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- Apple will temporarily halt sales of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 in the US. Online sales cease from December 21, while retail locations will stop selling these watches after December 24.
- This decision is following a patent dispute ruling that stops the sales and imports of infringing Apple Watches.
- There is no clarity on when the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 will resume their sales in the US.
Wow, I did not see this coming. Apple has just announced that it will stop selling the new Apple Watch Series 9 and the Apple Watch Ultra 2 in the US later this week. The move comes on the heels of a patent dispute around the Apple Watch’s blood oxygen sensor technology.
In a statement to 9to5Mac, Apple shared the following: