The rule began in January 2025and that is why Apple has been selling its phones and other accessories without lightning, adapted to type C, for just over a year, both in the EU itself and in the rest of the world, however, the models it already had, They were not adapted, and will have to stop being sold.
End of iPhones with lightning
It is true that, except in very special cases, purchasing an iPhone from several years ago, such as the 14 or the SE, is not the most normal, however, due to size, price or other factors, you may be thinking about getting one. one, something that, although it is possible today, will cease to be so in a couple of weeks, since the EU prohibits the sale of this type of devicesby not complying with the USB-C connector standard.
It is not known if they will continue to be available in the rest of the world. Possibly, and because there is no new iPhone SE, or at least not for now, we will be able to get one in other places, and only Europe may be left without them, although we will always have the option of purchasing it on another page or even second hand.
This is something that, as we said, could be seen coming, since the date had already been set for years, and that is why other products such as the Magic KeyBoard, Mouse or TrackPad have been adapted with type C connectors in recent months, to so they can continue selling it on the web without removing the product and without anyone noticing, something that they were not going to do on previous iPhone models that did not originally come out with this port.
The Law is not entirely clear, although if we stick to its information, it will be The sale of devices that do not have a USB-C connector is prohibitedwhich means that not only Apple should stop selling them, but also Amazon and the rest of the websites, being able to follow the second-hand ones, although this is not clear either, and the refurbished ones could even be eliminated, although, what happens with all that stock? We are not seeing that there are any liquidations either, so we will have to wait to see what the pages do with this new Law, despite the fact that everything points to what was said above, and that is that they will stop being sold in the EU, but they will continue to be sold in other places, in which there is no rule that prohibits it.
And you, what do you think of all this? The truth is that it is an interesting Law, since it benefits us all, however, prohibiting the sale of any device that does not comply with it, will cause us to have a large amount of obsolete equipment and that, unlike what it seeks the EU, they pollute more than they solve, don’t you think?
