As of these days, the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, and the third-generation iPhone SE were totally got rid of from Apple’s on-line shop in lots of EU international locations, because of a regulation in drive that calls for cell phones with newly offered twine. having a USB-C port within the EU.
The 3 iPhone fashions are not indexed on Apple’s on-line shop in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Eire, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and plenty of different EU international locations. Those units also are no longer registered in a couple of different international locations collaborating within the EU unmarried marketplace, similar to Switzerland. The regulation is going into impact on December 28, and applies to any iPhone type that can be offered after that date, although it is an older type. Whilst each the iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 fashions have USB-C ports for wi-fi charging, the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, and the present iPhone SE nonetheless have Lightning ports. The United Kingdom left the EU in 2020, so it isn’t suffering from this regulation. Northern Eire is concerned, alternatively, in collaborating within the EU’s unmarried marketplace. Apple began liberating 3 iPhone fashions within the EU marketplace final week, and is but to free up the units in numerous different EU international locations. In-store availability at Apple Retail outlets and Apple Licensed Reseller could also be hit and miss over the following couple of days, as all provides are long past. However, by way of and big, the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, and iPhone SE are not to be had from Apple within the EU. Apple is predicted to announce the fourth technology iPhone SE with a USB-C port in March, so the software must go back to the EU. In the meantime, the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus would most definitely were discontinued in September if the USB-C rules didn’t exist, so gross sales of those units would finish within the EU about 9 months early. Previous this month, the French web site iGeneration.fr was once the primary to announce Apple’s plans to forestall promoting those iPhones within the EU.