A day before the new Apple iPhone 14 range goes on sale, the company’s website underwent a redesign. A minimalist one, one sending me right back to 1999.
People began noticing the issue with the phone giant’s website at around 1:00 pm AEST.
User reports indicate Apple Store is having problems since 10:56 PM EDT. https://t.co/n0fBSI5hjT RT if you’re also having problems #AppleStoredown
— Downdetector (@downdetector) September 15, 2022
Upon visiting the website, users were confronted with a page paying homage to late 90s web design. Isn’t she glorious?
Heading directly to, say, the ‘iPhone’ tab will make you feel like nothing is wrong. But there’s a little banner up the top that says “an error occurred while processing this directive”.
Looking on the Apple Status Page shows that all Apple services are available and unaffected by whatever it is impacting the company’s homepage. But, ‘App Store’ is listed as having a resolved issue, as is the Mac App Store’. There’s reports that the Apple Store was down on mobile, too, but it’s working fine at our end.
The timing isn’t perfect for Apple, with its iPhone 14, 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max going on sale tomorrow.
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Apple is yet to comment on what is going on and we’ll update this page as we learn more.
This story is developing…