iPhone 11 and Apple Watch Series 5 launch day is now underway in the United States and Canada, with deliveries beginning to arrive to customers. Apple Stores are also opening early at 8 a.m. local time in each country to accommodate in-store pickups and walk-in purchases on a first-come, first-served basis.
Apple's CEO Tim Cook and retail chief Deirdre O'Brien attended the grand reopening of the company's newly revamped Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan today, posing for photos with customers and joining in the launch day excitement.
All of the new iPhone 11 and Apple Watch Series 5 models should be on display at most Apple Stores starting today for customers to try out. And as first noted by Mark Gurman, Apple has installed lit-up "11" and "Pro" window displays at select stores for the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro.
Apple's beautiful Passeig de Gràcia store in the heart of Barcelona reopened today, after being closed for around three months for renovations.
According to the Spanish blog Applesfera, the store's large video wall has been replaced with a dedicated Apple Pickup station for online orders. The indoor trees and wood cube seats that surrounded the screen have also been removed. With these...
Wednesday June 3, 2026 12:28 pm PDT by Joe Rossignol
Apple will be permanently closing three of its retail stores in the U.S. on the evening of Saturday, June 20, according to its website.
Apple Towson Town Center
The locations that are closing:
Apple Trumbull in Trumbull, Connecticut
Apple North County in Escondido, California
Apple Towson Town Center in Towson, Maryland
In April, Apple said it made the "difficult decision" to close...
Last year, Apple launched CarPlay Ultra, the long-awaited next-generation version of its CarPlay software system for vehicles. Nearly a year later, CarPlay Ultra is still limited to Aston Martin's latest luxury vehicles, but that should change fairly soon.
In May 2025, Apple said many other vehicle brands planned to offer CarPlay Ultra, including Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis.
CarPlay Ultra...
Yes, a Pro sign. Because nothing says Pro like wasting your time waiting in line to buy the "latest and greatest" product that has marginal improvements, while completely abandoning their "Pros" in all their product lines from servers, to desktops, to laptops.
