Santas elves better hurry up and ship those newApple Watches.
Starting Dec. 21, theApple Watch Series 9andUltra 2will no longer be available for sale.
Christmas Eve is the last day to buy one at the brick-and-mortar Apple retail store.
Snoops says, “buy me now.”Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo
Like allsignificant patent disputes, they come to a head around a major holiday.
Masimo filed two complaints against Apple with the International Trade Commission (ITC) and theU.S.
District Court in the Central District of California.
This import ban comes from the ITC, which ruled in favor of Masimo inOctober.
On its part, Apple already has a statement about the situation.
A spokesperson told Gizmodo that the company is preemptively taking steps to comply if the ruling goes through.
Apple is still waiting for the Biden Administration to veto the ban.
If you plan to buy someone the Apple Watch for Christmas, now is the time.
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Apple will likely appeal the ban if it goes through, but who knows how long that could take?
Thedouble tap gestureis a nice bit of extra accessibility, not to mention on-gear Siri makes dictation a cinch.
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