>In downtown San Francisco, situated across the street from the city's iconic Union Square Park, Apple's newest vision for retail is close to being realized. The new store, which opens this Saturday, includes 42-foot sliding glass doors that double as two-story windows, a 6K video screen on the second floor, and living trees lining its new customer support section. It also sports a backyard "forum" that will be open 24 hours a day, featuring a 50-foot green wall, free Wi-Fi, and 47-year-old restored fountain from San Francisco sculptor Ruth Asawa.
At least now applel customers won't need to lose their spot in line to go to the loo.
Nolan Gomez
All fun and games until the homeless move in and start pissing in the MacPros and grilling pigeons on the MacBooks.
Christopher Carter
OP didn't mention, bathrooms are now non-binary genderfluid and come equipped with a four foot big black dildo in each stall.
Ayden Reyes
it's san francisco so we kinda assumed.
Jeremiah King
I've literally never understood what was supposed to be so great about Apple stores?
Can't find anything without having to wade through a sea of people gaping at a slightly different version of the thing they have at home because no overhead signage Very little stock of accessories, for what accessories they DO carry that aren't Apple-Brand No direction or lead as to whom to talk to or see if you need service or help (Meaning you end up waiting to talk to someone who tells you who to talk to instead, and shows you their line) Single-Level displays means you're uncomfortable if you're anything taller or lower than the height they're built for And buying things is just cringe worthy, as the associate has to wade through a sea of people to go fetch a receipt for you
I -OWN- a fucking Mac Mini and love it, but I can't fucking STAND any Apple store I've been to.
Ryder Nguyen
>It also sports a backyard "forum" that will be open 24 hours a day
Surely this is going to become a complete shitshow.
Jace Thomas
kek
Easton Baker
Good, too bad my commie shithole of a country doesn't even have a single proper Apple Store, just resellers. Fuck.
Wyatt Butler
Apple is great at marketing. That's why people treat the Apple store like Disneyland.
Nathan Robinson
Brazil?
Justin Sanchez
Yeah, isn't this a very real potential problem with this 24 hour "forum" this thing has got?
Ryder Rodriguez
Yurop
Lincoln Lopez
Europe isn't a country.
Andrew Smith
So basically a 24/7 trailer trash tailgate party.
Ian Kelly
Yes I know, I meant the country is in yurop
Jaxon Edwards
>With an outdoor plaza and literal trees inside
ONE
INFINITE
LOO
Ryder Lopez
Many European countries have many official Apple stores.
Gavin Ramirez
Yes I know That's why it hurts even more that mine doesn't
Hunter Sanders
Underrated
Gavin Wilson
Especially with SF having the biggest homeless pop in the country I think
Bentley Diaz
He's probably a Slavshit. >Even Turkey has them
Dominic Cruz
>slavshit Please 100% germanic
Easton Green
THAT FUCKING LAYOUT MAKES ME CRINGE!
Jordan Ward
Let me guess, you're from the Czech republic and are in denial about being a Slav.
Kevin James
Looks like it is complete with a hobo street painter.
>japan has a smaller number of apple stores than australia Fucking how?
Jonathan Phillips
The employees hold the same posture of hands behind their back because they are prisoners unable to jailbreak. (Photo related)
Kevin Phillips
Clearly for the inevitable earthquakes that will cause the tables to slide around and throw all the iToys off them.
Justin Ross
>le japan is le advanced technology land meme windows-7-install-floppy-disks.jpg
Juan James
Because that would be too obvious; too streamlined. It adds some utility to the mix; simplicity. The cords add flair. Burn the place to the ground.
Parker Reyes
Then they should have the table suspended by 4 guy wires from the ceiling and floor and run the power cables along them. The guy wires would prevent massive swinging and moving of the table whilst making it look even cleaner.
Josiah Martin
>burn it Apple doesn't own the place user, they just lease the space.
Think of the poor landlord, now he can't brag to the guys about his awesome investment, because it's covered in faggots.
Andrew White
Seriously, it's not the fucking 80s anymore. I went to Japan recently and in this day and age there's just nothing Japan has that you can't get anymore thanks to online shopping. I didn't go to Japan for that reason, there's plenty of other good reasons to visit.
