While Apple’s newer fashions such because the iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 come geared up with the aforementioned port, a number of of its older units, that are being discontinued within the EU, nonetheless characteristic the corporate’s proprietary lightning port. However, the EU’s mandate means even older units should be bought with a USB Type-C charger, resulting from which the know-how large is pulling iPhone 14 and iPhone SE (2022) from its on-line shops.
Gadgets 360 can verify that Apple’s determination has already come into impact. Apple shops in areas a part of the EU equivalent to Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland, solely checklist iPhone 16 and iPhone 15 fashions as those on sale.
The discontinued fashions are additionally alleged to be quickly faraway from the corporate’s offline shops too.
However, this doesn’t apply to the UK which left the EU in 2020 in a transfer famously often known as ‘Brexit’. Apple’s UK on-line retailer nonetheless formally sells the iPhone 14 and iPhone SE (2022). Meanwhile, the corporate is anticipated to launch the successor to the latter early subsequent yr and it’s alleged to be geared up with a USB Type-C port, in compliance with the European Parliament.
In addition to creating USB Type-C the charging normal on small and medium-sized moveable electronics, it’s also confirmed to return into impact for laptops beginning April 28, 2026. Further, the EU’s USB Type-C mandate additionally permits customers to choose out of receiving a charger when shopping for new units. This is alleged to be in a bid to scale back the e-waste generated by totally different chargers for a number of units, allow customers to make sustainable selections and clear up the problem of market fragmentation.
