While the delay of the iWatch is not particularly encouraging, Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL) fans from the state of Connecticut have other reasons to rejoice. Apple has announced that it will open a new retail store in South Windsor, Connecticut on Saturday, August 23. This store will bring up the total number of Apple stores in the state to six, with stores already located at Stamford, New Haven, Greenwich, Farmington and Danbury.
The South Windsor Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL) store will be located in the busy outdoor shopping area, The Promenade Shops at Evergreen Walk, along with several other retailers and eateries. The new store will be open for business from 10 AM local time on Saturday and the early birds are expected to be rewarded with limited edition T-Shirts, as it has been doing for its other store openings.
Major restructuring of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stores expected in the following years.
It has to be noted that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been on a store opening spree, not only in the US but also in several other countries, for a while now. Angela Ahrendts, SVP of Retail and Online Stores, is the person behind this welcome change. She had earlier stated that this expansion effort is part of the company’s major plan to restructure its retail outlets. She believed that though the advent of technology has altered the way people shop, nothing will ever be able to replace the personalized experience that a traditional shop offers.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) had opened additional stores in the Netherlands and China on August 9th and 3rd respectively and in Switzerland on July 12th. It has announced plans of following this up with new stores at Scotland, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. At last count, Apple had 434 retail stores across 16 countries with more than a hundred of them situated in Europe alone.
In what can be termed as bad news for lovers of wearable devices is that the launch of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s flagship wearable device, the iWatch, which was previously announced to be in the fall of 2014, is expected to be pushed back to 2015 according to the well-sourced KGI Securities Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
This will be Apple’s first attempt in developing a wearable device. There has been no clear cut specifications given out yet, but if rumors are to be believed, the iWatch would sport a sapphire crystal display, like its iPhone sibling, a flexible AMOLED display, and cutting edge waterproofing. It is only logical to assume that something this sophisticated will also involve a lot of complexities and pose quite a challenge to manufacture.