It's just frustrating when everyone I've talked to about the trip, first thing they ask >OMG SO IS JAPAN LIKE REALLY ADVANCED WITH THEIR TECHNOLOGY AND STUFF???
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Evan Morgan
Damn, you are right. How could they oversee such a blatant inconsistency in the design?
>real trees if those are the trees, then I am underwhelmend. That's just some potted plants of slightly larger than what everyone and their grandma has in their living room size.
Carson White
>"This is more than just a store," Ahrendts says. "We want people to say, 'Hey, meet me at Apple.'"
Levi Peterson
You're right, Japan has tons of old tech, but they also have probably the largest portion of iPhone users you've ever fucking seen that are mostly getting serviced through carriers and other technology stores because they aren't stepping up to put up shops.
Macbooks and iPads are hella popular too.
Source: I'm fucking living in Japan.
Zachary Gonzalez
>are the trees, then I am underwhelmend. That's just some potted plants of slightly larger than what everyone and their grandma has in their living room size. You weren't expecting oaks were you?
There was always going to be a compromise, you have to pick trees that will grow within their confines, won't grow a root system that will damage things, will live with the shit natural lighting and won't make too much of a mess.
Nathaniel Edwards
s-sugoi da! can I be your tomodachi? Orz
Colton Cox
Then they have to get 4 people to lift the table and one to to turn them off every morning and night, for every table
John Robinson
>You weren't expecting oaks were you? Actually, I was. Or something of similar size and real-treeness, if they are going to brag about real trees. Those plants add a nice touch, and are certainly not really small, but also nowhere near anything considered "big" in a retail setting. Stuff like this is at every mall, department store or airport.
Jack Jenkins
They're way too big to be classified as plants. They're literally trees.
Xavier Jenkins
>Every support employee is a white male
Why is this allowed?
Brayden Powell
Wow, it's fucking nothing.
Parker Allen
why shouldn't it be allowed?
Ethan Moore
Because weeb morons think that Gundams are real
John Parker
Its allowed cause its 2016, geez
Asher Parker
You really think qualified minorities didn't apply for positions at Apple's flagship store?
Christian Sanchez
That'll change once Apple gets a lawsuit from a rainbow haired tumblrwhale. Then white males will be shot on sight in every Apple store across the US.
Henry Sanders
If they get big enough, do they become classified as dinosaurs?
Kayden Flores
No problem, we've got a safespace set up ready just for you if your post-colonial PTSD is being severly triggered right now.
Lucas Gray
>he thinks gundams arent real
Get a load of this retard.
Jaxson Gomez
being white is a qualification of its own
Sebastian Cook
Sup Forums ruined this website
Mason Nelson
>he thinks gundams are real >implying they aren't shit toys
Jose Ward
>qualified minorities lol
Kevin Thomas
Sup Forums is just weebs that actually grew up
Jeremiah Johnson
God damn such waste of precious city real estate. Should be illegal
Easton Long
They're trying to imitate some zen shit but they put the tatamis in the ceiling
Jaxon Perez
Sounds a bit like the new Apple store in Stockholm, Sweden.
>2016 >not having an aple temple in the heart of the capital
Mason Rogers
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Xavier Reyes
>This is what poor whites who believe they're entitled to shit just for being white actually believe
Jacob Young
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Kayden Jones
>It's not the fucking 80s
It is in japan! Kimosabe, no need to upgrade PC. You fine with SHARP DOS, is timeless like katana.
Juan Kelly
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Jayden Hall
Teach me your ways user-sensei.
Ayden Lee
Memes will never justify your gibsmedat attitude.
Andrew Campbell
A map of faggotry. How handy.
Nathan Davis
I don't see your apartment on there.
Jackson Nguyen
shut up and fuck already
Lucas Thomas
Maybe he's homeless. Like poverty, faggotry knows no bounds.
Noah Anderson
Sweden yes! Truly the progressive people of the north.
Hunter Miller
That's because it isn't on there.
Daniel Harris
>This looks stupid, why don't the route the power through the legs of the table? Because Steve Jobs is dead As simple as having a few switches here and there, are you american or something?
