Apple’s watchOS 27 cutoff is weirdly brutal

Seems earnings are driving watchOS development.

Apple Watch Series 9 owners bought a cutting-edge smartwatch and, apparently, ended up with a vintage collectible faster than anyone would have expected.

The odd part is not just that Apple is dropping older watches. It is where the line falls. The Series 9 has the S9 chip, the same generation of silicon found in the Ultra 2, yet the Ultra 2 reportedly s…