Starting today, the third-generation iPhone SE, iPhone 14, and iPhone 14 Plus, are listed as unavailable on Apple's online store in

Starting December 28th, all new phones sold in the European Union must have USB-C. And while that deadline is still about a week away, Apple has begun pulling the iPhone SE, iPhone 14, and iPhone 14 Plus — the last models with Apple’s proprietary lightning port — from its Swiss online store.

The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus are no longer available for purchase in Switzerland, and reports suggest that Apple may soon halt sales of these models across the European Union (EU) as well. Both models are expected to be discontinued across 27 European Union countries.

Apple is phasing out some iPhone models from the EU due to a regulation that requires a USB-C charging port to be present.

Apple plans to stop selling the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, and third-generation iPhone SE in European Union countries later this month, to

The European Union has published several recommendations for Apple to make iOS and iPadOS more interoperable with competitors following two separate proceedings launched in September, sparking concerns about user privacy from the iPhone maker.

If you are in the EU and were thinking of buying an iPhone SE or iPhone 14 from Apple, you might want to hurry.

The EU wantsApple to make yet another major change. This involves potentially opening up features like AirDrop and AirPlay for non-Apple devices.

However, that won’t be the status quo for long, as the iPhone SE 4 is expected to arrive in early 2025, which will naturally sport a USB-C port. By next fall, the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus will be discontinued worldwide to make room for Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup.

The EU is pressing Apple to open up its ecosystem to third parties, giving them access to technology currently exclusive to iOS.

The EU’s European Commission has pressed Apple Inc. to further open up the iPhone operating system to rivals, prompting the company to complain about requests from Meta Platforms Inc. that it says will undermine privacy.

On its face, the EU DMA is meant to stop monopolies from abusing their market position, but Meta appears to be abusing this legislation in an attempt to gather unprecedented access to iPhone user data.