Anthony Bailey
Now you're just making the wiring way too complex to justify this.
Luis Lee
>not paying respect to steve in the jobs mirror pool
Aaron Stewart
>a switch makes wiring complex Are you retarded? They could go for something as simple as having the switch in one of the legs, or just disconnecting everything in the store Also, do you seriously believe they disconnect the stuff to shut it down? Are you this retarded?
Jose Powell
So now they either have to order the desks customised, highly increasing the cost (space for switches in the legs) or they can't shut the power to a group of devices and have to turn everything off.
>Also, do you seriously believe they disconnect the stuff to shut it down? Are you this retarded?
They obviously shut the stuff down and unplug it. When devices are off they still use electricity if plugged in.
Nolan Wright
>penny pinching an Apple Store Jobs is spinning in his grave >have to turn everything off What else is there to turn off? CCTV's and alarms have their own circuit, unless the place is completely hack >They obviously shut the stuff down and unplug it. When devices are off they still use electricity if plugged in. Which is so ridiculously minimal it's retarded, anyways they will still use the energy the next day when they charge what they consumed from the batteries overnight, which would be more expensive in the day than in the night
Matthew Smith
Google is no better in the YES regards. >Literally making a Map Zedong supporter the Google doodle Android fags will defend this.
Adrian Bailey
>Android fags will defend this. Good thing I find this, among Android itself, atrocious. -- Sent from my Galaxy Star
Juan Ramirez
Do people even see the doodles anymore? Everyone uses the search bar or something similar
Robert King
you expected anything else from a jewish company?
Owen Phillips
I don't know. But I'm honestly fucking shocked Google chose to showcase this woman on the doodle. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Kochiyama >Japanese American who supported Osama Bin Laden and converted to Islam She's literally a parody of SJWs yet somehow completely serious.
Lucas Watson
i get nervous when i get into an apple store those blue tshirt guys going full hipster and over friendly
everybody using the free internet access
you take any gadget and there is always a photo of someone doing stupid shit as a wallpaper er...
its horrible never again
in a way, it reminds me that people are stupid, so i dont like been there
Kayden Howard
literal autism
Jaxon James
nah i'm ok just that i like the classic retail experience
1. clean products in shelves 2. true shop assistants, well dressed, without any stupid fad attire, that help you only if you want them to 3. people in the store are there just to buy products, not to hang out 4. you can't manipulate the on-display items, only by supervision of the guy in the store. that way you test a clean, new product, not a greasy iphone sporting a photo of jamal
Brandon Williams
Went to an Apple store for the first time in like 5 years recently to get muh free warranty repair on some broken apple router I got. It reminds me of a prison. Concrete everywhere. It's NOT welcoming. No one else fucking does this
Julian Parker
>only by supervision of the guy in the store sure, I like a min wage prole hawking over my shoulder
Elijah Anderson
>It reminds me of a prison Much like their view on hardware.
Henry Baker
Which store location?
Isaiah Johnson
apple current store experience is not premium at all
10 years back, it was, because you were not allowed to play with the devices, so that novelty in the apple store was a huge hit
right now, the apple store is walmart
Zachary Hernandez
>nobody gets your shitty joke joke
Henry Stewart
>1. clean products in shelves Like a Walmart?
>2. true shop assistants, well dressed, without any stupid fad attire, A uniform T-shirt is fad attire? ok.
> that help you only if you want them to Any good retail store will at least try to greet you within a minute if not less. If they offer assistance, I just say "no, thanks" and they leave me alone.
>3. people in the store are there just to buy products, not to hang out People hang out in just about every fucking store on the planet. And they actually want you to play with the stuff. How else will you judge what the products are like? Ask random faggots on an internet message board?
>4. you can't manipulate the on-display items, only by supervision of the guy in the store. that way you test a clean, new product, not a greasy iphone sporting a photo of jamal Horse shit. They let people do whatever they want short of punching the screens. I've played with iMovie, poked around the settings, looked at what files are on it, etc.
Jack Cruz
Not making the effort of devising a way to run the power cord through the leg of the table so its invisible
This is why women should never be in charge of anything
Joshua Foster
Why do they even need two of them? That's retarded
