According to a new report from France, Apple will stop selling the iPhone 14, iPhone 14PlusAnd iPhone SE in the EU. The devices will be removed from Apple’s online and offline stores by December 28. Apple Authorized Retailers in the EU can continue to sell these iPhones until their remaining stock is exhausted.
Apple iPhone 14
Apple iPhone 14 Plus
Apple iPhone SE (2022)
This is being done to comply with an EU regulation that states that newly sold smartphones with wired charging must use USB-C, and as you may have guessed, the three iPhones mentioned above are the last ones left on sale in the EU. right now they have the Lightning port instead.
Apple will also stop selling other products with the Lightning port, such as the Magic Keyboard without Touch ID. Interestingly, as Britain left the EU in 2020, Apple will be removing Lightning products from Northern Ireland, even if it is part of Britain.
iPhone SE (2022)
The iPhones in question will also be removed from Switzerland for the same reason, and even earlier – by December 20. The information in this report is said to come from details that Apple has shared with its relevant internal teams.
If Apple had done things the way it usually does, the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus would have been removed from EU markets by September next year. The iPhone SE needs to be replaced a newer and better model next year anyway, so luckily this isn’t a big loss.