through her school?

Show threadMichael Engel1d ago
@mwichary Students and teachers are eligible for the educational discount when buying personal devices, yes. I don’t think there’s an educational discount for the headphones… 😀
Show threadWenzel Massag1d ago
@mwichary would have loved to see this photo with wired headphones. Apple still sells them, it’s much more realistic, and they’re supposedly increasingly popular.
Show threadColin1d ago

@mwichary Apple took away verification of education stuff when using the education store. Basically anyone can order from it nowadays with zero repercussions.

The neo is $100 USD cheaper for both specs via education store, anyway, for example.

Show threadMonty Hayter 🇨🇦1d ago

@mwichary With the update to AirPods Max 2 the price has gone up slightly here in Canada to C$799, exactly the same as the base Neo.

(The Neo is C$679/$849 here with the education discount, available to teachers and post-secondary students and their parents — but as @colinstu noted, my niece was never asked for verification of her university status when she bought her Air back in '24)

Show threadadacosta1d ago
@mwichary But Apples play is as a student, you can get both for 999.
Show threadkarolina1d ago
@mwichary is there a headphone stand for a thousand dollars though
Show threadJoe Alexander1d ago
@mwichary is this wrong? one i put on my head and gives me delicious (spatial?) audio - the other one is a calculator
Show threadComputerNut431d ago
@mwichary ha 🤣
Show threadtheirongiant1d ago
@mwichary - your original point stands: the headphones don't get an EDU discount; the computer does. And we're led to believe that the young woman is probably a student.