Articles · updated 15 Aug 2026

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Buying guide 15 August 2026 7 min read

The student’s iPad guide, autumn 2026

Education pricing narrows the gap between the base iPad and the Air from $300 to about $174 — and the cheapest models are deliberately excluded from the gift card. What a student actually pays, and whether the A16 is a mistake.

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More on the way: what iPadOS 27 drops and what it does to used prices; the bezel years, explained; and why a 13″ iPad is the same width as a sheet of paper.

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