With an outdoor plaza and literal trees inside
http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/19/11715726/apple-flagship-store-opening-san-francisco-photos
>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.
Just fucking give up, everyone else.
>>54647157
At least now applel customers won't need to lose their spot in line to go to the loo.
>>54647157
All fun and games until the homeless move in and start pissing in the MacPros and grilling pigeons on the MacBooks.
OP didn't mention, bathrooms are now non-binary genderfluid and come equipped with a four foot big black dildo in each stall.
>>54647205
it's san francisco so we kinda assumed.
>>54647157
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.
>It also sports a backyard "forum" that will be open 24 hours a day
Surely this is going to become a complete shitshow.
>>54647198
kek
Good, too bad my commie shithole of a country doesn't even have a single proper Apple Store, just resellers. Fuck.
>>54647227
Apple is great at marketing. That's why people treat the Apple store like Disneyland.
>>54647275
Brazil?
>>54647198
Yeah, isn't this a very real potential problem with this 24 hour "forum" this thing has got?
>>54647321
Yurop
>>54647347
Europe isn't a country.
>>54647307
So basically a 24/7 trailer trash tailgate party.
>>54647353
Yes I know, I meant the country is in yurop
>>54647157
>With an outdoor plaza and literal trees inside
ONE
INFINITE
LOO
>>54647367
Many European countries have many official Apple stores.
>>54647385
Yes I know
That's why it hurts even more that mine doesn't
>>54647211
Underrated
>>54647336
Especially with SF having the biggest homeless pop in the country I think
>>54647385
He's probably a Slavshit.
>Even Turkey has them
>>54647416
>slavshit
Please
100% germanic
>>54647157
THAT FUCKING LAYOUT MAKES ME CRINGE!
>>54647440
Let me guess, you're from the Czech republic and are in denial about being a Slav.
>>54647157
Looks like it is complete with a hobo street painter.
>>54647157
>http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/19/11715726/apple-flagship-store-opening-san-francisco-photos
This looks stupid, why don't the route the power through the legs of the table?
>>54647469
I see you are well versed in /int/ maymays
>>54647157
>literal trees
>checkin out a hot new macbook
>suddenly a spider crawls on the keyboard
>>54647157
Samsung did it better.
>6k
http://youtu.be/75uPOZn6sto
>>54647416
>japan has a smaller number of apple stores than australia
Fucking how?
>>54647157
The employees hold the same posture of hands behind their back because they are prisoners unable to jailbreak. (Photo related)
>>54647475
Clearly for the inevitable earthquakes that will cause the tables to slide around and throw all the iToys off them.
>>54647508
>le japan is le advanced technology land meme
windows-7-install-floppy-disks.jpg
>>54647475
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.
>>54647529
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.
>>54647557
>burn it
Apple doesn't own the place anon, 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.
>>54647540
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???
ree
>>54647475
Damn, you are right. How could they oversee such a blatant inconsistency in the design?
>real trees
if those
>>54647514
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.
>>54647157
>"This is more than just a store," Ahrendts says. "We want people to say, 'Hey, meet me at Apple.'"
>>54647540
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.
>>54647605
>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.
>>54647636
s-sugoi da!
can I be your tomodachi? Orz
>>54647475
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
>>54647645
>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.
>>54647740
They're way too big to be classified as plants. They're literally trees.
>>54647514
>Every support employee is a white male
Why is this allowed?
>>54647157
Wow, it's fucking nothing.
>>54647755
why shouldn't it be allowed?
>>54647597
Because weeb morons think that Gundams are real
>>54647755
Its allowed cause its 2016, geez
>>54647771
You really think qualified minorities didn't apply for positions at Apple's flagship store?
>>54647755
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.
>>54647750
If they get big enough, do they become classified as dinosaurs?
>>54647755
No problem, we've got a safespace set up ready just for you if your post-colonial PTSD is being severly triggered right now.
>>54647777
>he thinks gundams arent real
Get a load of this retard.
