Apple will quickly cease promoting sure iPhone fashions within the 27 nations that belong to the Europe Union (EU). As 2024 involves an finish and 2025 begins, the third-gen iPhone SE and the iPhone 14 sequence will now not be bought within the EU. They’re the one telephones nonetheless accessible from Apple that use Apple’s proprietary Lightning charger and port for charging and information switch. The issue is that because of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), beginning in January 2025 all telephones bought in EU nations should have a USB-C port and cost utilizing a USB-C cable.
The objective is to scale back digital waste within the 27 EU member nations by standardizing charging cables. With the brand new rule, shoppers switching from iOS to Android and vice versa will not have to make use of a brand new charging cable to cost or switch information on their new telephones. This reduces the variety of unused cables getting tossed in landfills. The primary full iPhone sequence to characteristic a USB-C charging port was final yr’s iPhone 15 sequence.
Certain, Apple may have determined to construct new variations of the iPhone 14 line and third-gen iPhone SE with a USB-C port and bought them in Europe. Nevertheless, the tech large determined simply to drop these fashions from its lineup on the continent. Elsewhere, similar to within the U.S., the iPhone 14 sequence and the third-gen iPhone SE with Lightning ports will nonetheless be accessible till subsequent spring when the iPhone SE 4 shall be launched. That mannequin will sport a USB-C port in all markets.
Earlier than the proprietary Lightning cable was launched, the iPhone used a giant 30-pin cable for charging and to switch information. | Picture credit-Walmart
The iPhone SE 4 would be the first price range iPhone mannequin to be geared up with an edge-to-edge show, the Notch, and Face ID. The design of the cellphone shall be primarily based on the iPhone 14
though it should embody 8GB of RAM and probably be powered by the A18 software processor (AP) in order that the cellphone can assist Apple Intelligence.
The iPhone 14 sequence will stay accessible outdoors of Europe till the iPhone 17 line is launched subsequent September. At that time, the iPhone 14 sequence will now not be bought by Apple in all markets ending the Lightning port period for the iPhone. The primary iPhone to come back with the Lightning port and cost with the Lightning cable was the iPhone 5, launched in 2012. Earlier than that, the iPhone used a 30-pin charger beginning with the unique iPhone in 2007 operating by way of 2011’s iPhone 4s.
