Apple begins pulling iPhone SE, 14, and 14 Plus from EU

start December 28all new phones sold in the EU must be equipped with USB-C. While the deadline is still about a week away, Apple has begun removing the iPhone SE, iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus (the last models equipped with Apple’s proprietary Lightning port) from its Swiss online store.

The deletion behavior was first discovered in mike rumorbased on a report from a French publication earlier this month i generation. edge It has since been confirmed that the Swiss online Apple Store will state that if you try to put any configuration of iPhone SE, iPhone 14, and iPhone 14 Plus into your shopping cart, it is “currently unavailable.” However, other Apple online stores in EU countries such as France and Spain still have these phones in stock.

Given that December 28 is the deadline, Apple’s other EU stores will soon follow. Still, it’s unclear why Apple decided to withdraw stock from Switzerland a week early, or whether it would do the same with other countries. We’ve reached out to Apple for comment but did not receive an immediate response.

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