Apple Store Belfast Imminent

jpfahy

http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2008/08/17/belfast-store-nearly-finished/

Typical, we're still stuck with effin PC World and Spectra. Grrrrrr

J-blk

Don't forget the "wonderful" O2 Experience stores (WTF is up with the one on Henry Street BTW? The top floor that has all the Apple gear has been closed off for ages now...).

Still, getting a true Apple store in Belfast is better than nothing - I'll probably check it out when it opens...

johnk123

Cool. There is nothing like shopping in an apple store. I'v only been to a few though. New York, London, Boston, and the San Fransico one

forbairt

thanks for the info ... but doesn't it look rather small ?

(having been to two in new york)

jpfahy

Looks like the size they use for shops in malls. Same size as the two in Orlando that I've been in.

oneofakind32

The 3G store in Galway has a decent range of apple stuff. They had a south african band play in store that had used garage band to record there album. I remember reading an article at the time that said Apple sent them because it was the closest thing to an apple store in Ireland! Score 1 for the Wesht

oneofakind32

jpfahy wrote: »

Looks like the size they use for shops in malls. Same size as the two in Orlando that I've been in.

Was in a huge one in newport beach over the summer whilst on the J1. Three maybe four time as big as what's shown here. Applied for a job there aswell but to no avail!

Ham'nd'egger

I think we should organize a bus up to the shop for the opening:D

The Bouncer

apple's euro operations are in cork yet no apple store for Ireland, no advertising in ireland etc etc. compare to what dell do here just in terms of marketing the product!!

J-blk

The Bouncer wrote: »

apple's euro operations are in cork yet no apple store for Ireland, no advertising in ireland etc etc. compare to what dell do here just in terms of marketing the product!!

Yeah, that's always annoyed me so much... I guess the Irish market is just too small for Apple... Though besides the UK, do other EU countries have Apple stores?

projectmayhem

J-blk wrote: »

Yeah, that's always annoyed me so much... I guess the Irish market is just too small for Apple... Though besides the UK, do other EU countries have Apple stores?

UK, Switzerland, Germany, Italy & France afaik

Chonker

The Bouncer wrote: »

apple's euro operations are in cork yet no apple store for Ireland, no advertising in ireland etc etc. compare to what dell do here just in terms of marketing the product!!

Apple run the store in PC world Airside, so its the first store in the south for Apple.

Dman001

The Bouncer wrote: »

apple's euro operations are in cork yet no apple store for Ireland, no advertising in ireland etc etc. compare to what dell do here just in terms of marketing the product!!

And no video downloads yet. We are crying out for a video download service and so far MS are the only one to offer us a decent one. You think that when their EU HQ is in Cork that we would have the movie downloads by now. I don't think the Irish market is too small for Apple. We saw the huge demand for the iPhone here when it was released and millions of iPods and Macs are sold here each year.

c7

The Bouncer wrote: »

no advertising in ireland etc etc. compare to what dell do here just in terms of marketing the product!!

TV & Print ads?
Ads outside the LUAS at heuston?
iPhone ads?

projectmayhem

c7 wrote: »

TV & Print ads?
Ads outside the LUAS at heuston?
iPhone ads?

The Metro (or the other one) had a full page ad for the apple store in PC World too. I'd say that PC World store is the "tester" for whether or not we get a full dedicated apple store.

Dman001

The iPhone TV ads are just the UK ads, well they used to be for the fisrt gen iPhone.

Creamy Goodness

Dman001 wrote: »

The iPhone TV ads are just the UK ads, well they used to be for the fisrt gen iPhone.

but why would they waste money when the UK ad does exactly what an irish ad would do (inform you of the product). the irish one just has a link to O2's irish site.

if it wasn't broke then no need to fix it tbh.

Dman001

Cremo wrote: »

but why would they waste money when the UK ad does exactly what an irish ad would do (inform you of the product). the irish one just has a link to O2's irish site.

if it wasn't broke then no need to fix it tbh.

True I suppose.

whiterebel

Dman001 wrote: »

And no video downloads yet. We are crying out for a video download service and so far MS are the only one to offer us a decent one. You think that when their EU HQ is in Cork that we would have the movie downloads by now. I don't think the Irish market is too small for Apple. We saw the huge demand for the iPhone here when it was released and millions of iPods and Macs are sold here each year.

A slight exaggeration, perhaps?:P

Cabaal

Cremo wrote: »

but why would they waste money when the UK ad does exactly what an irish ad would do (inform you of the product). the irish one just has a link to O2's irish site.

if it wasn't broke then no need to fix it tbh.

Sure the UK adverts are just redubbed versions of the US adverts with different graphics when required

Cabaal

whiterebel wrote: »

A slight exaggeration, perhaps?:P

Agreed, also the iphone didn't really get huge demand, its just after the 2G one they didn't think many 3G one's would sell so they didn't bother with a large stock of them

Dman001

Not really. A few million of Macs and iPods could of being sold since the release of the first Mac and iPod in Ireland. 170 million iPods have being sold worldwide.

duffman85

It opened today:
http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/victoriasquare/
From ifoAppleStore.com

or was supposed to - I wasn't up there myself.