One in every of Apple’s hottest gadgets is now out of date.
When you’ve got a second-generation Apple Watch Sequence 2, think about it an vintage. The tech big has scrapped the gadget, each the chrome steel and aluminum variations, formally placing the gadget on its listing of “obsolete” merchandise.
The $269 gadget was launched in 2016, and now those that personal it gained’t have any help from Apple ought to one thing go incorrect.
It was a extremely anticipated product when it made its debut, because of added waterproofing and built-in GPS.
Apple defined that merchandise are thought-about out of date about seven years after the corporate stops distributing them.
“Apple discontinues all hardware service for obsolete products, and service providers cannot order parts for obsolete products,” in keeping with the web site.
Nevertheless, a costlier, ceramic model of the second-generation Apple Watch Sequence 2, which retailed for $369, has not made the listing but, so Apple ought to nonetheless present companies for the product.
In the meantime, the one Apple Watch merchandise listed on Apple’s “vintage” product listing are the second-generation aluminum Apple Watch Sequence 1 in each sizes. Merchandise are thought-about classic when Apple stopped distributing them on the market greater than 5 however lower than seven years in the past.
Earlier this yr, Apple put its last-ever iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle fashions on the out of date listing, in addition to the iPhone 6.
The iPhone X Max and the iPhone 6s Plus have additionally been added to the classic listing.
