India, Sept. 4 -- Apple finally opened the doors of its new Koregaon Park Store in Pune to customers and fans today, September 4, at 1 PM. The Apple Koregaon Park Store is situated inside the popular KOPA Mall in Pune's Koregaon Park (hence the name). The store is the workplace of 68 team members, as per Apple, who hail from 11 different states across India. And like most Apple facilities, it too runs on 100% renewable energy and is carbon neutral to operate.

At the store, we at Hindustan Times saw people of different ages, grandparents, young parents with kids, and more, excitedly visiting the store to check out their city's own official Apple Store in person, just days ahead of the iPhone 17 series launch. Also, Apple handed out limite...