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Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 Available in Apple Stores Starting Today, Online Sales to Resume Tomorrow
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did you already check that you are eligible for a battery replacement? Saving you a trip to the dreaded apple store/mall.
It's no longer under AppleCare, but the battery health is at 78%. So I'd have to pay $99 for the replacement.
I did the same replacement for my aws4 SS. They just replaced it with a refurb unit.
Honestly still not finding it palatable to spend $400+ on a newer apple watch that offers very small incremental changes...
The Series 9 and Ultra 2 are the only models on active sale by Apple so they are the two media outlets focus on in their reporting. However, as others have noted, any Apple Watch that includes this technology cannot be imported, either, and that includes the Series 6, 7, 8 and first-generation Ultra.
Presuming Apple sends failed watches out of the US to be repaired and refurbished, they cannot be re-imported due to the ban and that is why Apple has been signaling they are not able to perform Out of Warranty repairs as they are likely allocating any stock on hand to handle In Warranty repairs. And if the ban is re-instated and goes for some time, Apple may no longer be able to perform In Warranty repairs in a timely manner due to lack of stock.
(Because of how the Apple Watch is assembled, I do not believe they can be repaired in store and have to be sent off-site to be repaired/refurbished. As such, Apple's standard policy appears to be just replacing the device).
Repairs are/were affected for all watches containing the oxygen sensor. That includes Series 6 and newer.
(https://www.macrumors.com/2023/12/21/apple-watch-import-ban-repair-issue/)
Sales are/were affected for Series 9 and Ultra 2 because those are the only two models Apple currently sells containing the oxygen sensor.
I truly hope Apple gets slammed on this. There is no reason for this to have proceeded this far.
Hopefully this gets resolved by next year. My Series 5 is fine, but I'll probably be ready to replace it when we hit the next generation.
BTW my battery life was still perfectly fine... until WatchOS 10 hit. I should've stuck to my usual rule of waiting for the .3 release on any WatchOS major update.
BTW my battery life was still perfectly fine... until WatchOS 10 hit. I should've stuck to my usual rule of waiting for the .3 release on any WatchOS major update.
Alternative headline - US legal system working as intended.
How so…Apple asked company, was told no, hired half their staff, used private info to get the product anyways, filed a patent in name of company’s ex employee, and then sells product.
If you believe the intention of our justice system is to allow anyone, big tech or not, to behave in such a manner. That’s unfortunate
This is precisely what will happen. The Alternative Solution will be licensing at a significantly lower cost than Masimo is seeking.
That’s the quick and easy fix for them. Money is literally nothing to Apple.
Well, for one, I don’t believe it is the intent of the legal system to prevent employees from being offered higher salaries and more benefits for their skills and expertise.
If Apple is willing to pay them more, why shouldn’t they take up said offer?
Sure, that’s a good thing to accept a higher wage. It’s not a good thing to take company secrets with you to the competition. Can’t defend what Apple did.
You miss the point. Of course the employees have that right but what he’s saying is Apple’s intent was to steal the technology through that process.
It’s also a fact that the majority of Masimo’s patents were declared invalid during the trial. Only one ultimately held. This tells you that just because a company is granted a patent doesn’t mean it’s valid, and just because a company was first with an idea doesn’t necessarily mean it had a monopoly on it.
If Apple had simply settled right from the start like what so many of you are suggesting, they could well be paying a small fortune for what would ultimately turn out to be worthless or invalid patents for all we know.
What’s happening here is nothing new. Masimo is right to defend their IP, while Apple is not wrong to seek to overturn what they feel are invalid patents. There is no right or wrong here, in my opinion. Only winners and losers in the eyes of the court.
And as I shared yesterday, the tide may yet turn against Masimo if Apple succeeds in invalidating all of those claims and then countersues Masimo for lost revenue (the amount could easy bankrupt the company).
The battle is really only just beginning.
Maybe it would be wise to wait for the redesigned series X/10. I have a Series 7 and a redesigned Series X/10 sounds like the upgrade/change many of us have been waiting for.
As long as the ban was in place, out of warranty repairs on the S6/S7/S8 wasn’t allowed if I recalled correctly what I read. I think that applies to battery replacement as well. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.