Per week after the French weblog iGeneration reported that Apple must discontinue some iPhone fashions in Europe, the corporate has now began to drag iPhone SE 3, iPhone 14, and iPhone 14 Plus from the European market.
The information was first reported by MacRumors. Whereas Apple has a December 28 deadline to solely promote iPhone fashions with a USB-C connector, the corporate has now begun to take away its Lightning choices from some shops.
Though Apple may have tweaked these smartphones and added a USB-C port, because it did with the AirPods Max, the corporate has determined to not observe this path.
Fortunately, European clients shouldn’t be too fearful concerning the sudden lack of iPhone choices. A fourth-generation iPhone SE is anticipated to launch early subsequent 12 months, which implies the present technology will quickly be discontinued anyway. Moreover that, when Apple introduces the iPhone 17 line subsequent September, it can additionally cease promoting the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus.
In different phrases, Apple would have discontinued these iPhone fashions anyway in 2025. Additionally, if you happen to’re not in Europe, you don’t have to fret about this, as Cupertino will proceed to promote them till new fashions are launched over the course of the 12 months.
The brand new iPhone SE 4 is anticipated to characteristic a design just like the iPhone 14 with a single digital camera, the A18 processor, and Apple’s new 5G modem. By the second half of 2025, Cupertino is rumored to launch the iPhone 17 lineup, together with an all-new iPhone 17 Air, which would be the thinnest iPhone to this point with some high-end options however {hardware} that’s inferior to an iPhone Professional.
BGR reached out to Apple for remark however didn’t hear again on the time this story was printed. We’ll replace it if we hear from the corporate.
