Look: Inside UAE’s fourth Apple store

Look: Inside UAE’s fourth Apple store

Apple's new store opens in Abu Dhabi's Al Maryah Island tomorrow

The brand-new store is distinct in its designs and features, the highlight being a waterfront promenade offering stunning views of the city's skyline

Published: Thu 24 Feb 2022, 6:59 PM Last updated: Thu 24 Feb 2022, 8:09 PM

Apple’s new store will open doors at Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabi on Friday. This will be the iPhone-maker’s fourth store in the country.

In 2015, the US tech giant opened outlets in Dubai’s Mall of the Emirates and Abu Dhabi’s Yas Mall, and two years later in the Dubai Mall.

However, this brand-new store at The Galleria Mall is distinct in its designs and features, the highlight being a waterfront promenade offering stunning views of the Abu Dhabi skyline.

Set above steps of flowing water and with a 72-foot-long mirrored foil ceiling, ensures quite a spectacle especially at sunset, which a friendly ‘genius’ (that’s how Apple staff is called) termed as the ‘golden hour’.

“We couldn’t be more thrilled to open the stunning Apple Al Maryah Island this Friday,” said Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s senior vice president of Retail + People.

The all-glass walled store, with natural light and 8 ficus trees, black granite stones ramps, gold fabric