Walnut Street’s Shiny New Apple Store

We had to see it to believe it, but Philadelphia's first Apple Store opened on Friday and has been buzzing all weekend with both the curious and the devoted. The location on the 1600 block of Walnut Street will pull in many shoppers and also boost sidewalk traffic along Rittenhouse Row.

As you can see, the blue shirted Apple employees are on top of it, meaning that there was rarely a line to be seen on Saturday.

The spacious store has high ceilings and slick silver walls lined with Apple goodies. At the rear of the room, the Genius Bar is waiting for you tech support needs. The Resident Geniuses are trained at Apple Headquarters. You can reserve an appointment with your Walnut Street Genius on the website.

Transactions are fast with small card readers that each employee is armed with, and they are like ninjas, quick to answer and even quicker to suggest and recommend products, services, and support.

So, there was one thing left to know. Does www.thesomersteam.com look good on an iPad? It did not take a Genius to determine that.

Apple Store
1607 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 861-6400