Apple To Finish iPhone SE And 14 Gross sales In Europe Over USB-C Guidelines

Apple is about to discontinue gross sales of the iPhone SE (third technology) and iPhone 14 collection in Europe by the top of 2024 to adjust to the European Union’s USB-C universal charging mandate. The EU coverage, efficient January 2025, requires new gadgets to characteristic USB-C ports, making the Lightning port-equipped fashions non-compliant.

Relatively than updating these gadgets with USB-C ports, Apple has opted to finish their European gross sales sooner than deliberate. Usually, the iPhone 14 and 14 Plus would stay out there within the area till the autumn of 2025 when the iPhone 17 launches. This choice means Apple will forgo roughly a yr of gross sales for these fashions in Europe.

This transfer is a part of Apple’s transition away from the Lightning port. The upcoming fourth-generation iPhone SE, expected in spring 2025, will undertake USB-C and have design updates resembling the iPhone 14, together with an edge-to-edge show and improved digicam.

Outdoors the EU, Apple will proceed promoting the iPhone SE and iPhone 14 collection till their common end-of-life cycles, probably till the debut of the brand new SE mannequin and the eventual phase-out of the 14 collection in late 2025.

This shift indicators the top of the Lightning port period for Apple gadgets, aligning the corporate with world requirements and EU rules. Regardless of the early discontinuation, the impression on Apple’s general gross sales is anticipated to be minimal, as new USB-C-equipped fashions will exchange the outgoing ones.

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