All-New Apple Store Opening in Beijing, Download the Special Wallpaper

[MacRumors]

Apple has announced it will be opening an all-new store at the Livat Centre shopping mall in Beijing, China on Saturday, December 6, at 10 a.m. local time.

Opened in 2014, the Livat Centre is one of the most popular shopping malls in Beijing. The mall has a Scandinavian design and is anchored by IKEA, as a result of being owned by Sweden's Ingka Group, the world's largest IKEA franchisee.

To celebrate the store's upcoming opening, Apple has shared a special wallpaper for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, as well as a special Apple Watch face.

Article Link: All-New Apple Store Opening in Beijing, Download the Special Wallpaper

 

[SFjohn]

It’s interesting to note that Apple is staying away from their original 6 color logo, I guess it’s just the times we’re living in… 😕

 

[The Cockney Rebel]

The Covent Garden store is being renovated:

 

[WilliApple]

The mall has a Scandinavian design and is anchored by IKEA

IKEA at a mall is insane....
I need an Ikea at Flatiron Crossing haha, not dystopian apartments at the mall

 

[TimCrapple]

Let me guess, the png is somehow embedded with malware?

Edit: Apologies. it's a jpeg


>The Covent Garden store is being renovated
this actually looks awesome

 

[Belisama]

The white background doesn't really match with the level of air pollution in Beijing 😷.

 

[Ursadorable]

The white background doesn't really match with the level of air pollution in Beijing 😷.

In 2024 China reached a new record of opening coal fired power plants. Strange how Greta (or any other nation for that matter) never calls them out, or goes and protests about the pollution they spew annually, while the rest of the world is being told by the UN that we need to pay taxes on pollution. The hypocrisy is palpable.

 

[DrKarl]

The white background doesn't really match with the level of air pollution in Beijing 😷.

You've not been to Beijing either ever or in recent years. The air is crystal clear... as it is in dozens of cities we visited this fall. China has more renewable energy than the entire rest of the world... and has massive electric car adoptation... easily seen by their green (cheaper as an incentive) license plates.

 

[Exponent]

The Covent Garden store is being renovated:

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Ironic, this summarizes in logo form what many think about 2025 Apple:
1. retains some of the original mission, but
2. is all over the place and internally a mess.

 

[Rafagon]

What an unpleasant and forgettable wallpaper.

 

[Londo Mollari 2]

You've not been to Beijing either ever or in recent years. The air is crystal clear... as it is in dozens of cities we visited this fall. China has more renewable energy than the entire rest of the world... and has massive electric car adoptation... easily seen by their green (cheaper as an incentive) license plates.

Per U.S. EPA, AQI in Chicago (where I live) was 44 at 4 PM today. Per aqicn.org, AQI in Beijing was 21 at 6:00 PM today (my time). But AQI in Shanghai was 63 and in Hong Kong 127 which is pretty bad. Look like they’ve done a great job cleaning up the capital and Shanghai is impressive.

 

[dhess34]

I need a black-background version for my phone. I’ll just make one once I’m home, because the iPhone’s image editor doesn’t have bucket fill!

 

[LedRush]

Do you have to put the logo together yourself, and will it fall apart after the most minimal of use?

 

[AlanBeyond]

In 2024 China reached a new record of opening coal fired power plants. Strange how Greta (or any other nation for that matter) never calls them out, or goes and protests about the pollution they spew annually, while the rest of the world is being told by the UN that we need to pay taxes on pollution. The hypocrisy is palpable.

China is the largest clean energy producer, in total or per capita in the world. The USA is the real hypocrite.

 

[AlanBeyond]

The white background doesn't really match with the level of air pollution in Beijing 😷.

I can tell that you have never been to Beijing or at least in a decade.

 

[baconcat_8964]

There's an Authorised Reseller right at the opposite side.

 

[bgillander]

It’s interesting to note that Apple is staying away from their original 6 color logo, I guess it’s just the times we’re living in… 😕

This custom logo actually appears to be based on the original 6 colour logo (it certainly seems like it even has the lighter yellow of 1976, rather than the more orange yellow of the 1984 rebrand).

How is that staying away?

 

[bgillander]

There's an Authorised Reseller right at the opposite side.

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Ouch! That’s gotta hurt!

 

[svish]

Looking forward to seeing photos from the new store. New wallpaper is good. Surprised to see a custom watch face.

 

[Ursadorable]

China is the largest clean energy producer, in total or per capita in the world. The USA is the real hypocrite.View attachment 2580524

Clearly!

 

[mrfunnypenguin]

Nice vintage throwback!