Apple will cease promoting the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, and third-generation iPhone SE in European Union nations later this month, because it must adjust to an EU regulation that can quickly go into impact that requires new smartphones with wired charging options to be outfitted with a USB-C port, in keeping with a report from French blog iGeneration. All three of the above talked about iPhone fashions are nonetheless outfitted with a Lightning port.
The web site mentioned the iPhone fashions will not be offered via Apple’s on-line retailer and retail shops within the European Union as of December 28, which is when the regulation takes impact. Apple will start phasing out the iPhones even earlier in Switzerland, because the units can be faraway from Apple’s on-line retailer in that nation as of December 20.
Apple Approved Resellers within the European Union can be allowed to proceed promoting these iPhone fashions till their remaining stock is offered out, says the report.
Apple additionally plans to cease promoting different Lightning-based merchandise within the European Union as effectively, together with its prolonged Magic Keyboard with out Contact ID. That keyboard nonetheless sports activities a Lightning port for charging.
There are 27 nations within the European Union, together with Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Eire, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. Though the UK left the European Union in 2020, Apple may even cease promoting the units in Northern Eire, which follows most of the European Union’s commerce laws.
Apple is anticipated to announce a fourth-generation iPhone SE with a USB-C port in March, so the gadget ought to shortly return to cabinets within the European Union. Nonetheless, the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus would probably have been discontinued in September, so gross sales of these units will probably not return to the European Union.
