What a time to be alive: Floating Apple store bobs up in Singapore

Apple has opened a store housed in a floating glass dome in Singapore's Marina Bay. The new store can only be accessed through a 45m underwater tunnel from The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, a nearby mall attached to a hotel/casino complex. Apple breathlessly detailed that the store's dome comprises 114 glass panels with …

[mr.K]

The Latter Day Mac

And at the turn of the millennia the old gods had to make room for the new and give way to the church of Jobs and the Latter Day Mac. In the east they build a temple to perform the ascension ritual of commerce.

[Anonymous Coward]

Looks like a nice place to view typhoons.

[Chris G]

Traditionally, the small islands around Singapore and in the Malacca Straights were the haunt of pirates.......

[Dr Scrum Master]

they still are

[SundogUK]

Because it is so close to the equator, Singapore doesn't really suffer from typhoons.

[quxinot]

Singapore enjoys typhoons instead?

I have to express some concern though, 45m underwater tunnel is in my mental thesaurus as "giant pinch point in case of fire or flooding; see also: single point of failure during emergency evacuation". Which is hopefully more curmudgeonly than prophetic.

[Anonymous Coward]

Wrong place,limited footfall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI54HPLFaFc

Floor B2, seems to be a long store mostly in the corridor leading out and up to the sphere set among clothes stores, next to Zara. (Bored husband impulse shopping?)

Imagine a normal day, you could be the only customer in the sphere just wanting to browse, as Apple sales people hover over you! To get out, find the escape escalator, and head down a long corridor past more sales people to the same entrance you came in, run run, you can make it, only 20 more metres to go!

Next up, Apple opens its Kuala Lumpur Malaysia flagship store in Genting Highlands, on top of an ivory tower behind the Theme Park, past the Casino, all you have to do is drive 50 miles, park your car at the foot of the mountain, catch the cable car up, walk past the casino and restaurants, out of the entrance, past the outdoor theme park, dive into the main pool, find the hidden entrance, ascend the tower, slay the dragon, and then they might sell you a iPhone if you look cool enough.

https://www.qwant.com/?q=genting%20highlands&t=images&client=opensearch

[alain williams]

Underwater access ...

I got the wrong end of the stick when I read the start of this piece - I thought that the only way in was by wearing scuba gear.

That would have been cool!

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Underwater access ...

Don't get too excited, if you put your shades on, you see different messages.

This...

"underwater boardroom"

becomes...

"underwater boardroom"

[Dwarf]

Re: Underwater access ...

@Alain

I had similar thoughts when scan reading the start of the article

Apple : I'm sorry sir, your iThing seems to have some water damage and is therefore not covered by your Apple care plan..

Customer : but, but, but its your shop, I can't get in without water ..

Apple : <evil laugh>Profit !! </evil laugh>

[Sceptic Tank]

Didn't I see this thing in a Bond movie before? Only, the villains were less evil back then.

[Woza]

Do you expect me to talk?

No Mr Bond, I expect you to buy.

[DJV]

Bond movie

And don't forget that Simpsons episode! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2GfKUi9ghM

[Antonius_Prime]

Re: Bond movie

I'll always upvote Hank Scorpio.

That episode was GENIUS.

[DJV]

Re: Bond movie

Or, in this case, it was BRAINIAC!

[Chris G]

Re: Bond movie

The Simpsons managed to hit so many nails right on the head.

[werdsmith]

Foster architects get to play a lot, they had a hand in the Millau viaduct too, which is the most awesome architecture I have ever seen.

[Dan 55]

This is what happens when a corp has too much money...

... and not enough philanthropy.

[Andy Baird]

"Floating"? Really?

I'm seeing a lot of "Floating Apple Store" headlines lately. I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that structure is solidly anchored to bedrock. Could El Reg's headline writers confirm or deny, please?

[Mike 16]

Re: "Floating"? Really?

I immediately went to "The location of the store changes day to day, or more frequently, and only a select few are told where it is at any given time. Usually associated with games of chance. The one in our town was sometimes in the back room of a Car Audio shop (4-track and 8-Track players, and some new-fangled cassette players).

[Robert Carnegie]

Re: "Floating"? Really?

But anchor came there none?

Some reports put the word "floating" in quotes in the headline. And I found this description in one online: 'The store is completely surrounded by water so that it appears to be floating."

[Montreal Sean]

Does this mean

We can go bobbing for Apples?

[Cat Empire]

The Gherkin?

Everyone I know in Australia refers to the building as The Tampon.