The Apple Watch SE is still available, though.

Apple is now banned from selling its latest Apple Watches in the US::Apple can no longer sell the Apple Watch Ultra 2 and Watch Series 9 in the US. The International Trade Commission issued an import ban on the devices that took effect on December 26th, 2023.

  • CarlosCheddar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    171·
    11 months ago

    Maybe the sales figures were less than expected and will use this as an excuse to the board.

    • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      11 months ago

      Well, if I was on the board or a shareholder, I would be much more pissed about patent infringment that should have been easy to prevent and hints at incompetence over lower than expected sales which is just hard to predict.

      • Ottomateeverything@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        If you were an invester or board member, you wouldn’t care about the patent infringement - Apple has historically done this and you wouldn’t invest in the first place if you weren’t okay with it. This one’s just getting more eyeballs and actual repurcussions but they’ve paid off and bought out multiple companies over stuff like this.

        • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          Not about infringement as much as getting caught and not being able to sell the watches that were surely expensive to develop.