New Glass-Enclosed Stanford Apple Store Nearing Grand Opening [Updated]

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New Stanford Shopping Center Apple Store (Source: ifoAppleStore)

A number of new photos have been published of the upcoming glass-enclosed Apple Store at the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, California. ifoAppleStore shared the below image of the store, which faces a pedestrian plaza and sports a new store architecture designed for long but shallow spaces.

According to ifoAppleStore, the new location may open on September 14th, ahead of the expected launch of new iPhone models. The site also shared an image of the front of the nearly-completed store.

The store's new design is also scheduled for use in new stores in Portland, Oregon and Aix-en-Provence, France.

Update: Apple has announced that the new Stanford store will be opening this Saturday, September 7 at 10:00 AM.

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justperry

159 months ago

Looks as cold and boring as any other Apple Store.

Nonesense.

Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)

JTR555

159 months ago

Looks as cold and boring as any other Apple Store.

It looks almost as empty as the Microsoft store at Tysons Corner in Virginia.

Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)

grey02

159 months ago

Looks as cold and boring as any other Apple Store.

Sad dude, hope it is not a reflection of your life.

Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)

madsci954

159 months ago

It looks almost as empty as any Microsoft store.

I fixed that for you ;)

Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)

anomie

159 months ago

Looks as cold and boring as any other Apple Store.

Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)

spatlese44

159 months ago

The previous Stanford Shopping Center Apple Store was in the middle of the mall, thus making it one of the longest walks from parking lot to store, regardless of which parking lot one parked at. The new Apple Store appears to be much closer to one of the parking lots, thus arriving at the store after parking will seem snappier. :)

...and since the first thing people do when they get to the store is go to a device and open a web page, they have in essence made Safari snappier. Brilliant!

Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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