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Apple Celebrates All-New Store With iPhone, iPad, and Mac Wallpaper

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Apple has announced that it will be opening an all-new store at the Grand Front shopping complex in Osaka, Japan, on Saturday, July 26.

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To celebrate the occasion, Apple has shared a wallpaper for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

This will be Apple's first store in Umeda, a busy mixed-use district of Osaka with two major train stations, shops, restaurants, and more.

Apple has another store in Osaka, in the Shinsaibashi district.

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turbineseaplane said:
Why is there excitement about a new retail store opening?

I can never figure this out.
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Personally I'm in upstate NY and my nearest Apple store is between 1.5-2 hour drive away.

Which is ... whatever ... but you definitely get a whole different level of service in those stores compared with anywhere else (Best Buy, Verizon, etc.).
 
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turbineseaplane said:
Why is there excitement about a new retail store opening?

I can never figure this out.
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Apple enthusiasts that live in the area and/or are traveling to the area will benefit from the store being a short distance to purchase products they like. And not everyone likes deliveries, some people like the in-store experience and doing in-store pickup. Some simply like to look at the new products. You’re questioning something that’s not too big of a deal.
 
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Oh, thank GOODNESS. Finally!! The Shinsaibashi one, especially getting repair service, is simply untenable. I dread going in there, even with an appointment. Too many customers & not enough space…

I’m reeeeally hoping this will do something to relieve a bit of the pressure. Maybe? Hopefully! 😆
 
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MacRumors said:
Apple has another store in Osaka, in the Shinsaibashi district.
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Been there to get a PowerBook fixed (under warranty), way back in 2003.

The new store is a few miles north of that, on the north side of the large JR Umeda station, not far from Yodobashi Camera. A great deal of redevelopment has been going on the past couple of decades in this older Osaka area.

How I miss the Japanese stores. They still know how to do retail, and in the US few stores do (Apple being an exception.)
 
Apple: We have that dynamic wallpaper function corresponding with bright-dark-mode changes, but whenever we release a wallpaper, we just share a static png
 
I'm planning a Sushi and Sake launch party in San Diego on July 26th if anyone wants to come along. We'll have a live video feed from the store as customers embrace this exciting new shopping experience for the first time. And a DJ banging out some J-Pop classics.

Entry is only available when you are accompanied by an iPhone 16 Pro or Pro Max.
 
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nt5672 said:
They should not have let the kindergartners loose with crayons! That art is terrible.

What do you want to bet that the art was AI generated.
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Doubt it. I tried to decipher if it was some sort of Kanji woven in there, and failing that. I appreciate them trying to do something different with the Apple logo. It's artistic--it doesn't have to meet with general approval.

Much like these posts, it one of those "little note nor long remember" things.
 
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dumastudetto said:
I'm planning a Sushi and Sake launch party in San Diego on July 26th if anyone wants to come along. We'll have a live video feed from the store as customers embrace this exciting new shopping experience for the first time. And a DJ banging out some J-Pop classics.

Entry is only available when you are accompanied by an iPhone 16 Pro or Pro Max.
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You'll be late. Saturday July 26 in Japan will be Friday July 25 in San Diego. Better reschedule that DJ.
 
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