Apple halts sales of the Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Ultra 2 in its online store ahead of Dec 25 ban

As it promised, Apple no longer sells the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra via its online store in the US — and time is running out to get them at brick and mortar Apple Stores, too.

Apple has suspended online sales of the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 in the United States ahead of the upcoming import ban. The ban will go into full effect on December 25 thanks to a ruling by the International Trade Commission (ITC) in a patent infringement case involving med-tech company Masimo.

In the last 10 minutes, the Apple Watch page shifted from the Series 9 being on the top, to the Apple Watch SE. The Series 9 and Ultra parts of the page now say "currently unavailable."

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