At first glance it might look like an authentic Apple Store, but it lacks the painstaking attention to detail Apple takes with its official retail locations.
Still, experts and app developers said that the rollout of Little Program on WeChat will erode 4 the market share of app distributors like Apple Store in China.
The Apple Store, however, is another matter.
I made an appointment with Apple Store and they replaced my iPad with a new one.
Almost all are design patents, running the gamut from MP3 players to power adaptors to the stairs in the Apple Store.
Have you ever walked into an Apple Store?
Mashable's Christina Warren helpfully suggests that outlets located near a big Apple Store are likely to be less crowded.
That's a pretty full suite of connectors - you can attach any kind of external monitor, if you need one, using a variety of adapters available from the Apple Store.
The new Apple Store in Shanghai, for example, looks much more like a showroom than a place to buy anything.
"Apple never writes' Apple Store 'on its signs - it just puts up the glowing, iconic fruit," wrote BirdAbroad.
"Apple never writes' Apple Store 'on it's signs - it just puts up the glowing, iconic fruit," she wrote.
OK, so how do you submit your application to Apple Store now?
It has since gotten widespread international attention for the remarkable lengths to which its proprietors seem to have gone to mimic the look and feel of a real Apple Store.
"The Apple Store will offer services with personalized engraving, configure-to-order options and free shipping on everything," said Apple's Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook.