Dear Apple, inc. in Cupertino.
Apple is a major brand in the United States but in Saudi Arabia it is considered “too expensive” and “have bad warranty” because of bad experience with Apple’s Authorised Distributor in Saudi Arabia, Arab Computers and Arab Business Machines, Apple’s Authorised Distributor in Middle East.
“The Mac community is growing day after day in Saudi Arabia and the middle-east region. Some people get interested in Apple computers after seeing a Mac machine in action in-front of their own eyes, but most people get hooked up simply by using iPods, which proves that the halo effect does exist.”
The Apple iPod is very popular in Saudi Arabia, even though it still lacks support for Arabic language. The iPod brand is strong.
I saw a salesman at a store in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia trying to convince a kid with his dad to buy a Zune. While I thought the kid would object, I noticed that the father who seemed in this late fifties, told the sales rep that the iPod looked much nicer and easier to use, and I heard the kid say, “I want an iPod, this is not an iPod” pointing at the Zune.
Apple has made a first step in entering the Saudi Arabia market and it is by making a deal with Mobily to sell the iPhone 3G in Saudi Arabia. We hope this would be the first step of many.
Dear Apple, here are some points that we believe will contribute to your success in Saudi Arabia:
- Open an Apple Retail Store. Not simply a retail store but enhance the experience of owning a Mac in Saudi Arabia by including the Genius Bar, training, workshops, youth programs and Business Partners.
- Open an Online Apple Store. Countries without an Apple Retail Store (Philippines and Malaysia for example) at least have an Online Apple Store. Also current developers in Saudi Arabia need to fax their iPhone Development form because there is no Online Apple Store in Saudi Arabia.
- Open an Apple Service Center. The Apple Authorized Service Providers in Saudi Arabia are very inefficient, have no stock of spare parts.
- Provide better support and warranty. MacBooks purchased in Saudi Arabia have a limited warranty that is not honored outside Saudi Arabia (or Apple IMC countries) and sometimes used machines sold as new.
- Localize Mac OS X. ABM’s latest Arabic Localization is for Mac OSX Leopard 10.5.5 which does not work with the current 10.5.7 version of the OS. Arabic localization should be provided by Apple directly. The Arabic language is natively spoken by 422 million people which is more than English.
- Support Arabic
on the iPodon all iPod models. An Arabic iPod prototype was supposed to be released in 2006 according to Elias Abou-Rustom, general manager of Arab Business Machine but nothing happened in the last 3 years. While regular iPods are still lacking Arabic, the upcoming iPhone/iPod touch OS 3.0 will finally add Arabic support. Thank you Apple. Update: 2009 iPod nano models now support Arabic, but not the 2009 iPod classic. - Arabic iPad and iBooks content. Apple has just released the iPad however it doesn’t support Arabic.
- Offer better prices. The Saudi Arabia Riyal is pegged with the United States Dollar. Since the EURO exchange rate is high the Apple products are very expensive. A 300SR MacBook Pro charger is sold in Saudi Arabia for 450SR, a %50 markup.
- Expand the iTunes Store. Currently the Saudi Arabia iTunes Store is limited to iPhone Applications. We would like to see it expand to cover Podcasts, iTunesU, Music, Movies and TV Shows. Currently there are no digital media market place in Saudi Arabia. This is a chance for Apple to get a head start.
- Standardize Saudi Arabia Apple homepage. Apple.com.sa is still owned by Apple’s former partner in Saudi Arabia, Jeraisy Techand their partnership with Apple ended in 2000. Apple.sa TLDs will be available soon as well. Apple.com/sa doesn’t exist except for the iPhone page.
Thank you.
Fellow Apple users in Saudi Arabia: feel free to post your comments on this page or contact us directly.
Resources and interesting related links:
- Mazen Al-Angary 31/03/06 “Macs in the Saudi Arabia“. Originally posted on mymac.
- Mazen Al-Angary 18/01/07 “The Tsunami Halo Effect“. Originally posted on mymac.
- Mazen Al-Angary 02/02/07 “The Truth about Apple in the Middle East“. Originally posted on mymac.
- Thanks to other “We Want Apple” sites for inspiring us: We Want Apple Hungary, We Want Apple Poland and We Want Apple Greece.
June 6th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Thank you for taking the time to do this, highly appreciated. All the points you’ve mentioned are valid, I only hope to see something happening soon…maybe sooner than we think. Who knows?
Cheers.
June 6th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
I’ll be amazed if Apple took an action.
Good job
June 6th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Apple is ready to take action if we are ready to present a case convincing enough for them to take action!
June 6th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
good article, inshallah they open a store soon somewhere in Gulf.
just would like to say the iPhone OS 3.0 has Arabic support, and so does the iPod touch.
You can write Arabic in all applications, or even better you can set the menu to be Arabic
June 6th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
I hope this work !
June 6th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Despite the fact that we do have a bad quality of service over all Apple products, I was really shocked when I saw the prices at UK last month and compared them to here! Its like 25-35% higher prices here than UK, while we do not have VAT (which is by the way 15.5% at UK). This tell that the prices here are over around 35-45%
I think any decent brand won’t allow that to happen unless that they have no interest on specific region. I hope not!
Abdulrhman AlKhnaifer
http://www.saudi-itc.com
June 7th, 2009 at 2:11 am
i think we have to make this move
thanx man i hope they do listening to u
any help u need just send me mail I love to help in this coz
June 7th, 2009 at 4:41 am
Here Here! Lets hope something gets done about it!
June 7th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
I’ll be satisfied if Apple did just a few of the points mentioned, but let’s hope for the best.
Thank you guys for this initiative.
June 8th, 2009 at 3:23 am
I hope this will be the First step to a new beginning of Apple distribution in Saudia!
June 8th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Inshallah this works!
June 8th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Really hope that this site will help to get Apple attention !!
Good job guys !
June 8th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Yeah! we really want it. Enough of the unfairly priced products!!
June 8th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
i hope thaaat
June 8th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
I so wish we have an apple store here! I agree! Count me in.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
We want apple here (KSA)
To get official apple store services in Saudi cities
God pleas you all
June 9th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
hope that,
Good work
June 10th, 2009 at 10:40 am
good for you
June 10th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
yeah,this is great!
it would be great if people put links to this site,so other people who didn’t notice can sign too.
apple ftw!
June 11th, 2009 at 12:20 am
please!
June 11th, 2009 at 12:35 am
we want apple store !!
June 11th, 2009 at 12:45 am
We “Need” Apple store.
June 11th, 2009 at 1:10 am
Everyone needs Apple… Bring Apple to the world.!
June 11th, 2009 at 1:22 am
Yes we want
June 11th, 2009 at 1:23 am
I hope this works!
June 11th, 2009 at 1:31 am
yes we want
June 11th, 2009 at 1:51 am
i wish, but i doubt it
June 11th, 2009 at 5:22 am
We want apple(s) and we will you date(s) if u want
thanks 4 those in charge of this page.
June 11th, 2009 at 6:40 am
bismillah!!!
June 11th, 2009 at 6:50 am
Apple is great company with great products, but in saudi arabia we can not utlize it all.
June 11th, 2009 at 7:03 am
Why not,,
We have here one of the highest buying power in the region.
June 11th, 2009 at 7:59 am
yay!great site!hope it works out!
June 11th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Apple, Welcome to Saudi Arabia.
June 11th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Of Course .
We Are Missing this by dealing with crap
imagine that the new macbook pros are being sold as 3400 $
when in US are sold 1799$
they are using us
this is true and almost every mac device is sold X3 or X2 the original price !
WHY?
June 11th, 2009 at 10:58 am
/signed
June 11th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Signed!
June 11th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
June 11th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
nice
June 11th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Rele we need it in Saudi arabia ,
June 11th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
signed
June 11th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Strongly agree with “Offer better prices. The Saudi Arabia Riyal is pegged with the United States Dollar. Since the EURO exchange rate is high the Apple products are very expensive. A 300SR MacBook Pro charger is sold in Saudi Arabia for 450SR, a %50 markup.”
June 11th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
seriouslly people… we need APPLE in Saudi !
June 11th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
I vote for apple is Saudi Arabia
June 11th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Apple
June 11th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
I promise I will get one if this happens
June 11th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Yes We Want
June 11th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Yes we do.
June 11th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
We need is so bad here in Saudi Arabia. I am a user of mac but I am suffering and if a branch is not opened in my city I think I would have to switch.
June 11th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Not until I read your post and relevant comments did I realize how fortunate I am to have an Apple store so near — even 100 miles (161km) away. May Steve Jobs smile on you and grant your wish.
June 11th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
I bought an iPhone the 1st day it was made available thru Mobily. It is now broken and no one can give me a straight answer on where and how much will it cost me to fix it. Why? Because there is no real presence for Apple in Saudi Arabia.
Please consider reaching out to your fan base in Saudi Arabia and the middle-east by granting us this one basic request.
June 11th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
I hope that Apple opens in our area even though I prefer Microsoft now
June 11th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Agree
June 12th, 2009 at 1:30 am
we want S A Apple
June 12th, 2009 at 1:37 am
we fade up with the bad service of Aram macin es
June 12th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Count me in ..
June 12th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
oui !
we need it
June 12th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Yup we want apple in Saudi Arabia !
June 12th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
signed
June 12th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Yup we want apple in Saudi Arabia !
June 12th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
I like Mac OSX more than Windows.
we want apple in Saudi Arabia.
June 12th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
we need apple in saudi arabia
June 12th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
we want apple in Saudi Arabia
June 12th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Come on !!
I want just one Apple Store in our country !! no excuse for them
June 12th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Totally Agree !!
June 12th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
signed (Y) ..
June 12th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
I am with you guys,
they should response !
June 12th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Good initiative..
Signed…
June 12th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
I want just one Apple Store in our country !! no excuse for them
June 12th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
We want Apple in Saudi Arabia and the Arabic language ,
June 12th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
we want that
please
please
please
please
please
.
.
.
June 12th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
yes ,, we want
June 12th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Yes , that’s right , we want apple in KSA.
June 12th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
WE WANT APPLE IN KSA PLEASE.
June 12th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Signed
June 12th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Signed..
June 12th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
WE WANT APPLE IN THE KSA .
June 12th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Apple Store in the Kingdom becomes a must nowadays. Saudi Arabia is the biggest market in the region for Macs, iPods & iPhones. the local dealers here are not qualified to represent the Apple Inc. and are always ripping us and preventing new custormers from joining the Mac Mania.. Owning a Mac and having the peace of mind, efficiency and being more productive is starting to gain interest amongst all Saudis, but they are set back with the Overpricing and the lack of support the local dealers here are doing.
For that I am signing this petition and hoping that our word would be heard by Steve Jobs and Apple Inc. Executives.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Agree. We want Apple in Saudi.
June 12th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Yes, we want Apple in Saudi Arabia!
June 12th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
WE WANT APPLE IN K.S.A.
June 12th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Why we hate Apple here?
With high prices here, I feel that we paid for US citizens
Please do something!
June 12th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Count me with you. As a person who regrets being an Apple user whenever I have to deal with the customer care in Saudi Arabia.
We want a better support!
June 12th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
YES, & please also in Kuwait
June 12th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
yes.. we want apple store in jeddah city please ,,, lot of saudi user became a mac prison ,, so we need good support too ..
thanks
June 12th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Signed
June 12th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
yeah , I agree completely, It’s time for Apple to open official center in here
I dunno why Apple ignore such highly-profitable market, as Saudi Arabia.
I’m considering buying the iphone 3Gs as soon as it is available via a friend in America.
Mobily failed to deliver customer support expected with such great device as Iphone..
June 12th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
agreed, I dislike the fact I have to wait till I return to America for proper repairs or to buy compatible products at a decent price. An online store for KSA would also be nice, since Apple will not ship via Aramex.
June 12th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Signed.
June 12th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
A big fan of Mac and Apple products. I own an iPod Classic 160 GB, an official iPhone 3G 16 GB by mobily, Saudi Arabia, and soon very soon a MacBook Pro.
It would be my pleasure to benefit and privilege the services presented by the official Apple Co., rather than experiencing a hard time from different Apple retailers in Saudi Arabia. I also would like to thank the person or the group who have the honors of bringing up such a brilliant idea, which I had in mind for ages.
June 12th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Totally agreed.
June 13th, 2009 at 12:09 am
Great job guys , Keep it up ^_^
June 13th, 2009 at 2:38 am
Signed. More “Apple” is need in Saudi-Arabia!
June 13th, 2009 at 10:07 am
Yes i do!
June 13th, 2009 at 11:42 am
yes we DO
June 13th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
We want Apple store in KSA
June 13th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
yes , Iam sure if u go mac u will never go back
but how can it happens if we don’t have official apple store here in KSA
SO,, WE WANT APPLE STORE IN KSA.
Thanks
June 13th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
yes we want
June 13th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
yes , please we want
June 13th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
We Want Apple in Saudi !!
June 13th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Signed
June 13th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
YES, We want apple store in Saudi Arabia
We will be happy, because we have alot of Mac users
June 13th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
yes we want !!
June 13th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
yep yep yep!
June 13th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Signed
June 13th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
YES, We want apple store in Saudi Arabia.
June 13th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
yes we want
June 13th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
No
June 13th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Apple KSA will definitely be great!
June 13th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
yes for shour man
June 13th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Sure we need better services and prices.
June 13th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
The only reason I didn’t buy a mac is the poor after sales services provided by the dealer here in Saudi.
June 13th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
sign me up
June 13th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
I AM IN
June 13th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Thanks WWASA. Great products, poor support in KSA – so far. Signed…
June 13th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
hey ALL
we all looking for this 2 come 2 KSA ASAP,,,
BTW
thanks guys 4 UR time
keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!!
June 13th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Yes, we need it
June 13th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Sign me up too
June 13th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Yes we need it
June 13th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
WEEEEEEE WANT APPLE
June 13th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
We want you Apple
June 13th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Yes, we need it
June 13th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
apple be fair
June 13th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Awsome
June 13th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
good work everybody
June 14th, 2009 at 1:30 am
Apple!
June 14th, 2009 at 2:10 am
yes we want apple in Saudi Arabia
good work
Go ahead
June 14th, 2009 at 3:26 am
Yup we want apple in Saudi Arabia !!!
June 14th, 2009 at 3:28 am
Enough with cheap knockoffs. We want a real Apple store, managed by Apple!
June 14th, 2009 at 4:04 am
you are selling , we are buying doesn’t it make sense to you to open a store here !
Is this how apple treat their customer ?!
Hope not.
June 14th, 2009 at 4:58 am
we want apple in Saudi Arabia !!!
June 14th, 2009 at 5:40 am
At least we need full support center for the GCC countries.
Thanks
June 14th, 2009 at 6:15 am
mac uses like me need ( apple stores ) n saudi
June 14th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Bring it home!
June 14th, 2009 at 7:40 am
Saudi Arabia is major retail market for IT. bring bussiness to saudi to help every one.
June 14th, 2009 at 7:51 am
we need it here
thanks.
June 14th, 2009 at 8:06 am
apple we need u to save us.
June 14th, 2009 at 9:22 am
I am with you in every points you wrote. Please, hear us Apple!
June 14th, 2009 at 9:36 am
can apple do it, & will it respond?
June 14th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Please let’s feel the technology
June 14th, 2009 at 10:33 am
it’s awonderfull idea to do like these stuff …. i am wait for this from a long time ago….we desereve it !!
June 14th, 2009 at 11:01 am
yes am with u i give my voice 2u
June 14th, 2009 at 11:29 am
we need it here
thankss
June 14th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
I really want that..
June 14th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
We Want Apple in Saudi
Yes i want that soooo badly
June 14th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
We want an apple store in saudi arabia
and we want better prices for macs
June 14th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
HEEEY APPLE … I WONT BE AMAZED IF U OPEN STORES IN SAUDI
CUZ U MUST DO THAT STUPID COMPANY .. U THINK U R INTERNASIONAL ENOUGH :@
I KEEP BREAK MY STUFF WHICH NEVER COULD BE FIXED ;Pp
WINDOWS R MUCH BETTER AND POPULAR THAN YOU
June 14th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
thanksssssssss
Good job
June 14th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
We need a branch of the company Apple in Saudi
June 14th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
believe me , we need apples company more than american citizens !
god helps us ..
June 14th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
YES we do
June 14th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Hope they will see this!
June 14th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
YES, We want apple store in Saudi Arabia
June 15th, 2009 at 12:57 am
i’m with you guys
June 15th, 2009 at 1:47 am
it’s about time….count me in
Signed x 1000
June 15th, 2009 at 2:25 am
YES, We want apple store in Saudi Arabia
June 15th, 2009 at 3:42 am
YES, We want apple store in Saudi Arabia
June 15th, 2009 at 8:08 am
Yaa.. we want apple products to be in KSA…
June 15th, 2009 at 9:56 am
I add my voice to yours. One thing, though. I don’t think the statistics you provided for Arabic and English native speakers are accurate.
June 15th, 2009 at 9:57 am
well, its a dream and apple can do it!!
but maybe they are afraid of the people here in KSA !! you know, since some here doesn’t know what is apple !! seriously !! :S
June 15th, 2009 at 10:29 am
YES, We want apple store in Saudi Arabia
June 15th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
yes i want apple store in saudi arabia
June 15th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
I agree , we really need it .
June 15th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
I agree , we really need it
June 15th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
100% valid points.. I totally agree.
June 15th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
We need proper consumer protection when we buy Apple Products… Please open an office in Saudi Arabia.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
yes i want apple store in saudi arabia
June 15th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
I’m dreaming if we have an apple store here in Jeddah
June 15th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
apple store please
June 15th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
apple for ever !!
June 15th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
I agree , we really need it .
June 15th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
WE WANT APPLE IN K.S.A.
June 15th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
We need Apple In K S A
……
June 15th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
We need Apple In K S A
June 15th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
I have a macbook and an iphone. Both bought from the US. Please make an Apple store in Saudi.
June 15th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
WEE WANT APPPPPPLE IN KSA !!!
June 16th, 2009 at 12:19 am
yah we need it
June 16th, 2009 at 12:22 am
Do it!
June 16th, 2009 at 12:23 am
yeah we need it as soon as possible
June 16th, 2009 at 12:41 am
please do
June 16th, 2009 at 1:25 am
HP have better prices and support here because they have an office
June 16th, 2009 at 2:47 am
We need apple store in KSA..
June 16th, 2009 at 2:52 am
we definitely do..
June 16th, 2009 at 3:35 am
i hope that
June 16th, 2009 at 5:42 am
WE NEED APPLE IN KSA
June 16th, 2009 at 7:35 am
MS is sucks .. We Really Need Apple Center Here In KSA ..
June 16th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Middle East headquarter in Saudi Arabia!!
this is what we need
June 16th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Yes, we really need it.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Middle East headquarter in Saudi Arabia!!
June 16th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Yea>>> we realy nead it .
“arabcomputers” are realy sucks!!
June 16th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
yeah , thanx very much , , there is a lot of problems , the fact that we do have a bad quality of service with the other com’s over all Apple products
we need an Original Apple store here in KSA
June 16th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
We need the real apple store , most of the retail shops the seal apple products ,the don’t have a clue about the system , and prizes it is 2 much ….. come on people …..
June 16th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Middle East headquarter in Saudi Arabia!!
it’s a must need . and we need more people to sing in here.
too many users including me became a Mac users , speically since 2007 and ahead .
June 16th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Yes, we need of the parent company in Saudi Arabia
June 16th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
DId you e-mail it to apple ?
June 16th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Do it please.
June 16th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
YES WE NEED APPLE IN KSA
June 16th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
I hope that too to be Apple Store very soon in KSA
June 16th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
It’s really important to have Apple Store in Saudi Arabia and also other countries in the Middle East, so Apple can dominate the market and for us to get support and the latest product for the real price.
June 16th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
we need apple here
June 16th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Saudi Arabia is managed by the same company as Apple Hungary. We have already seen some improvements, Apple, it’s time to show your value equally around the world!
June 16th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Bring apple to KSA!
June 17th, 2009 at 12:00 am
Please bring apple to KSA T^T
June 17th, 2009 at 12:05 am
YES, the image of apple is about to be completely scratched by arab computers now days>
June 17th, 2009 at 12:15 am
i hope to say : Welcome Apple in KSA
June 17th, 2009 at 12:17 am
yah, i hope that
June 17th, 2009 at 5:01 am
I Do Use Mac in my office for work, but I face lots of problems with the dealers for upgrade or anything, I really hope that Apple will open there Regional Office in KSA soon.
June 17th, 2009 at 6:48 am
don’t miss your chance in tapping the oil money floating around here
June 17th, 2009 at 7:17 am
Do It.
June 17th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Signed
I hope that. Thank you.
Good job.
June 17th, 2009 at 10:31 am
we demand to have an individual apple center in Saudi Arabia !!
June 17th, 2009 at 11:19 am
iHope that =)
Thank You ..
June 17th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
i hope that
June 17th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
June 17th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Bring apple to KSA!
Bring apple to KSA!
Bring apple to KSA!
June 18th, 2009 at 1:09 am
Signed
June 18th, 2009 at 1:43 am
we demand to have an individual apple center in Saudi Arabia
June 18th, 2009 at 2:06 am
yaaah .
we realy nead it .
June 18th, 2009 at 3:02 am
We need it as soon as possible.
June 18th, 2009 at 3:13 am
I’m really happy to find this petition and I hope apple is going to do something here in Saudi, a funny story happened while i was visiting Electro (Riyadh, King Abdullah Road branch) I found one of Arab Machines representative with Apple logo on his shirt, so I asked him what kind of computer is this and what type of operating system? ( i was asking about imac) so he told me that this is a new computer with Mac OS X but you don’t have to use is because we can install Windows Operating system:)) so you can tell what kind of Apple representative in Saudi…. they are selling Mac Computers to use it with Windows….
Thanks.
June 18th, 2009 at 3:36 am
I want to indulge myself in Apple world…plz make it possible
June 18th, 2009 at 3:46 am
We Want Apple Saudi Arabia
June 18th, 2009 at 4:40 am
thats the way of the talk !!
we want it sooooo baaaaad
June 18th, 2009 at 4:58 am
we need branch for appple co, in saudia arabia
June 18th, 2009 at 8:18 am
we want branch for apple inc. izone stole me !!
June 18th, 2009 at 8:50 am
This request is for the benefit of Apple in the first place. So please don’t delay opening a branch here in Saudi Arabia.
June 18th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
In fact , we don’t want we NEED it .
we really do!
June 18th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
i agree with you ^_^
and i wish your dream Become a reality
plz apple ^_^
June 18th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
an apple a day keeps the doctor away
we wanna keep the saudi doctors awaaaaaay
June 18th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Signed
June 18th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Apple! you’ll see immense hit in your sales too!! you don’t even have to spend too much on marketing!! you can see all these ‘apple lovers’ here! =D
June 18th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
This will be one thing Steven Jobs would never regret..
June 18th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Yes we do!
June 19th, 2009 at 1:57 am
We realy nead it .
I am signed …
June 19th, 2009 at 4:32 am
signed
June 19th, 2009 at 9:33 am
This is a such good idea
Im with you Iphone
Signed….
June 19th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
signed
June 19th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
I believe the local existing of Apple in Saudi Arabia will change many things, in better way
June 19th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
signed
June 19th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
signed …
June 19th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Apple! Don’t delay opening a branch here in Saudi Arabia. Otherwise you will lose your popularity in KSA.
Mazen Al-Angary you made a great effort, may god bless you.
June 19th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
yes apple we need you in saudi arabia
June 19th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Here here!!!
June 19th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
ASAP apple, we are really looking forward to see the second step in saudi market.
June 20th, 2009 at 3:32 am
yes, we want apple in saudi arabia
June 20th, 2009 at 4:01 am
yes i want apple store in saudi arabia
June 20th, 2009 at 4:18 am
ya, we need them in saudi arabia
June 20th, 2009 at 4:57 am
yes, we want apple in saudi arabia
June 20th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
ASAP,,,,, ,,,,,,,
June 20th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
yes apple we need apple store in saudi arabia
June 20th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
yes apple we need apple store in saudi arabia
ASAP
June 20th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
We do need Apple in Saudi Arabia.
June 20th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
We need apple store in saudi arabia ASAP
June 20th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
we have apple stores .. but what we need is a main branch in the middle east especially at saudi arabia
June 20th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Yea we really need one of those cause these resellers in saudi arabia give a bad review about this excellent company.
June 20th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
we really really want apple to be here in saudi arabia
June 20th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
We need apple store in saudi arabia ASAP
June 21st, 2009 at 12:23 am
Come on Apple!
June 21st, 2009 at 4:51 am
of course of course of course
We need apple store in saudi arabia ASAP
June 21st, 2009 at 12:26 pm
انا معكم من المؤيدين
June 21st, 2009 at 1:05 pm
yes yes we want that
June 21st, 2009 at 1:21 pm
yes yes yes we want mac
and i want to work in the store too
peace
June 21st, 2009 at 2:44 pm
yes please do us that big favour
“We really do Need” an official apple store over here in saudi arabia
Many thanks
June 21st, 2009 at 2:56 pm
We need apple store in saudi arabia ,,
June 21st, 2009 at 4:16 pm
we want mac
June 21st, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Come on Apple, we could really use you guys over here.
June 21st, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Please Apple
June 21st, 2009 at 6:18 pm
me also I want Apple in Saudi Arabia …. : )
June 21st, 2009 at 6:20 pm
me also I want Apple in Saudi Arabia …. : )
June 21st, 2009 at 6:37 pm
me too , commen apple
June 21st, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Come on Steve , Let’s fix some greedy vendors , We love apple
June 21st, 2009 at 10:26 pm
signed ….
June 21st, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Plzzzz Apple open your offices in Saudi Arabia :S
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:20 pm
We need saudi arabia apple store
June 22nd, 2009 at 3:18 pm
me also I want Apple in Saudi Arabia
Come on Steve , Let’s fix some greedy vendors , We love apple
June 22nd, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Don’t we deserve to be MACies
June 22nd, 2009 at 4:46 pm
I want Apple store in Saudi Arabia
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:01 pm
i used be one of apple fans i had a macbook and iphone and ipod but with the bad support actually no support at all i sold all my apple product and waiting for apple to open a branch in saudi then i will be back to apple again as a macbook user and iphone user and ipod user.
i think its not hard to do so
June 22nd, 2009 at 8:10 pm
I want Apple store in Saudi Arabia
June 22nd, 2009 at 11:15 pm
yes pleas gave us little attention becuse we love you so much
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:16 am
please yessss we need apple to be here in saudi arabia
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:11 am
Hope this works
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:31 am
plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, we need you ASAP
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:06 pm
looking for this dream to come true since sometime..
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Yes Yes Yes
we need it
–Signed–
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Yes, we need it in KSA .
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Can’t wait for it.
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:37 pm
We need you.
As soooon as Pooooossible
June 23rd, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Agreed
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:13 pm
REALLY NEED IT!!
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:07 pm
CAN’T WAIT!!
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Dear Apple Inc,
Can you Imagine a world with overpriced Macs and no AppleCare, Mac OS X is sold for over 300 US Dollars and so does MobileMe and we don’t have the Genius Bar.
Do you think if you did a recall to one of your portable’s chargers/batteries our local distributor will follow? well, think again.
Do you still believe in providing a perfect user experience as a whole starting from entering the store to using the little things in Mac OS X. Well, that user experience does NOT exist in Saudi Arabia.
NOTE: I helped many people in their switch from the dark side but now I stopped, well it’s mainly because I cannot explain my early 2006 iMac’s situation. First it was the vertical lines in the LCD and then it became a logic board problem (A.K.A. a dead iMac) and when people ask how/why I cannot answer I just blame the chinese. by the way, fixing that iMac through the local service provider costs the same as the latest iMac model.
An Extremely Loyal Apple Customer
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:28 pm
really we need your assisstance here in saudi arabia.
June 23rd, 2009 at 6:20 pm
we need it =(
June 23rd, 2009 at 6:56 pm
REALLY NEED IT
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:23 pm
My vote
we have reached a stage where it became necessarily ,, the number of mac users in the kingdom is booming, while the stores/distributers services is getting worse day after day counting that we have no where to go but them over and over again
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Please count my vote
June 24th, 2009 at 12:11 am
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaa we need it : (
June 24th, 2009 at 12:12 am
plz. we need it : (
June 24th, 2009 at 12:28 am
Sure we need it .. & Please count my vote
June 24th, 2009 at 2:11 am
vote !
June 24th, 2009 at 2:29 am
Vote – been an apple user since 2001 until this date. Never ever owned a Windows machine!
Apple – Simple Facts (Love it)
June 24th, 2009 at 4:18 am
count me 2 …. WE NEED IT SO BADLY
June 24th, 2009 at 5:51 am
dude.. totally
June 24th, 2009 at 6:02 am
Count me in… wouldn’t suspect a retail store to open any time soon, but at least an online store
June 24th, 2009 at 6:19 am
Count me in!
June 24th, 2009 at 10:21 am
We really need to an orginal apple stores
June 24th, 2009 at 10:59 am
I am a new user to Macbook. And i don’t think I can go back to Notebooks. this is an amazing product that makes me wonder why it is not widely spread here in Saudi. hats off for the creator of this petition and we are behind you all the way.
June 24th, 2009 at 11:00 am
WE need u apple in ksa A.S.A.P
cuz the authorised distributors has rippin’ us off with dubbelin’ the prices !!!!! most of the time
So I’m in count my vote
June 24th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
I’m a Mac and I need your support
June 24th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
We really want an Apple store here in KSA .
June 24th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Please count my vote
June 24th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
we waant yes want an apple store
June 24th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
just 311 votes it’s not enough we need more please
:(:( come on give it to your friends to vote also 
:(:(
June 24th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
really we need your assisstance here in saudi arabia. the prices are tooooooooo high
June 24th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
I`ll be thankfull to Apple. We really need the official company in Saudi Arabia,the authorized distributors are really baaaaaaaaaaaaaad in service, prices, and warrenty.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:07 am
Count me in. Never underestimate the Saudi market!
June 25th, 2009 at 12:21 am
we need it
June 25th, 2009 at 12:33 am
we want applw in Saudi Arabia
June 25th, 2009 at 6:13 am
that’s true .. we need this soo badly ..!
signed ..!
June 25th, 2009 at 7:20 am
We need it as soon as they can
June 25th, 2009 at 10:49 am
i am with you guys
June 25th, 2009 at 10:49 am
hey mac
f realy care about us at least do that
luv ya
June 25th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
We need a real apple store…
June 25th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
It’s ridiculous how the apple retail stores here rip us off.
I had to ship my new laptop in from the states cause I couldn’t trust them anymore!
June 25th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
YES, We want apple cinter in Saudi Arabia
June 25th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
yea we want
June 25th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Please open a Regional Outlet.
June 25th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
we need an apple store so we can buy from the original
June 25th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
there should be one in saudi, we need it
June 25th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
I totally support the idea.
June 25th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
we want apple store
June 25th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
YES.. seriously we need that ..
June 25th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Count Me In ..
June 25th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Signed – I think an Apple Store is needed in Saudi.
June 25th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
we neeeeed it soooo bad !!! they got alot of consumers here & they will benefit from opening a regional store…
I`m totally in
June 26th, 2009 at 1:58 am
keep it up..am with it
June 26th, 2009 at 1:59 am
I strongly agree with u guys!!
June 26th, 2009 at 2:56 am
agree with you ..
signed !!
June 26th, 2009 at 2:59 am
agree
June 26th, 2009 at 3:54 am
PLEASE, apple! I know SO many people who would LOVE to have macs be common here!
June 26th, 2009 at 5:22 am
we need it
June 26th, 2009 at 7:06 am
يا عالم
إلا متى والعالم لا يعطينا اهميه ؟؟
كل الشركات تفتح في الدول المجاورة وتبيع لنا ؟؟
لا احد يقول انظمة ؟؟
الي يحترمنى يفتح فرع رسمي في المملكة عشان يخدم سوقة
June 26th, 2009 at 9:31 am
strongly agree
June 26th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
WE NEED APPLE IN SAUDI!!!
June 26th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
i need apple un SAUDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
June 26th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Signed ..
Dear apple responsible ..
We have a large number of people who have all kinds of apple products ..
We must have ” apple store ” in Saudi Arabia ..
Because we are facing very bad agent service in Saudi Arabia, “Arab Computers”
Fahad ..
June 26th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
i hope they hear our voice ..
keep it up guys ..
June 26th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
i am in
June 26th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
i am in…
really we want apple store in saudia arabia
June 26th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Recommended.
We would like to have apple sponsor in Saudi Arabia.
Regards,
June 26th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
الى ابل
هل ميكروسوفت افضل منكم ؟؟!! بالطبع لا اذن هم لديهم مكتب في السعوديه لم لا يكون لكم انتم كذلك
ليس مكتب بل مركز ابل ستور وسترون كيف سيحول الناس من بي سي الى ماك
June 26th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
We strongly need official Apple Stores in Saudi Arabia. I am certain that Apple will benefit from many switchers to Mac and we, Mac users, will get better service.
June 26th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Signed ..
June 26th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
we want apple
June 27th, 2009 at 3:10 am
WE WANT APPLE..
June 27th, 2009 at 3:52 am
WE WANT APPLE..
June 27th, 2009 at 5:22 am
Apple in KSA
June 27th, 2009 at 7:41 am
yesss,, We need an official Apple store in Saudi,, with Apple support
June 27th, 2009 at 8:55 am
We like to have “Apple Stores” in Jeddah – Riyadh – Ad-dammam ..
Thanks ..
If you go Mac, you will never go back .. and it’s true
June 27th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
As every smart business owner in any marketplace, Apple should perform progress following the rule of supply and demand.
I and all Saudis, hence, demand an authorized Apple sponsor in Saudi Arabia as the supplies provided are not that satisfying!..
June 27th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Apple in KSA
June 27th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Strongly agree to Apple in KSA
June 27th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
June 27th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
I strongly agree, If Apple cares about us!!
June 27th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
please bring apple here!!! we need it! indeed! im in.
June 27th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
WE WANT APPLE STORE IN KSA …
June 27th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Yeah, what they said.
June 27th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Smart gadgets sold in a stupid and primitive way. (in Saudi that is)
And when I say primitive, I mean the greedy salesman who only care about selling his goods and taking advantage of buyer’s ignorance.
Saudi market is a real potential and immediate actions should be considered.
Regards and best of luck.
June 28th, 2009 at 12:06 am
Here’s an awful experience to what its like to buy a Mac in Saudi Arabia.
I dropped by this evening to iTechia (An Apple unofficial-very-greedy retail store), I was just told that the all-new Macbook Pro 13″ is there at last, they surprisingly only have the high-end one, that is, C2D 2.53GHz proccessor, 4GB of RAM and has the price tag of 1,499USD at Apple online store. but hey iTechia could not just settle for 200USD in profit, its just too little.
Here it goes, greedy store offers that particular Macbook Pro under 2,133USD, which has a 634USD difference with the one in the US market.
We want official Apple presence in Saudi Arabia!
Until then, Amazon.com wishes us a pleasant shopping experience
June 28th, 2009 at 2:01 am
Yup we want apple in Saudi Arabia !
June 28th, 2009 at 5:15 am
Save Us, Please !
June 28th, 2009 at 5:24 am
Definitely agree !!
June 28th, 2009 at 11:27 am
SIGNED !!
We really need an apple store in ksa
So many people i know already have macs
and whoever didnt have mac said ”its too expensive”’
So please open Apple in KSA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 28th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
yeah we really need apple store in saudi the prices here are too high almost the double
June 28th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
i don’t know why u so late to open apple here in ksa , plz hurry up
June 29th, 2009 at 12:48 am
Strongly agree to open Apple retail stores in the kingdom …….
Strongly agree to open Apple retail stores in the kingdom …….
Again please spread this to all people yu know .
June 29th, 2009 at 3:00 am
we want apple
June 29th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
WE WANT APPLE IN SAUDI ARABIA,,,
June 29th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Yeah we really do want Apple Saudi Arabia .. we’re really sick of the bad treatment we receive from our retailer here !
June 30th, 2009 at 7:56 am
PLZ
we want apple in KSA
June 30th, 2009 at 8:17 am
please
we want apple in KSA please
June 30th, 2009 at 8:44 am
we want APPLE in KSA
June 30th, 2009 at 11:25 am
we want apple in KSA
June 30th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
we want apple in KSA
June 30th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
WE WNT APPLE IN KSA
June 30th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
i hope apple releases the latest iphone 3gs in KSA soon cuz i really wanna buy dat device
June 30th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Apple dealers in Saudi Arabia is missing all the best computer parts available on Apple’s official website. such as over 1GB RAMs, Quadro FX VGA Cards.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
they should open one in saudi arabia or in dubi
July 1st, 2009 at 12:56 am
ya we want apple Saudi Arabia :_(
July 1st, 2009 at 5:44 am
I think it’s time to have an official apple store over here
July 1st, 2009 at 11:19 am
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July 1st, 2009 at 2:58 pm
we need
July 1st, 2009 at 8:38 pm
I MAC
July 2nd, 2009 at 4:44 am
i like apple but i think twice before i buy apple products because of the after sale
services and the price also
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:30 am
We Want an Apple Store in Saudi Arabia
July 2nd, 2009 at 7:24 am
We Want APPLE ASAP…..
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:08 am
we want it ,we need it ,come in apple
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:34 pm
I strongly agreed with that
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:58 pm
I am a developer wh is intersted in developing software for Apple products and for the arab users in particular …. but the lack of support in Saudi Arabia made this nearly impossible …. I am a strong fan of Apple products but the huge difference in price between here and the US made me think more than twice befor I buy them from Saudi Arabia …… and when I did buy some frm the US … I winded up having to ship them back with friends for support ….. this is making me switching to other products which I really don’t like …
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:04 pm
We want apple saudi arabia
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:54 pm
i am about to buy book air but every one around me is saying what if it brackes down it’s gonna take a long time to get it fixed
so i think we really need it .
July 2nd, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Way overdue…
July 2nd, 2009 at 9:28 pm
I just need an Orange
July 3rd, 2009 at 1:35 am
we hope that , they will reconsider ..
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:39 am
Good work !!
I hope that works because Saudi Arabia is one of the biggest economical countries in the world .. and apple services don’t even meet standards for the time being here ..
good work fellows ,, & we’re gonna make it !!
Salam ,,
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:49 am
Gr8 Points ,,
Signed (Y)
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:05 pm
yes i would like to have an apple store in riyadh
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:28 pm
we want apple in KSA
we want apple in KSA
we want apple in KSA
July 4th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
I would appreciate it if you would open an apple retail store here =)
July 4th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
I hope this work !
July 4th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
this would be a dream come true, excellent service right here in KSA.
July 5th, 2009 at 12:10 am
We are looking for a better Prices and Services, i send my Macbook pro they told me that they need 7 business day to replace my DVD drive.
The new 13″ Mac Book Cast 1499$ in your website but they are selling it 1867$ here.
Please Help us Apple…
July 5th, 2009 at 2:06 am
i’m in
July 5th, 2009 at 3:05 am
we need U apple 3ndna
July 5th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Yes we need apple mother company to be in saudi arabia prices are unbelivable why to pay 300$ extra at itechia for the new macbook pro 13″ on the apple store 1,199 and they sell it for 1,500 $
i was talking to one philipino he said when you buy it threw the website you have to add the tax which is 95$ that means the machine will cost 1300$ without shipping to KSA
if we had apple KSA i will save 300$
i will wait till itechia lower the price
July 5th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
ear sir,
I am owner of a Macbook Pro, 2,2 Ghz, 2 Go Ram, 120 Go HDD (5400
rpm), with this serial number: W87442HXX91 bought new from a Apple
authorised resseller in Toulouse, France in December 2007.
Suddenly, the computer has no more video issue, why it was normally
working few seconds before
Accordind to apple support, this is due to Nvidia chipset and apple
recommands to contact the nearest Apple Service Center THAT WILL FIX
IT FOR FREE OR WILL MAKE ISSUE REFUNDS for people who may have paid
for that; what I ve did, I went to Arab computers in Jeddah (Mr
Karim), but he rejected totally what it is written on apple support
webpages, refused to fix the problem for free and he told that it will
cost 4200 SR for fixing the problem
I found that this contradiction is absolutely abnormal
Can you please help me for fixing this problem?
Best regards
July 5th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
MAC IS FTW احلا و احلا
July 5th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
of course we need APPLE in Saudi Arabia ,,,,
It will stop what the people say about APPLE that it is very expensive ,,,
July 5th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
plz we neeeeeeeeeeed it
July 5th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
Steve, do you hear us….?! We beg you!!
July 6th, 2009 at 12:11 am
Hope our petition would reach them!
July 6th, 2009 at 3:27 am
I hope that works because Saudi Arabia is one of the biggest economical countries in the world .. and apple services don’t even meet standards for the time being here ..
good luck
July 6th, 2009 at 5:27 am
Resellers and distributers here have very very bad after-sale services … prices are also very high …
July 6th, 2009 at 10:02 am
We need an agent to look after Apple clients to prevent any cheating that might happen from those unguaranteed places which provide Apples stuff.
July 6th, 2009 at 11:16 am
I strongly agree
July 6th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
we want apple store !! plz >>>>>>
July 6th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
we want appel :’(
July 6th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
I hope this works
Wish you all the luck
July 6th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Good thought.
July 6th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
God Speed you guy’s
July 7th, 2009 at 2:13 am
We need u guys, don’t let us down…
July 7th, 2009 at 8:56 am
Plz Apple, plz…
Our dealers here and distributes are suck….
Wish it works….
July 7th, 2009 at 11:33 am
Please do provide geniune APPLE Store here in Riyadh for Easy technical Support and proper pricing of Product. I Love MacBook Sooooo Much. Can’t wait to have one. Though money is the problem…But im willing to buy one!!!
July 7th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Hope,, they will soon
July 8th, 2009 at 11:59 am
we want apple store
we want apple store
we want apple store
July 8th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
WE NEED APPLE STORE
July 9th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Apple, Hurry up… im so sick of using my US credit card to be able to buy stuff..
its a pain and an $25 redeem card is sold for SR175 while $1.00 = SR3.75. you do the math.
July 10th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
we need Apple store here in Saudi Arabia and for truth i love apple inc.
and i love apple product.
we love you Apple . thnx
July 11th, 2009 at 1:41 am
Apple Store in Saudi Arabia
July 11th, 2009 at 5:47 am
We Want apple store in Saudi Arabia
is that impossible for apple?
July 11th, 2009 at 9:12 am
I agree completely.
July 13th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
I agree
July 13th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
i agree
July 17th, 2009 at 5:58 am
ya rb goooloo aaameen
July 17th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
I agree totally.
July 19th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Totally, agree.
July 19th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
yes this is what we want , we want see all the saudi people using mac . this is a good target and we can’t do whit out open a apple store in saudi arabia .
July 19th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
We need it here ..
AGREE
July 20th, 2009 at 9:33 am
Yes plz we need our lovely Apple here
July 20th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
we need an apple store in Riyadh
July 21st, 2009 at 11:51 pm
I’M IN and i just tweeted this post .guys let;s all tweet so it will be seen by apple.
July 24th, 2009 at 5:59 am
We need an apple store in Saudi Arabia
and
We Want apple store in Saudi Arabia
is that impossible Request?
July 25th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Apple dealler Saudi Arabia ( arab computers )SUCK SUCK SUCK
my machine was in their service centre more than 60 days waitting for spare parts they used to be in a small villa in some street in riyadh then i found out they moved to another office
there is a fat guy he doesnt know how to speak english !!!
they cant even put an apple logo in the main street they are in i wonder why ????
thanks god i dont live there any more
July 26th, 2009 at 12:43 am
Apple please action now~!
July 27th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
we badly need an apple store
July 30th, 2009 at 1:20 am
We want some ” Apple ” please xD ,,
July 30th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Apple should be in Saudi arabia but my main concern is due to the fact Saudi rules and regulation regarding warranty and big companies are there saudi under sponsorship like a franchise and Apple never do this never done in uk or anywhere in the world apart from authorized agents like mobily for iphone but their support is sucks… and most of the companies dont want that ..
there are so many reason APPLE ave to think 100 times to open something like in Saudi …
August 2nd, 2009 at 9:46 am
Waiting for Apple’s responce!
August 5th, 2009 at 2:41 am
OK that’s pretty enough , but i will invite Steve Jobs to lunch and say to him” whats up dude, don’t you wanna open an apple store here in KSA so you are gonna win a great business ,come on man dont be scared”
Steve Jobs says:ok ok i will do that, am gonna see how its gonna be in saudi arabia, but i will open just one branch in riyadh just as an experiment .
(6 months later) steve jobs says: wow its great am gonna have another branch in jeddah,thank you saudi guys you are really a mac family.
August 5th, 2009 at 10:08 am
Dear Steve,
we want APPLE STORE HERE IN SA
plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz can you open it
coz we LOVE APPLE
Thank you,
Loyal fan of apple and you
August 7th, 2009 at 5:08 am
Uncle Steve
WE WANT APPLE in KSA
WE WANT APPLE in KSA
i am hungray
PURE an APPLE a day keep my world GREAT
when i see logo i feel Great and Smile
GEEK OF MAC GEEK OF DIFFRENT WORLD
August 7th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Keep on my friends!
August 7th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Yes, we do please bring to Riyadh
August 7th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
I think it’s about time, considering the growing of the Mac market share… I usually buy all my Mac products abroad when I travel, that’s how much I don’t trust the resellers here!
August 7th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
We indeed need Apple Store in KSA for many reasons. Besides the customer experience, it’s a very active market and the people there are really getting into Mac systems nowadays. However, not a negligible portion of those people are getting repelled by the price margin, and for some they find their way to get a product online somehow from outside Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, which could arise many problems.
Having an Apple Store will indeed increase the efficiency of sales, marketing, customer experience…etc
Although there might be thousands of thousands of people here who loves the Mac system and Apple products, but I’m sure there’re million more people who would join them if they get better experiment and environment by official Apple Store.
And instead of seeing 1 to 2 customers per hour in one of the biggest Apple retailers in Saudi Arabia, the Apple Store with its standards will definitely attracts hundreds more.
After all, Apple products is all about the beautiful experience and satisfaction with trust. Which we lack here.