>>54647784
being white is a qualification of its own
>>54647823
/pol/ ruined this website
>>54647808
>he thinks gundams are real
>implying they aren't shit toys
>>54647784
>>54647755
>qualified minorities
lol
>>54647831
/pol/ is just weebs that actually grew up
>>54647157
God damn such waste of precious city real estate. Should be illegal
>>54647475
They're trying to imitate some zen shit but they put the tatamis in the ceiling
>>54647157
Sounds a bit like the new Apple store in Stockholm, Sweden.
>2016
>not having an aple temple in the heart of the capital
>>54647823
>This is what poor whites who believe they're entitled to shit just for being white actually believe
>>54647878
>>54647597
>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.
>>54647891
>>54647929
Teach me your ways anon-sensei.
>>54647943
Memes will never justify your gibsmedat attitude.
>>54647416
A map of faggotry. How handy.
>>54647976
I don't see your apartment on there.
>>54647969
>>54647943
shut up and fuck already
>>54647983
Maybe he's homeless.
Like poverty, faggotry knows no bounds.
>>54647416
Sweden yes!
Truly the progressive people of the north.
>>54647983
That's because it isn't on there.
>>54647475
>This looks stupid, why don't the route the power through the legs of the table?
Because Steve Jobs is dead
>>54647704
As simple as having a few switches here and there, are you american or something?
>>54648018
Now you're just making the wiring way too complex to justify this.
>>54648003
>>54647878
>not paying respect to steve in the jobs mirror pool
>>54648022
>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?
>>54648030
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.
>>54648050
>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
>>54648003
Google is no better in the YES regards.
>Literally making a Map Zedong supporter the Google doodle
Android fags will defend this.
>>54648122
>Android fags will defend this.
Good thing I find this, among Android itself, atrocious.
--
Sent from my Galaxy Star
>>54648122
Do people even see the doodles anymore? Everyone uses the search bar or something similar
>>54648122
you expected anything else from a jewish company?
>>54648405
I don't know. But I'm honestly fucking shocked Google chose to showcase this woman on the doodle. https://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.
>>54647157
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
>>54648530
literal autism
>>54648556
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
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
>>54648577
>only by supervision of the guy in the store
sure, I like a min wage prole hawking over my shoulder
>>54648579
>It reminds me of a prison
Much like their view on hardware.
>>54648579
Which store location?
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
>>54647514
>nobody gets your shitty joke joke
>>54648577
>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.
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
>>54648753
Why do they even need two of them?
That's retarded
>>54648747
>A uniform T-shirt is fad attire? ok.
they are tattooed, long bearded....
>>54648747
>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.
you didnt understand my post, i was writting about classic retail stores, not apple's
>>54647157
That picture is a great example of why minimalism is a gay aids cancer meme.
Good forbid they actually design an interior, this is like those faggots who draw a straight line and call it art.
>>54648770
Apple stores make more per square foot than any other retail on the planet. They're apparently doing something right (hurrdurrbrainwashed) even if they don't conform to your archaic worldview.
>>54648794
and that is exactly my original point
and i quote myself
>>54648530
>in a way, it reminds me that people are stupid, so i dont like been there
>>54648804
>people are stupid
>i dont like been there
:)
>>54647740
>>You weren't expecting oaks were you?
>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.
You're just realizing Apple marketing?
Bluetooth keyboard
>MAGIC keyboard
iPhone 6 same as 5 same as 4...
>revolutionizing mobile phones
iPad mini slightly smaller iPad than a regular iPad
>we have done it again! Changed the face of computing
They've been doing it since the 80s. That big brother commercial where everyone is a drone and then the Mac chick runs in and throws a wrench at the screen.
>implying macfags aren't zombies
All Apple does well is marketing. They got that shit down to a science. They're so good at it that Apple will soon be a religion. You watch.
>this thread is about an Apple cathedral
>>54647198
No one will notice, they'll blend in with the hipsters
>>54647636
Why did you move?
>>54647514
It looks like an upmarket homeware/hardware store, except less useful.
>>54649815
It's filled to the brim with tools too,
>except less useful
>>54649777
Running from a Clinton or Trump presidency.
Fuck America.
>>54647157
I always wonder what the point of these "tech" stores that barely have any products inside it is.
>>54649875
As pathetic of a standing as all the other famous people proclaiming to gtfo.
I'd wager that someone will eventually an Kennedy on either, no way a true American would miss out on that.
