There is until tomorrow to buy an iPhone SE or an iPhone 14 or 14 Plus from Apple. These models can currently still be delivered but no longer collected from the manufacturer's stores in France or the rest of Europe. And starting tomorrow, Saturday, December 28, these smartphones should no longer be available at all in Apple Stores under the European regulation on the universal charger.
This regulation stipulates that all new smartphones must include a USB-C port for charging. However, this is not the case for these iPhones which have a Lightning port. Apple was the last manufacturer to switch its smartphones to USB-C, with the iPhone 15. That doesn't mean, however, that it will no longer be possible to buy an iPhone SE or an iPhone 14.
Resellers can indeed sell off stocks purchased before the fateful date. For several weeks, or even several months, we should therefore be able to equip ourselves with one of these models, new, from traditional online and physical stores. Another alternative: refurbished.
Refurbishers will be able to continue to recover iPhones equipped with a Lightning port to resell them, as long as the smartphones have had a first life... but only in the European Union. Recommerce, one of the market specialists, explained to Tech&Co that reconditioners will no longer be able to source Lightning models from the United States, China or anywhere other than the EU.
This will have the effect of reducing supply, since only Lightning iPhones of European origin will be able to be reconditioned. Recommerce therefore estimates that the value of used models will see a "significant increase" estimated at 20% of current trade-in prices.
Reconditioners will therefore buy these more expensive iPhones, to the benefit of sellers who can hope for a nice bonus when they sell them their old smartphones. Currently, Recommerce is taking back a 14128 GB iPhone in perfect condition for €293. This means that in the medium term, this same model could be taken back for €350!
For the buyer, however, this means that these reconditioned iPhones will be more expensive! It remains to be seen whether this beautiful mechanism will hold up. Because the risk is to find iPhone SEs, and especially iPhone 14s, more expensive or at the same price level as more recent and better equipped refurbished models — since they are in USB-C. If demand is not there, resale prices could well fall.
Source: Tech & Co
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