Apple expanded its retail presence to Saudi Arabia with the launch of the Apple Retailer on-line and Apple Retailer app, marking the primary time the corporate has supplied direct help in Arabic, the iPhone large stated Tuesday. The transfer is a big milestone for Apple customers within the Kingdom, who can now entry the complete vary of Apple services and products with localized help from Apple’s workforce.
“We’re thrilled to carry the Apple Retailer on-line and the Apple Retailer app to Saudi Arabia, providing prospects a brand new strategy to discover and store Apple’s extraordinary lineup of services and products,” stated Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s senior vp of Retail and Folks. “Our prospects in Saudi Arabia are passionate in regards to the issues they will do with expertise, and our groups can’t wait to attach with prospects and assist them uncover how Apple improvements can meaningfully enrich their each day lives.”
Apple Retailer on-line in Saudi Arabia
The launch brings Apple’s retail expertise on to Saudi prospects, full with customized suggestions and seamless purchasing options. By the Apple Retailer app, customers obtain product options based mostly on their current Apple units, making it simpler to find complementary merchandise and equipment that improve their Apple ecosystem, Apple stated.
Customization choices develop with Arabic help
One of the vital notable options of the Saudi launch is the introduction of free Arabic engraving companies alongside English choices. Apple customers can now personalize their AirPods, Apple Pencil, AirTag and different suitable units with Arabic textual content, emoji and numbers — a primary for the area.
The net retailer additionally provides intensive customization choices for Mac customers. They’ll configure processor, reminiscence and storage specs to satisfy their particular wants. Apple Watch prospects can combine and match instances and bands to create distinctive combos that mirror their private fashion.
Enhanced purchasing and help companies
Apple additionally introduces a number of companies designed to make the purchasing expertise extra accessible for Saudi prospects. The corporate provides customized purchasing help by chat and cellphone. That ought to assist customers discover the appropriate merchandise for his or her wants. After buy, prospects can entry Private Setup help, iOS migration help and mobile activation assist.
To deal with affordability considerations, Apple has partnered with Tamara to supply a “Purchase Now Pay Later” program. It permits prospects to unfold funds throughout 4 months with 0% curiosity. This makes premium Apple merchandise extra accessible to a broader vary of shoppers.
The Apple Commerce In program can be accessible in Saudi Arabia. It permits prospects to obtain credit score towards new purchases by buying and selling of their present units. Gadgets that don’t qualify for trade-in credit score can nonetheless be recycled totally free by Apple’s environmental program.
Bodily shops coming in 2026
Whereas the web launch is instant, Apple just lately introduced plans to open its first bodily retail areas in Saudi Arabia starting in 2026. The corporate stated it’s notably enthusiastic about an iconic retailer deliberate for Diriyah, a UNESCO World Heritage website. It’ll mix Apple’s trendy retail design with the realm’s historic significance, the iPhone large stated.
This retail enlargement builds on Apple’s current presence in Saudi Arabia. That features the area’s first Apple Developer Academy that opened in Riyadh in 2021, developed in partnership with the Saudi authorities and native academic establishments.
Saudi Apple customers can now go to apple.com/sa-en/retailer to discover the complete vary of services and products accessible of their area.
Supply: Apple
