Apple’s next Australian store will be in Brisbane’s CBD — either that, or there’ll be a bunch of blue-shirted geniuses wandering around the centre of Brisbane looking for a store.
To get it out of the way, Apple has yet to comment on rumours and speculation as I’m sure they’d put it, but then, there’s a listing on Apple’s Australian jobs site that specifies jobs for a new store for Brisbane which is, as these things go, something of a dead giveaway. According to the Apple-obsessive folks over at MacTalk, that’s most likely to be as part of a redevelopment proposal for MacArthur Chambers in the Brisbane CBD, a suggestion we’ve reported on previously.
Apple also has a listing for yet another additional Sydney store — but as yet, Adelaide remains completely (official) Apple store free. I know more than a few Adelaide residents who are likely to be a bit miffed by that. [Apple via MacTalk via Brisbane Times]
Roland
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 5:37 PMabout effing time Brisbane got a store…
Joel
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 5:49 PMWhat about Chermside?
olearymo
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 9:54 PMlike he said, about time Brisbane got one
Will
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 10:27 PM+1
Zeruel
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 6:03 PMWhen can we expect this organisation to be granted tax free status in this country? I think it’s about time it got the same respect from Government as it does from the Australian people.
BenDTU
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 6:05 PMI’d always wondered why there wasn’t a CBD Apple store.
Nat
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 6:11 PMThere is no way in hell I would work for this greedy, corrupt company.
They make massive profits exploiting cheap Chinese labour (in appalling working conditions) and never donate once cent to charity.
Paul
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 7:31 PMWell if Apple is “exploiting cheap Chinese labour in appalling working conditions”
What about all the other factory’s in China that produce the hundreds of other items you have in your house? Do you realy think its only Apple doing this.
I’m getting sick of hearing the lets bash Apple for bad working conditions
What about the milion other factrorie’s over there doing the exact same thing to there workers.
olearymo
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 9:55 PMhow do you think HP, Dell, and almost all other consumer electronics companies get things done?
How much do they give to charity?
Chris
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 6:11 PMThe MacArthur building, or the Wintergarden Mall which is currently undergoing a massive rebuild to re-open later this year? They’re about half a block apart so not much of a difference.
Kman
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 7:33 PMSo you don’t have a Apple Retail Store in your city, then find an Apple Reseller…they may not be as flashy as the big Apple Stores but the prices are the same and service is usually better. Best of all they are usually owned by locals so at lease some of your money stays in the community.
Dylan
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 9:20 PMBut you can’t take an iPhone to a service provider.
Paul117
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 8:09 PMthey should put one in logan somewhere… then it isnt such an inconvenience to get from logan to somewhere like chirmside
The Pedant
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 11:27 AMExcept people from Logan aren’t exactly Apple’s primary demographic.
Esophagus
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 12:32 AMGreat, one less place for Apple to skirt Australian consumer law.
Barry
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 8:28 AMThe Brisbane CBD store should be on the corner of Edward and Queen Street. Though I don’t know what the big deal is with everyone wanting an Apple store anyway
brad
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 10:16 AMYep. Adelaide is still waiting!!
Krimsonmyst
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 10:35 AMAs someone who worked at the Chermside store for nearly 2 years as a Genius, this saddens me.
If you had spoken to me one year into my Apple stint, I would have loved the place. A year on, and I couldn’t wait to leave. While it may be a great thing for consumers, I cannot stand Apple and the attitude it brings.
For various reasons (mainly NDAs), I can’t go into too much detail, but some of you would know that Apple has a very ‘with us or against us’ attitude.
While I was working at Apple, I applied for another job that was more heavily entrenched in IT, as was my degree that I was about to graduate from. Anyway, somehow (and its still a mystery to me to this day) my manager found out I had applied for another job.
He called me into the office and gave me an ultimatum; Stay with Apple but work under ‘performance management’, meaning they micromanage me 24/7, daily checkups etc, or I could leave.
Some of you may think that this seems normal, companies not wanting you to apply while you work there, but I was part-time and at uni. This wasn’t a ‘career choice’ per say.
To that end, I get sad when I see Apple Stores pop up, because I fear people are going to be exposed to the same crap I did.