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Apple fans looking to buy an iPhone SE or iPhone 14 from the company in the EU are out of luck.
All Apple devices that use Lightning ports have been recalled from stores.
On Saturday, December 28, the new European Union rules that make USB-C the standard connection for charging smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices officially came into effect. As a result, Apple removed all of its Lightning-based devices from Apple Stores.
Apple devices with Lightning ports that were still sold by the company, such as the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, and iPhone SE, were completely removed from the Apple Store on Friday, as reported by MacRumors.
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Lightning-based devices are no longer available on the online Apple Store in countries such as Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. The Virgin also confirmed the removal of these devices from Apple Apple Stores EU.
Because the law only covers countries in the EU, Apple can still sell Lightning products in the US and elsewhere.
The EU USB-C charging mandate was approved in 2022 and forced companies to switch to the standard by the end of 2024. The following year, Apple confirmed that the iPhone 15 would be the first Apple device to abandon the company’s Lightning port and adopt the USB-C standard. From September 2024, Apple officially replaced every product with a Lightning port with a USB-C version.
While the iPhone 14 was succeeded by USB-C devices in the iPhone 15 and iPhone 16, the iPhone SE won’t be updated until 2022. So, for now, those in the EU looking to buy the cheapest Apple iPhone model they have to have. to wait Apple is expected launch a new iPhone SE in March. And, yes, this will have a USB-C charging port.
