Just now, Apple's two products, the Apple Watch Series 9 and the Apple Watch UItra 2, have been banned...
In other words, in November, foreign media 9to5Mac broke the news that some users reported that the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch UItra 2 lost power very quickly.
The Apple Watch Series 9 lasts less than 3 hours on a full charge.
Apple Watch UItra 2 consumes 25% of its power in 30 minutes.
There are even users who say that during the process of charging the watch, they will receive a prompt that "due to the high temperature of the Apple Watch, the charging is paused".
Apple quickly gave a solution to this situation and pushed the official update of watchOS 10.1.1 to allow users to update as soon as possible.
But I didn't expect that just after solving the problem of power consumption, it didn't take long for these two devices to be banned!
According to media reports, the U.S. International Trade Commission ordered Apple to stop selling the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch UItra 2 on its official website after 3 p.m. ET on December 21, and offline retail stores will suspend sales after December 24.
In other words, these two devices have been removed from the shelves at present.
The reason for the discontinuation of sales is because of the intellectual property patent dispute of the blood oxygen sensor.
However, it is worth mentioning that as early as 2020, the medical technology company Masimo began to accuse Apple of poaching its employees and stealing trade secrets in order to develop the blood oxygen sensing feature on the Apple Watch.
It wasn't until October that the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that some of Apple's smartwatch products did infringe Masimo's patents for blood oxygen detection technology.
As a result, the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch UItra 2 will be banned from sale.
Although, there is news that Apple strongly opposes the order and is pursuing a range of legal and technical options to ensure that the device is available for normal use by users.
But helplessly, all the evidence points to Apple's infringement, even if you don't want to stop selling these two products, you have to stop selling them.
In addition, it should be noted that these two devices will only be discontinued in the United States, and other regions will not be affected.
As for whether other countries will stop selling in the future, it depends on whether Masimo will continue to appeal the accusations~
Therefore, at present, users who want to buy these two devices in our country do not need to worry, they can still buy and use them normally.
However, the removal of these two products from the shelves on Christmas and New Year's Day is estimated to have a big impact on its sales plan!
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