Apple is now not promoting its iPhone SE and iPhone 14 sequence in Europe — the final telephone fashions with Apple’s proprietary Lightning charging port — because the EU shifts to a typical charging resolution constructed round USB-C. EU Directive 2022/2380 goes into pressure at the moment in an effort to cut back e-waste and resolve market fragmentation.
A spot examine by The Verge reveals the iPhone SE, iPhone 14 and 14 Plus, and the Lightning-based Magic Keyboard have been pulled from Apple’s on-line shops in The Netherlands, France, Norway, and Germany. Those identical units are nonetheless on the market within the US and different nations exterior the EEA’s 30 member states. A brand new iPhone SE with USB-C and different upgrades like an OLED show is rumored for 2025.
In addition to requiring a USB-C port on a variety of units offered within the EU from December twenty eighth, 2024, the Directive additionally requires units that help quick charging to help the USB PD customary, permits for the unbundling of charging bricks from retail units, and helps customers to higher perceive the ability necessities of the units they’re shopping for by improved labeling.
