Apple is not promoting its iPhone SE and iPhone 14 collection in Europe — the final cellphone fashions with Apple’s proprietary Lightning charging port — because the EU shifts to a standard charging resolution constructed round USB-C. EU Directive 2022/2380 goes into drive at this time in an effort to scale back e-waste and clear up market fragmentation.
A spot examine by The Verge exhibits the iPhone SE, iPhone 14 and 14 Plus, and the Lightning-based Magic Keyboard have been pulled from shops in The Netherlands, France, and Germany. Those self same units are nonetheless on the market within the US and different international locations exterior the EU’s 27 member states. A brand new iPhone SE with USB-C and different upgrades like an OLED show is rumored for 2025.
Along with requiring a USB-C port on a variety of units bought 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 raised perceive the facility necessities of the units they’re shopping for by improved labeling.