>>54647976
mfw 0 faggotry where I live
>>54648734
You're the unfunny one.
>>54648734
No they got it. They just appreciated the contribution to the thread. It's more of a fun observation rather than a joke. Being creative is the entire point of this website. If you don't like it, head back to your hovel and tell your mother I said, "Hi".
>Apple
lol anyone who actually likes technology won't like Apple
>>54647157
>normies wil say that apple invented trees
>>54647755
> Only black employees at a company in Africa
Oh yea that's makes sense, Africa has a black majority.
> Only white employees at a company in America
Fucking racists!!!!
>>54650095
White people are only 40% of San Francisco.
>>54647440
Croat detected.
>>54647514
I work in security and we are instructed to stand this way because the body language is supposed to tell people it's okay to approach you but you aren't a pussy.
>>54650128
How many of that 60% have a college education
>>54649875
I always thought the liberals who claimed they would move to canada were pathetic, but at least you actually did it you madman.
>>54650189
Well, Asians make up 33%, so at least 55%.
Pretty sure you don't need a degree to get a job in a store, though.
>>54650210
Where are you getting those statics. Your arse? When two people apply and one of them has a college degree. The person with the college degree will be hired because there is a bigger chance of them being competent.
>>54647416
we have iSpots is Poland, not that much different
>>54650249
>Where are you getting those statics.
The repository of all human knowledge of course, Wikipedia.
You seriously doubt a third of San Francisco is Asian?
>>54650281
Copy me the text where I implied that I doubted a third of SF is Asian.
>>54650307
>Where are you getting those statics. Your arse?
Only statistics I threw out were about the aforementioned Asians, you moron.
>>54650322
>Asians make up 33%, so at least 55%
>This somehow links to college educations
>>54650340
>not getting the blindingly obvious "all Asians are smart" joke
>>54650350
> Trying to subvert from being racist with an overused stereotype
>>54650369
>mildly racist jokes are bad
>>54650404
From
>Every support employee is a white male
Why is this allowed?
to
>mildly racist jokes are bad
>>54650095
>>54650128
Blown the FUCK out holy shit
>>54650417
>implying I said that first part
Do you see any IDs on this board? I don't.
>>54647157
what, no altair for Steve Jobs?
>>54650430
>>54650417
>>54650444
>>54650210
I'm pretty sure 90% of asians work at the airport, fucking yellow gooks everywhere.
>>54650482
Racism LOL
>>54649875
Is it really that fucking bad?
>>54650464
>multiple people can't possibly disagree with my superior oponions!!!
>>54650493
What's racist about that?
Is it racist to point out that you're a white cracker?
>>54648773
In what country is that a middle class home
>>54650542
>What's racist about using racial slurs for people
Now THIS is what I come to 4chan for xD
>>54647157
>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.
How long do you reckon this Wi-Fi will remain free?
I give it about 3 months.
>>54650596
You mean it'll cost them too much?
>>54650613
In either dollars or legal liability. Probably the latter.
>>54648620
Quality art
>>54648022
>an on/off switch
>complex wiring
All you need is a single circuit breaker in front of all the appliances' power sources...
>>54648577
>2. true shop assistants, well dressed, without any stupid fad attire, that help you only if you want them to
>that help you only if you want them to
This description matches no store ever.
>>54647514
>>54650183
This, went to a grammar school and this is how were were taught to stand in a formal setting.
>>54650613
>You mean it'll cost them too much?
No, but the natural consequence is that their store will be absolutely filled with bums, hobos, freeloaders, and other garbage of society abusing the free wi-fi for as long as it lasts.
Actual customers will be scared o ff.
>>54650183
>the body language is supposed to tell people it's okay to approach you but you aren't a pussy.
Well it's not working on those guys. They look like real pussies to me.
>>54650975
How in the actual fuck did kolourpaint manage to mess up a JPEG that badly?
KDE software, not even once
>>54651000
>not using GIMP
>>54651000
Check this, idiot.
>>54651000
>I don't know how to do thing, therefore thing must be impossible
>>54650554
florida country
>>54649026
>They're so good at it that Apple will soon be a religion.