Thank you!
Regards,
- Ibrahim AlAbdulwahab
August 7th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Agreed
August 7th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
WE WANT APPLE .. WE WANT APPLE!!!
August 7th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Totally agree!
August 10th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
We want Apple very badly!
August 11th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
We want Apple Store in Saudi Arabia.
August 12th, 2009 at 9:22 am
We need a real apple store with reasonable prices here in Saudi.
August 12th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
we wish apple monitor their products here , to much cheating
is here
August 13th, 2009 at 3:46 am
the problem is in the people who control the industry they just want to get advantage on great company such as apple
August 14th, 2009 at 3:07 am
Voted
We need Apple store here. It’s a MUST
August 15th, 2009 at 2:59 am
We sure do need apple store here in KSA… that would be great since im considering to buy a mac.. but have been told there is low support here… so pls help us out on this
August 17th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Would love to have a mac store with all its glory and genius bar here in Saudi Arabia but my question is how will Apple see this petition?
August 18th, 2009 at 12:24 am
Dear Apple, inc. in Cupertino.
PLEASE do your to Actualy be Opened in Our Country (Saudi Arabia)
August 18th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
I want to purchase Apple Note book, looking for your outlet / showroom / Dealer / franchise.
Please give me the address or telephone numbers of shops within the city limit of Dammam, Khobar & Jubail
August 19th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Please Apple…
That’s one small step for [a] “company”, one giant leap for “Saudi-kind”
August 19th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Amen to your cause….bloody iTechia Rip offs…… its such a disgrace for a company so prestigious namely “APPLE Inc.” to be represented by such filthy corporations.
Apple We don’t want a solution….WE WANT A REVOLUTION!!!
August 22nd, 2009 at 3:29 am
Please Apple, Do it for your customers in Saudi Arabia
I hope to show it in street ‘Apple Store’ , Actually I’ll do party for my friends.
Ahmed – Jeddah
”’ I was had iPhone, And now I looking forward to the new iPhone (3GS), And MacBook Pro ! ”’
August 23rd, 2009 at 4:01 am
We are in a wait
August 23rd, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Our Love Apple, Please make a move … We ALL Waiting YOU ……. !
August 23rd, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Please Apple…
We are in a wait
August 23rd, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Dear Apple,
I agree with everyone, we want apple in Saudi not ABM
August 24th, 2009 at 8:12 am
Apple Store WANTED ASAP. There are more than enough reasons to cite – common sense prevails !
August 24th, 2009 at 9:59 am
PLEASE!!!
August 25th, 2009 at 11:11 am
We want Apple official in Saudi Arabia
August 26th, 2009 at 6:37 am
we are WAITING apple !!
August 26th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
we need an apple store in saudi arabia
August 27th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
good idea
August 29th, 2009 at 6:37 am
yes we want, having an Apple machine in Saudi is hard, my cable was cut and the nearest store to buy a cable from was 500 km away.
can you imagine the distance i asked my mate to buy one for me and the distributor said that they dont have the cable and he had to wait for a week to get it. then posting it to me in the south.
August 29th, 2009 at 7:02 am
singed , becuse we are being punked big times by the arab computers and arab bussniss machines its like the double for the mackbook air and so and so
August 30th, 2009 at 2:42 am
i support apple 100% and i hope they support us as well
August 30th, 2009 at 6:40 am
Signed…
Although I don’t live in Saudi currently, I will soon return. I’ve had a mac for the last 5 1/2 years (a PowerbookG4) and I’m amazed at how well it still works. I cannot imagine not using a mac anymore.
Another problem, by the way, with Apple’s reliance on IMC programs in countries that have no online stores is that we cannot buy macs with native language keyboards from another region. There is no way for me to get a mac from Canada or the US with an Arabic or bilingual English/Arabic keyboard. This is an easy problem to fix, and all Apple needs to do is offer the option of such keyboards on their online stores. In the US, you can order a Japanese keyboard. Why stop their? Offer all languages at all online stores. This should not be a difficult problem to solve.
August 30th, 2009 at 10:54 am
well i perchase iphone 8 gb from saudi arab fewdays b4. well i facing alots of problem last 2 days my mobile is stuck in same mode its just showing apple logo with black back ground. i m unable to do anythnk plz help out.. or send me any apple service centre address in saudi arab ….
regards
shamim
+966555902348
August 30th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
We want Apple in Saudi Arabia. Why Apple Ignore us?
September 1st, 2009 at 5:56 am
There is a company called Kingdom Holding Company its %100 Saudi Company
The company owns 5% of your company APPLE
“market purchases of Apple stock in February 1997. Around 5% was acquired for $115 million. The lifetime internal rate of return of the investment in Apple was 19.3 percent per annum”
http://www.kingdom.com.sa/en/IntInvs_OInv_Apple.asp?xx=0&imgName=tickerflash%2Fimages%2Fapple%2Ejpg&link=IntInvs%5FOInv%5FApple%2Easp&idx=1&imageHolder=%5Flevel0%2Eholder1%2Eimage1%2Eholder%2Ehh&onEnterFrame=undefined&bt=1216&bl=1216&tmpSpd=2
SO
It is our right that we have to have Apple Saudi Arabia
September 2nd, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Whilst I my self do not live in SA, I do know some who do, and I support this petition because it can only better service to those loyal apple customers.
September 2nd, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Would love to have a mac store with all its glory and genius bar here in Saudi Arabia but my question is how will Apple see this petition?
September 3rd, 2009 at 6:42 am
We need Apple in Saudi Arabia
September 3rd, 2009 at 9:37 am
a big fan base here in Saudi Arabia. An Apple store here will make a hit!
September 3rd, 2009 at 9:29 pm
We Want APPLE in Saudi Arabia,
We hate ABM.. We hate Arab Computers..
a SHOUTING Vote from me..
September 4th, 2009 at 6:31 am
it’s about time!
instead of having stores with employees that lack knowledge feed incorrect information and using people for gain!
September 5th, 2009 at 2:22 am
Apple, don’t be stupid not to open stores where you can get a whole new market.
September 6th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
We need apple in KSA
September 6th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
yes we want apple saudi arabia, or at least apple middle east.
September 6th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Steve. Please bring Apple *officially* to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi is a very rich country and it’s a shame if Apple would not be *officially* offered and supported in the Kingdom.
September 6th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS A LONELY FACE AWAY.
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September 7th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
we need an apple store in Saudi Arabia
we need it too much !!!!
September 8th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
2009 and we dont have apple here if its not naw then when??????????
September 9th, 2009 at 8:14 am
I hope that Apple,
just think about there users in Saudi Arabia.
And try to support us here !!
we need in the first place someone to listen to us !!!
then all of our problems will desapears !
Thanks bro, for your first push !
Abdullah AlOsais
September 10th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
yes apple we need apple store in saudi arabia, and I really want the iPhone 3G + S
September 11th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Apple must know that they have a potential in the Saudi Market.. they have to open at least two official stores in Riyadh & Jeddah..
These stores must have FULL support for customers, in order to increase the market share.
Viva Mac, Screw PC
September 11th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Well I think that Apple simply dose not respect us, I will not buy from them until I see an official Apple store here in Kuwait or at least in Saudi Arabia.
Their lousy agents here are too expensive ripping us!
September 12th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
yah sure , we want an official apple store at least online store dedicated to saudi arabia.
September 13th, 2009 at 3:17 am
Difficult to imagine, that such a successful company in the States has no proper presence in this peninsula you would think that our Business Community would have flocked in droves to push their suit (say at least 15 years ago…) long ago .
September 13th, 2009 at 7:50 am
A lot of people say that they won’t recognize a company that doesn’t recognize them ,, and it’s our dream to see apple in here =(
September 13th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
it’s a shame a company that owns such a huge market share doesn’t care enough to provide the proper services here while there’s a very high demand rate!
September 13th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Personally , im tired of buying apple stuff from an address i have in the us .
we need apple store in the big city ,and we need the same prices that registered
in the us.
thanks for who ever have this idea.
September 14th, 2009 at 10:15 am
THE “SWEET CLASS CUBE APPLE” WE WANT IT REALLY HARD
IN SAUDI ARABIA.
September 15th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Dear Apple,
Please oblige your resellers in the middle east to stop abusing the Apple loving population in this region with overwhelming exaggerated prices. This is really limiting your sales in a region of the world that should be one of the highest.
September 15th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
(Apple Store in Saudi Arabia) a dream, Apple can make it real
September 15th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
yes , please we want Apple In KSA
September 15th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
apple store . Dream can be real
September 16th, 2009 at 1:19 am
we want two stores in Jeddah and Riyadh
September 16th, 2009 at 3:24 am
YES , We want apple store in Saudi Arabia . We love you APPLE .
September 16th, 2009 at 7:32 am
wewantapplesaudi
September 16th, 2009 at 8:57 am
please, apple come to saudi arabia
September 17th, 2009 at 10:34 am
We’re Waiting For You Apple …. <3 every what's Apple
September 17th, 2009 at 10:37 am
We Wanna See The official Saudi Apple
..
September 17th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Apple you must really move before its too late!
September 17th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
We Wanna See The official Saudi Apple
September 19th, 2009 at 5:49 am
please we want Apple In KSA
September 19th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
I hope ,,
September 20th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
I totally agree.
September 21st, 2009 at 6:05 am
Yes, we need it in KSA .please …
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:45 am
we need an apple store in Saudi Arabia
we need it too much !!!!
