Beginning at this time, the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, and third-generation iPhone SE have been totally faraway from Apple’s on-line retailer in most EU international locations, because of an imminently-effective regulation that requires smartphones with wired charging capabilities which can be newly positioned on the market to be outfitted with a USB-C port within the EU.
The trio of iPhone fashions are not listed on Apple’s on-line retailer in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Eire, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and most different EU international locations. The gadgets have additionally been unlisted in a couple of different international locations that take part within the EU’s single market, akin to Switzerland.
The regulation comes into power on December 28, and it applies to any particular person iPhone unit positioned on the market after that date, even when they’re older fashions. Whereas all iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 fashions are outfitted with USB-C ports for wired charging, the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, and present iPhone SE nonetheless have Lightning ports.
The UK left the EU in 2020, so it’s not impacted by this regulation. Northern Eire is affected, nonetheless, because it nonetheless participates within the EU’s single market.
Apple started phasing out the trio of iPhone fashions within the EU market final week, and it nonetheless has to delist the gadgets in a couple of extra EU international locations. In-store availability at Apple Shops and Apple Licensed Resellers will probably be hit and miss over the subsequent few days, as any remaining stock is depleted. However, by and huge, the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, and iPhone SE are not obtainable from Apple within the EU.
Apple is anticipated to announce a fourth-generation iPhone SE with a USB-C port in March, so the machine ought to shortly return to the EU. In the meantime, the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus probably would have been discontinued in September had the USB-C regulation not existed, so gross sales of these gadgets are ending within the EU round 9 months early.
Earlier this month, French web site iGeneration.fr was first to interrupt the information about Apple’s plans to cease promoting these iPhone fashions within the EU.
