Although these can be helpful, you can bypass the process by using the Apple Store app on your iPhone or iPad. You can make an appointment at the Apple web site, but that sometimes requires answering a number of preliminary troubleshooting questions and suggested solutions. Make an appointment and a staff member will be ready and waiting for you when you arrive. But don’t just show up unannounced – Apple Stores are notoriously busy and you might wait for hours. Follow 9to5Mac’s retail guide for in-depth coverage of the latest Apple Store news.If you have questions about your iPhone, iPad, Mac or other Apple product, you may need to make a visit at your nearest Apple Store. If you attend a store opening or closure, spot something interesting, or attend a great Today at Apple session, we’d love to see your photos. Interior remodeling work is planned for later this year at Apple Knox Street. In 2018, Apple Southlake Town Square was rebuilt from the ground up, and Apple NorthPark Center was remodeled with a Forum and Video Wall.
In preparation, Apple has taken steps to upgrade surrounding stores with modern fixtures and expanded capacity.
It remains to be seen how Galleria Dallas will adapt to handling the foot traffic of two shuttered stores plus customers who weren’t willing to travel to Plano or Frisco previously. Some Dallas residents have expressed concern about overcrowding due to store consolidation. Each of the nine entirely new stores Apple opened in 2018 featured unique architecture and highly visible placement in shopping districts and city centers around the world.
Galleria Dallas skirts the boundaries of the Eastern District and is located slightly closer to the Dallas city center.Īpple Galleria Dallas is expected to follow the design guidelines of other recent mall locations and offer the full Apple Store experience with Today at Apple sessions and contemporary amenities. Due to the unusual circumstances of the store’s existence, Apple’s strategy of positioning new locations as community hubs has been partially eschewed in favor of a more modest design.
By exiting, Apple will eliminate its physical presence in the district and make litigation more difficult. Both closing stores are located in the Eastern District of Texas, a region notorious for patent trolls. Staffing the new store will be employees from Apple Willow Bend and Apple Stonebriar to the north, both of which will close their doors for the last time on the evening of April 12th.Īs we first reported last month, the unusual move of consolidating two stores into one mall location is believed be an effort to avoid excessive patent lawsuits.
Apple’s new location will be just outside of the mall’s inner ring on an adjacent corridor of the first shopping level of the mall. The indoor shopping mall is best known for its central atrium featuring an ice skating rink and expansive glass dome. Galleria Dallas is located less than 10 miles from Dallas Love Field airport and directly north of downtown. Apple Galleria Dallas will open to customers on April 13th at 10:00 A.M.
After confirming the closure dates of stores in Frisco and Plano, Texas earlier today, Apple has formally announced the grand opening of its newest U.S.