Apple BKC:
India’s first Apple Store finally
opens in Mumbai

Produced by Priya Singh
Designed by: Pragati

Here are the top highlights of the Mumbai store that you should know about

Apple BKC finally opens
for the public in Mumbai

Tim Cook opened the gates of Apple BKC, located at Jio World Drive, at 11 AM on Tuesday

Apple CEO Tim Cook
inaugurated the
Apple Store

‘The energy, creativity, and passion in Mumbai is incredible!’, wrote the Apple CEO on Twitter

Tim Cook on the
Mumbai store

Apple fan named Sajid Moinuddin surprised Tim Cook by bringing his 30-year-old Macintosh Classic machine at the opening of the Apple store

Apple fan brings
old Macintosh Classic
machine

Apoorv Rao, an Apple fan from Bangalore, came with a new haircut which was essentially the Apple logo

Apple logo haircut

The store is a 22,000-square-foot space and the theme is inspired from Mumbai’s ‘Kaali-Peeli’ taxi and it has stone walls from Rajasthan

Apple BKC architecture

Apple has a solar array, zero reliance on fossil fuels, and is operationally carbon neutral

Apple BKC runs on
100 percent
renewable energy

It was revealed in a report that Apple has signed an 11-year agreement for the store and pays Rs 42 lakh per month as rent

Apple BKC monthly rent

Competing brands like Microsoft, Facebook, Intel, and 19 more brands can't display ads or open stores near Apple BKC

Apple's stringent
terms and conditions

Apple CEO Tim Cook will inaugurate Apple Saket in New Delhi on April 20 at 10 am

Apple Saket