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:27 am
I’m signing this petition using my macbook
and i wish to see apple store here in KSA
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Everybody should boycott all the greedy resellers in KSA completely and get your products through the internet or by a friend or a relative living in North America till they match the mother company or Apple has a store here in KSA…but please you SHOULD BOYCOTT the resellers in KSA, they are literally robbing us
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:18 pm
BOYCOTT all the greedy resellers in KSA
till they match the mother company or an Apple Store opens in KSA
those resellers are literally robbing the people as they think they have no replacement
September 23rd, 2009 at 11:18 am
we really need an official Apple Store In Saudi Arabia , In addition , we will appreciate if Arabic is introduced to mac’s ipods as a lot of Arabic people are using the i pod and most of them are big fans of all apple products =)
September 24th, 2009 at 7:22 am
We really want from Apple Inc. to open a store in Saudi Arabia
I use the Apple (iPhone – iMac – Mac Book Pro) and many others who are using Apple products
And I wonder why all this waiting
September 24th, 2009 at 9:22 am
I hope apple store will be soon in saudi arabia
thanks for everybody
September 25th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
I hope to have an official apple retail store here in KSA.. I am a filipino expat working here and totally interested of having a macbook soon.. the problem is macbooks are very expensive here compared to other countries.. I hope apple will arrive here in the ME and firstly in KSA.. Thanks so much for the petitioner who made this site.. Hope apple hear our petition ASAP..
September 27th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
we want apple store in SA
September 28th, 2009 at 9:06 am
please make our dream come true, we want a real apple store !
September 28th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
We want Apple stores in Saudi Arabia.
September 29th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
i totally agree ..
WE NEED APPLE HERE IN SA
plzz plazz plazz : (
September 29th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
So Apple still has not decided to open nor to respond to this website.
I am sure that they simply don’t care!
September 30th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
“Apple store . Dream can be real”
I can’t wait any more, But still I have some hope..!
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:45 pm
There are many fans in KSA, we need it.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
We need Apple Stores ASAP!
October 10th, 2009 at 5:11 am
Apple, we need you here!
October 10th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Apple, there is a good business in KSA.
October 10th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
well i hope so ,, i mena saudi arabia is a very larg country and we have pretty much good numbers of population … so im lookin forword to see what will apple goin to do against all these comment and huge numbers of saudi who wana apple in saudi arabia … good luck all ^_^
October 14th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
I strongly support the Saudi Mac user’s request in opening an Apple representation office in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the responsibilty for the ME region. Saudi Arabia is a big wealthy country with growing number of Mac/iPhone/iPod user. The potential for gaining market share for Apple products in Saudi is significant. No doubt that widening of the user base for Apple products in Saudi Arabia will affect positively other country in the region.
Al-Irani
October 15th, 2009 at 1:54 am
we need apple in KSA ..
October 18th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
It’ll be AWESOME!! if an Apple store opened here.
Seriously.
October 19th, 2009 at 9:54 am
we want it
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:19 am
Official Apple store in Saudi Arabia!
It’s the dream that we waiting for
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:42 pm
yes pleas apple we need you in Saudi Arabia and we wanna to mobile me and every thing waiting for your answer
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:39 pm
WAITING 4U Apple <3
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Apple Store in Saudi Arabia we can’t wait
October 24th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Voted
We need Apple store in Saudi Arabia.
October 24th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
We want Apple stores in Saudi Arabia.
October 25th, 2009 at 7:26 am
I need apple store in KSA
October 25th, 2009 at 7:52 am
Desperately need some decent service in the country, the local retailers are theives thus instead of helping increasing brand loyality they are decreasing it. We need an Apple store here urgently, one that includes a genius bar with real genuises to figure out issues/problems customers may be having or help educate them. WE NEED AN APPLE STORE ASAP.
October 26th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
I need apple store in Saudi Arabia.
October 26th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
just wana a MAC store in SA
October 26th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
We want Apple store in Saudi Arabia
October 26th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
We want Apple store in Saudi Arabia
October 26th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
We want Apple store in Saudi Arabia
October 27th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Apple Store Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
October 28th, 2009 at 10:17 am
We want Apple in KSA
October 28th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
We’re desperately in need for an Apple Store.
October 28th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
Yes, we want it
October 28th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Totally supporting the Idea.
October 28th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
absolutely with the idea
October 29th, 2009 at 12:06 am
there should have been apple store long time ago.
more and more people r going for Macs, in Saudi Arabia
October 29th, 2009 at 4:45 am
We really need apple store sooooooon
October 29th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
We need an apple store in the Kingdom; not only that; but also to have the access to buy all the grate music in the iTunes store.
Hope to see the Apple store in Riyadh in my life time ….
October 30th, 2009 at 7:50 am
we want apple in Saudi Arabia in the soon >> Q did apple know about this article?!
October 30th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Yes we waaaaaaaaaant
October 30th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Yes we want Apple to be in Saudi Arabia and it will be good for Apple as well.
October 30th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
strongly agree …
October 30th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
we really need apple in Saudi Arabia
October 30th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
we want apple in Saudi Arabia
October 30th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
this is long overdue
October 30th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Apple ,, waiting with Hope
Ya Rabb ._.
October 30th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
We must have apple in Saudi Arabia and all brands and models…
October 30th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
We want apple in saudia Arabia
October 31st, 2009 at 12:25 am
WE WANT APPLE IN KSA
October 31st, 2009 at 7:50 am
yeeeeeeeeeeeee we wanna apple in KAS
Im not gonna buy any of apple products unless they have a base here
aziz
October 31st, 2009 at 9:03 am
Yes we want APPLE in KSA instead of these crap dealers we have.
October 31st, 2009 at 3:55 pm
i’m with u guys ..
October 31st, 2009 at 8:24 pm
WE WANT APPLE STORE IN MIDDEL EAST !!!!!
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:58 am
We want and need apple store here in Saudi Arabia <3
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:12 am
We want apple in saudi,we are sick of microsoft oranges :p
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:04 am
VOTE
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:06 pm
WE NEED APPLE IN SAUDI ARABIA.
we are truly fed up of “below the standard” dealers and agents.
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:09 pm
We want and need apple store here in Saudi Arabia
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:25 pm
please
we need u here
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:18 pm
We really want an apple store
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:20 pm
How will Apple Inc. ever see this petition?????
November 6th, 2009 at 3:14 am
We really want an apple store in ksa
November 8th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
please we eant apple in saudi please!!
November 10th, 2009 at 1:19 am
good job guys. Hope this message will reach to them cuz we realy need apple stores here in saudi arabia
November 10th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
really need
November 11th, 2009 at 9:59 am
We DO want it
November 11th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Another proof. We’re ni a badly need for Apple Saudi Arabia.
I have completed a comparison of Apple prices between US and Saudi Arabia. Covering 32 products. Price jump reaches almost 70% on top of the retail price in USA.
Pls check the following post:
http://raeed.net/index.php?itemid=35
November 12th, 2009 at 1:48 am
hell yeah !!
November 12th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
no no need
November 14th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Please Steve jobs..open a store i Saudi Arabia..we need better support and lower prices than what is offered
November 15th, 2009 at 9:48 am
What ksa urgently needs from Apple is an ONLINE STORE and QUICK SERVICES (at the moment it can take months just to replace an optical drive)
November 19th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
that would be amazing
November 21st, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Yes , We Want … !
November 24th, 2009 at 2:35 am
Yes!!!
November 25th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Signed using my Macbook
November 26th, 2009 at 1:42 am
We NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED “”"APPLE STORE IN SAUDI ARABIA”"”"”
November 26th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
We wan t“””APPLE STORE IN SAUDI ARABIA”””””
November 29th, 2009 at 11:31 am
we NNNEEEED APPLE STORE in Saudi Arabia. MAC is growing much faster than any computer in Saudi Arabia. MAC that what we need because it really very good and high sped. We love Mac because it doesn’t have any more hang in Macintosh. What we need?
-we really Really need Arabic language in Macintosh, iwork, ilife, Adobe, all Mac programs have Arabic language. That is the must thing what we need, in addition we need that Arabic is very clearly and Arabic neatly. That who’ll make Arabic Mac he should be professional Arabic speaker, grammar and the must important he’s a professional and good at the new Arabic vocabulary for computers and technology.
-we want Arabic original keyboard.
-we want Arabic update and keep updating.
-we need Arabic Fonts (Times New Roman) we really need it for every Official documents in Saudi government.
-Note: please make sure that Arabic language in Mac is Not as Arabic language in Microsoft Windows, because them Arabic isn’t clearly and fluent. them language is a half Arabic and half English then the user get headache.
December 1st, 2009 at 10:48 pm
yeah , we want
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:55 am
yes, we do need an Apple retail store as apple’s sales are growing soo much in KSA.
wish sumone is hearing us
December 4th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
We need Apple products with reasonable prices and a good warranty the prices here are outrageous and the warranty is very bad ! and we need official arabic language on all Apple products please Apple come to Saudi Arabia !
December 7th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
yes we need that definitely, plssssssssssssssssssssss
December 7th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
yes we still do need that desperately !!
December 9th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Yes.
Totally agree.
We want Apple in Saudi Arabia.
December 9th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Bring Apple to Saudi Arabia as early as possible. Or, we are moving to Orange
December 9th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
yes .. sure
but not just in the KSA ..
we want apple in the whole Middle east ..
we love apple’s products , but the problem is that the prices are very high
and the support is very weak
we are waiting for u apple
December 9th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Please Apple, we need more Apple things. First thing is the Apple store since the current resellers are almost doubling the prices, which is something nauseating and sick.
