Apple Stores that closed twice due to COVID-19 are about to start reopening

[Jacob Siegal]

• Earlier this summer, Apple decided to re-close some of the stores that it had reopened due to rising infection rates in certain states throughout the US.
• A new Bloomberg report claims that Apple will begin to reopen some of those stores once again as early as this month, and that employees are being informed of the plans this week.
• Apple is expected to launch four iPhone 12 models this fall with 5G support and OLED displays.

Back in March, stores all across the US temporarily closed down as the novel coronavirus outbreak morphed into a pandemic and forced President Donald Trump to declare a national emergency. All 270 of Apple's retail stores in the US were closed in the early days of the pandemic, but in May, the company began opening its doors once again. The problem was that not every state kept its infection rate under control, and Apple has ended up having to re-close over 120 stores in the intervening months. Now, some of those stores are reportedly preparing to reopen again.

According to Bloomberg, Apple plans to start reopening some of the re-closed stores before the end of August. These plans have yet to be made public, but a source reveals that the reopened stores "will operate on an appointment-only basis for the immediate future," so you won't be able to just walk in and browse.

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