You filthy PC plebs wouldn't understand the overwhelming feeling brought on from being an owner of the majestic device known as Mac. Mac is not a thing, not a device, not a person. It is nothing yet everything. I tend to use God as an analogy. Mac and God tend to go hand in hand. Both are set on improving society and bring joy to people. They fulfill wishes, bring smiles to children, and provide Faith. Faith is what you PC plebs lack. There is no proof for God, yet the majority of people believe in him. Chances are you do. Why can't you use this same Faith to believe in Mac? Mac shares the same ideals as God. In fact, many people have begun to merge God and Mac into one, known under the name as Mac. Mac was chosen as it is similar to Om. Buddhists will be familiar what I am referring to. The simple act of saying the word "Mac" brings comfort, relief, and joy to ones self and those listening. It is a word that means everything good and defeats all that is evil. This evil is you. Yes, you PC plebs. Our Lord and Savior Steve Jobs died at the Cancer for your sins. Because of you, The Lord perished. But save your lamenting, for he voluntarily died for your sins. He knows there is good in you. He knows that one day, you indeed will be a Mac. Until that day I pray for you. Yes, I pray for my enemies unlike you vile demons. I pray that Steve Jobs may forgive you and your sins. I pray that you will discover the wonders of Mac. I pray Mac.
>>54651099
>dat theme
Link pls!!!!!!!!!
>>54651588
It's stock xfce-stellar, no ricing required
>>54651655
That's XFCE? How did you get KDE apps to look that good in it?
>>54651991
Devuan, son.
Try it.
I repeat, no ricing required.
That shit is not cheap.
That money is ripped from customers, nothing is free and customers pay for advertisement/shop/everything.
Fuck apple
>>54647416
In Europe, official sellers/re-sellers have stores indistinguishable from Apple ones, 2-3 in every big and medium city.
>>54647878
The fuck, is this the work of V again?
>>54647205
This changes Everything. (TM)
>>54647157
>/g/ - Shopping and Retail Store Discussion
Well ofcourse you need nice store and nice packaging how else are you going to sell shit? People dont care if its less functional than cheaper product as long as it looks nice and has popular brand name. I bet if apple wanted to sell literal shit tomorrow people would buy since it would come with magic tm and nice packaging.
>>54647157
>San Francisco
Well that explains it
>>54647157
Jesus Christ so much floor space is being wasted
>>54647416
Zero stores in Mexico? WTF
Zero stores in the entire African continent?
Zero stores in Russia, India, UAE?
Is this map actually accurate?
>>54650554
United States.
But that is upper middle class and not the norm.
>>54653173
>Zero stores in the entire African continent?
There are plenty.
Usually they are called junk yards.
>>54651099
kek
good get
The burberry lady they hired is a milf
>>54648122
>Android fags will defend this.
No we won't.
My OS is still better than your OS though.
>>54647157
God, I bet they have so many assholes customers and always have to be nice because otherwise they get called out for it.
>>54647157
When a cell phone and PC company can put together stores like that, you know you're spending too much money on their shit.
>Apple
This is a technoloy board.
>>>/v/
>>54647704
they could easily make the leg with the power cord hollow and have a wooden door along the entire vertical edge of the leg, on a side facing inwards.
>>54653420
We all know why Africa and South Korea don't have stores but no stores in Scandinavia except Sweeden? Only Brazil has an apple store (and I'm pretty sure it's juts one single store for the whole country) in the fucking south America. No stores for Mexico, Rusia, UAE either.
No complaining though. I know my shithole will never get an apple store.
>>54647227
It's all about the Experience(tm).
There are some "universal" principles of design which make Apple stores appealing to most people. They are built in such a way that entering an Apple store feels like entering a special place like a church or a temple.
>>54653918
You don't get it, Apple makes so much money because they designed an experience around their products. Everything has been crafted to captivate normal people, and it's why they sell so damn much.
You can argue that it's wasted space, wasted money, that Windows or Linux is better, whatever you want. But you can't argue that their designs appeal to a big segment of the market.
>>54654164
Sweden here, we only got apples stores the last few years and have two, with another in construction.
Population is just too low to really bother I think, they have their premium retailes all ober the place anyway