Second thing is the MUSIC store. There are no digital music sellers on here, but there are people who WANT to buy and own digital copies. We do get Sony BMG, Universal and EMI physical releases. But the problem is the delay and lack of units. So in iTunes music store it will be easier.
December 9th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Yes, the Saudi Arabian market and its growth are in desperate need for better attention.. An official Apple Saudi Arabia entity is important.
December 9th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Apple: I hate you because you don’t respect us here!
December 9th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
I Approve of this message. And would love to have iTunes in Kuwait too. Please???
December 10th, 2009 at 1:35 am
Agree.
December 11th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
I strongly concur. Having worked with Apple Computers since 1980 (Apple ][+) and Macs since 1984, I have a strong affinity for the machines (and software). I use my Macs at home and in the office. When problems arise (at least in the U.S.), i can go to the local Apple Store, talk at the Genius Bar, and get the problem resolved, with minimal problems or delays, and at a good price.
As I am considering an opportunity in KSA, I would be sorely disappointed to find that there is no official Apple presence in the country, or the region. Please hear these pleas, and react positively to them. The client support will be great, as well as being profitable for the firm.
December 12th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
we need apple stor in ksa
December 13th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
There is an Apple Authorized Showroom in Jeddah KSA..
December 13th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Jeddah City (Saudi Arabia) Apple Center
In February 2006 a new Apple Center was scheduled to open in Jeddah City (Saudi Arabia), and it has many of the standard Apple store features. Thanks to Ayman M. Ghazzawi of Arabian Distribution for Advanced Devices (ADAM) for these pre-grand opening photos of the building and store.
Goto Link :
http://www.ifoapplestore.com/stores/jeddah_center.html
December 16th, 2009 at 1:32 am
I hope this isn’t just an excuse for a wordy page! Apple better grow an Apple tree down here coz we hungry
December 18th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Dear Apple,
Think about your reputation and Brand.
Official Apple office and store are needed in Saudi Arabia.
Thank you.
December 18th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
When my iPhone needed repairs the Apple service center here could not help me, instead they felt ashamed and directed me towards a local mobile repair store who did an excellent job..
Apple KSA should come soon..and NOW! we need it here!
December 19th, 2009 at 8:08 am
Indeed we need Apple in Saudi Arabia. My iPhone for the last 3 weeks is down coz no one could repair it..
December 19th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Lack of good support for Mac in Saudi has stopped many from buying the products, so please we need Official Mac Branches in Saudi Arabia. Thankx
December 19th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
agree
December 19th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
yes yes yes we want u mac ISP plzz
برايفت علي :عجبتني صراحه دقيت على وترهم الحساس
LOL
December 19th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
نبيها يعني نبيها
December 20th, 2009 at 1:24 am
bad after sale service
December 20th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
yes, we are wishing for official representing in SA .
December 22nd, 2009 at 9:51 am
Please consider this issue…there is a need for apple retail in saudi and you are loosing many customers !!!
December 22nd, 2009 at 2:06 pm
I agree with all the comments stated above. In my opinion, maybe Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple have a problem with the existing government restrictions here in Saudi. In my case, I find it hard to access the iTunes store in my iPod touch which I use to do in the Philippines because it says, this is not available in this country. My Macbook have a minor software problem but I don’t know where to bring it here in Saudi, they say it has one in Khobar. But I changed my mind. I’d rather repair it myself because I know these guys are not Apple personnels. I am thinking they will open the screws of my Macbook and then leave thousands of fingerprints to it and nothing is solved! Nightmare! I only allow Apple personnels touch it, I am guaranteed of their work. To Steve Jobs, Cook, Jony Ives have mercy on us Apple users here in Saudi. I know with your charisma Mr Jobs, you can change the face of this country by penetrating your revolutionary technology! I will wait for it to happen! In’shallah!
December 24th, 2009 at 2:15 am
Please value our requests
December 24th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
waiting 4 u apple
December 26th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
yes we want apple store in saudi arabia
December 27th, 2009 at 1:33 am
we have a apple store in k.s.a
December 27th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
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December 30th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Waiting 4 Apple Store in Saudi Arabia
December 30th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
I hope to open a branch of Apple’s products that I can purchase
I love you too
Dawadmi
December 30th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
yes apple
December 31st, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Customer service in Saudi Arabia is non existent and if it exists it is now where close to what one expects in US or Europe.
Apple is looking in a unique rich region where you have 3 different customers: local people- affluent Saudis- men and young guys who adore technology, new things and use it to the maximum; Shopaholics Saudi females who also spend a lot on technology and Exapts- who like to get the better things- provided they are authentic, value for money.
If there is Apple store with the same staff as in US- there will be a mile long line evry day to enter the store.
An official fully functional online iTUNES store, Apple store, iPhones (which are always out of stock..NOW) …..for sure the sales will double/triple from what they are now.
Mr Steve Jobs you have been voted as the Fortune CEO of the year; dont let go of this opportunity and dont let Mac lovers in this region suffer anymore.
January 1st, 2010 at 8:52 pm
YES, We want apple store in Saudi Arabia
Pls…
January 1st, 2010 at 9:07 pm
YES, We want apple store in Saudi Arabia
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:07 pm
we’r watin’ 4 u Apple <3
January 5th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Yes, we want Apple store (with the same staff as in US) in Saudi Arabia.
We need reliable trusted apple products in Saudi Arabia provided by Apple its self, not just a distributor.
January 5th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
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January 8th, 2010 at 10:05 am
We Want Apple Saudi Arabia
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January 10th, 2010 at 10:10 am
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January 10th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
i want apple in Saudi Arabia
thankx apple for every thing
January 11th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
We Want Apple Saudi Arabia
January 11th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
i want apple in Saudi Arabia
January 12th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
I agree with you all
We want Apple in Saudi Arabia SOON
January 13th, 2010 at 11:46 am
I wish Apple remember its customers in Saudi Arabia , when they think of opening new app stores. Saudi Arabia has the largest Mobile phones market in the area .
January 15th, 2010 at 10:55 am
We Want Apple Saudi Arabia
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January 18th, 2010 at 9:00 am
We want Apple Saudi Arabia in Arabic!!!!!
January 21st, 2010 at 1:18 am
What we need is support, and assurance, since we bought the best products, and deserve the best after-sell service.
Saudi Arabia is a huge market, and controlling it remotely isn’t how you gain market shares.
You have to have true presence to market your products towards 25.2 million people (2008 estimates).
We want Apple to get over here and support the community. The crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. The MacHeads in Saudi Arabia.
January 22nd, 2010 at 3:27 am
yes please !
we want apple in Saudi Arabia ..
January 24th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
Yes We Want
January 25th, 2010 at 12:20 am
yes we want apple store in saudi arabia
January 26th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
If Apple does not want us we do not want Apple (:
January 27th, 2010 at 10:35 am
It’s so obvious from the Apple’s way of doing business in Saudi is maximizing profit with a minimum effort just like the Saudi way that most of the companies do their business in. It’s just way different from their “stated” values there is no customer focused attitude and we easily can see that from the Saudi Apple website!! How come we can’t see the prices of apple products on the website just like in any other country.
Khaled’s comment: The site you were referring to is Arab Computer’s site. The distributor for ABM in UAE, part of MDS holdings, not Apple.
January 27th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
saudi market is very promising and there are lots of people interested in Apple products , but the prices are too expensive for an average customer
January 27th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
Dude I was refering to the apple.com/sa which got nothing on it but iPhone!! I dunno if they started selling the iPhone yet or not while I bought mine from the apple online store of the company I’m staying in now.. Why it can’t be that simple in Saudi too?!! Or they’re happily watching their retailers emptying the customers’s pockets and Apple get handsome profit out of it!!!
January 27th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
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January 28th, 2010 at 4:05 am
Yes We Want…
January 28th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
We want it. And we hope that will be soon …
January 28th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
I hope that it will happen and I’ll see an apple store soon
Pls apple, make this happen!
January 29th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
I have a macbook pro bought from UK but I had loads of problems contacting apple helpline from Saudi Arabia. So I think there definitely should be one in Saudi Arabia as well.
January 31st, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Its very important as the demand is increasing here and apple products are out of stock these days
February 1st, 2010 at 5:20 am
yes we want it xD
February 2nd, 2010 at 12:54 am
WE WANT APPLE SAUDI ARABIA!
February 2nd, 2010 at 3:42 am
We Want Apple Saudi Arabia
February 2nd, 2010 at 4:49 pm
signed
February 3rd, 2010 at 4:36 pm
I support opening a store in Saudi Arabia. Signed
February 5th, 2010 at 6:57 pm
YEAH….STOP THIS INJUSTICE….WE WANT A REAL APPLE STORE….
February 8th, 2010 at 1:16 am
السلام عليكم
أخواني أرجو منكم جميعاً التوجه لهذا الرابط وكتابة إقتراحاتكم واسألتكم حول اللغة العربية حيث أن أبل تستقبل طلبابتكم وإقتراحاتكم وملاحظاتكم واسألتكم حول اللغة العربية عن طريق الرابط التالي:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
وأكتب بأي لغة تشاء سوا العربية أو الإنجليزية
شكراً لكم جزيلاً
دمتم بود
February 8th, 2010 at 1:22 am
We Want an Apple store in KSA