苹果公司已将第二代Apple Watch Series 1型号列入淘汰产品名单，这意味着苹果已停止生产该型号的替换零件，并且不再提供维修服务。此前，同属第二代的Series 2已于去年被列入淘汰名单。苹果产品通常在发布五年到七年后被列为“复古”产品，若零件耗尽则进入“淘汰”名单。对于Series 1用户而言，这意味着无法通过苹果官方渠道进行维修，建议考虑升级到更新的型号，例如即将推出的Apple Watch Series 10。

🍎 Apple Watch Series 1 已正式被苹果列为淘汰产品，标志着该设备已无法通过苹果官方渠道获得维修服务，因为苹果已停止生产其替换零件。

🔄 Apple Watch Series 1 和 Series 2 同属第二代产品，Series 2 已在去年进入淘汰名单，此次 Series 1 的加入意味着第二代Apple Watch产品线已全部退出官方维修支持。

⏳ 苹果产品生命周期通常为：发布销售一段时间后，若五年至七年内停止生产新零件，则被列为“复古”产品；若零件耗尽，则升级为“淘汰”产品，完全停止维修服务。

⚠️ 尽管Series 1和Series 2的淘汰时间有所不同，但Series 4的提前淘汰表明零件供应的变动性。对于Series 1用户，意味着官方维修渠道关闭，第三方维修也可能因缺乏原厂零件而受限，建议考虑升级。

⌚️ 随着Series 1进入淘汰名单，苹果产品分类的清晰度得到提升，未来各代Series将更明确地区分。用户可考虑升级至如Apple Watch Series 10等更新型号，以获得持续的支持与服务。

When an Apple product reaches a certain age, Apple renders it either “vintage” or “obsolete.” For people still toting around a second-gen Apple Watch, your time has come. Apple put the Series 1 models on its obsolete list, which means the company has run out of parts and the watch is no longer serviceable. 

It joins the Series 2, the other half of the second generation of Apple Watches, which was added to the obsolete list last year. 

It can be a bit confusing. The Apple Watch Series 1 and the Apple Watch Series 2 are both considered the same generation. Back in the good old days, the original Apple Watch didn’t have an official Series designation. Thus, when the Series 1 launched in 2016, the original Apple Watch was retroactively referred to as Series 0. The Series 2 was also launched in 2016 alongside the Series 1, so both are considered second-generation products from Apple. 

Apple stopped selling the Series 2 when the Series 3 came out, but left the Apple Watch Series 1 on sale for another year as a low-cost option alongside the Series 3. Thus, the Series 2 went to the vintage and obsolete lists a year before the Series 1. The good news is that the whole second generation is now on the obsolete list, so the confusion ends today. Moving forward, each Series is its own generation, starting with Series 3. 

What does it mean when an Apple product is obsolete?

The way Apple’s product life works is fairly predictable. Apple releases a product, sells it for a while, and then stops when a newer product comes out. After five to seven years (depending on the product), Apple puts the product on the vintage list. This means Apple has ceased making new parts that the company can use to repair broken devices. However, Apple and Apple Authorized Service Providers (AASPs) can still repair the devices as long as they still have the parts to do it.

Once Apple runs out of parts, the product winds up on the obsolete list and can no longer be repaired through Apple. 

Since parts can come and go at varying intervals, that likely explains why the Apple Watch Series 4 is already on the obsolete list, despite being a couple of years younger than the Series 1 or Series 2. 

What does this mean for me?

If you own an Apple Watch Series 1, it simply means that you can no longer get the watch repaired through Apple. Third-party repair shops may be able to repair the watch, but they won’t have access to official Apple parts to do it. In short, it means that it’s probably finally time to upgrade your aging watch. We hear the Apple Watch Series 10 is pretty good.