In other parts of the world, the company only offers gift cards

Nov 29, 2013 07:54 GMT  ·  By

Strange as it may be, Apple knows how to slash prices on Black Friday, but not everywhere in the world. Europe is having it good this year, while countries like Australia and New Zealand are not.

For one reason or another, Apple’s Black Friday is not the same across the globe. The first countries to kick off the sales event at store.apple.com were Australia and New Zealand, where fans were disappointed to see that Apple continued to sell devices full-price.

The only Black Friday deal there is a gift card to spend in the iTunes Store. In Europe, however, things are different. There, Apple actually offers iPads, iPods, and Macs at a discount.

The price cuts aren’t exactly earth-shattering, but it’s still better than paying full price and getting an iTunes Gift Card you didn’t even want in the first place.

Customers in the UK can get an iPad Air from £368 (down from £399), and save £31.00. In Germany, iPad Air now goes for €444 (down from €479.00) which saves the customer €35.00. In the US, similar discounts are expected (in the $31.00 - $35.00 range).

Other discounted tablets include iPad mini and iPad 2. Their Black Friday prices are in accordance with their regular selling price, but the discounts are notably smaller than with the iPad Air.

MacBook Air goes for £768.00 in the UK and €898.00 throughout the rest of Europe. British buyers save around £81.00, whereas the rest of Europe saves €101.00. The same discounts apply to the iMac and MacBook Pro (including Retina models).

iPods are seeing the smallest price cuts. For instance, customers save just £11.00 / €11.00 on iPod nanos. In the US, the price cut is likely to be identical ($11.00).

As usual, some accessories are also on offer today, including iPhone cases and docks, headphones, etc. The Apple TV set-top box is now £84.00 / €88.00. US customers are expected to pay $84.99 when the deals go live in that part of the world.