Apple Inc. has stopped selling the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 in the US on its online store, just days before a ban related to a patent dispute takes effect.

Apple Stops Online Sales of Watches; Older Models Can’t Be Fixed::Apple Inc. has stopped selling the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 in the US on its online store, just days before a ban related to a patent dispute takes effect.

    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Did you click the link?

      Apple classifies a product as technologically obsolete once more than seven years have passed since the company stopped distributing it for sale. The original Apple Watch was discontinued in September 2016 … so the first-generation models recently crossed that seven-year mark.

      These devices haven’t been sold in 7 years.