iPhone 12 & 12 Pro Headphone Jack Chargers: How to Charge iPhone While you Listen to Music

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Up until Apple released the iPhone 7, iPhones had normal headphone jacks and separate Lightning ports for charging. With the iPhone 7, both ports merged into a single Lightning port meaning you can either listen to music (with Lightning headphones) or charge your phone–but not both at the same time. Well, here’s some good news: several third party manufacturers are now coming out with adapters that allow you to listen to music and charge your iPhone 7 at the same time!

All the chargers in this article will work for all current iPhone models including iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone Xs, iPhone Xr, iPhone SE, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro max. You can also use them with iPads and iPad Pros.

How to charge iPhone and listen to headphones at the same time:

Belkin Rockstar 3.5 mm Audio and Lightning Splitter

If you want a reliable dongle from a trusted brand name, the Belkin Rockstar is a great option for iPhone owners. It’s available in two styles depending on what type of headphones you have, a 3.5 mm audio port for traditional headphones, and a lightning port.

Like all of these adapters, it doesn’t support audio split, but you can listen to music and charge your phone at the same time. It also supports passthrough charging up to 12W so you can use it will your iPhone or iPad. Supports up to 48 KHz, 24 bit audio output.


2 in 1 Lightning to 3.5mm Adapter for iPhone

If you need flexibility with your cables, especially if they’re often bending at opposing angles, this lightning and audio splitter is perfect for charging your iPhone while listening to music at the same time. This one is different from other splitters because instead of being a brick shaped port splitter, it offers a flexible cable and both a Lightning port and a normal headphone jack. Some users might find this more convenient or desirable because they may feel it has less of a chance of snapping off or stressing the inside of their iPhone 12’s Lightning port. It’s perfect for using in the car to connect to the stereo or at your desk while you work.

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What is The Best High Quality Lightning Cable?

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Where can you get a high-quality lightning cable? Ever since Apple released the lightning cable specification to any manufacturer using the MFi program (made for iPhone/iPad), all sorts of lightning cables have flooded the market. Inevitably, some of these iPad/iPhone lighting cables have turned out to be super cheap and poor quality. We’ve sorted through a bunch of lightning cables and found some of the best high-quality lightning cables around.

All of the lightning cables in this article will work for all current iPhone models including iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone Xs, iPhone Xr, iPhone SE, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro max. You can also use them with iPads and iPad Pros.

Note if you have a Macbook with USB C ports, you will want a USB C to lightning cable in order to charge or sync your iPhone or iPad with your computer.

3 Best High Quality Lightning Cables

Anker Lightning to USB iPhone/iPad Charger Cable

High Quality Lightning Cable

Anker is a company founded by former Google employees who were tired of buying poor quality computer accessories. They founded their own company and today their high quality lightning cable is every bit as good as Apple’s original lightning charging cable– and perhaps even better. Their iPhone and iPad lightning charging cable is MFi certified and has 11,870 reviews on Amazon, of which 93% are positive. That’s pretty incredible if you think about it.

These Anker lightning charging cables are also available in white, black, blue, green, pink, and yellow (see the color chooser on the Amazon page).

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