Lightning charger, headphone jack

Hardware
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I’ve been looking for a gizmo with which I can simultaneously listen to and charge my iPhone XS. I didn’t think I needed one but I’m doing a lot of traveling and this could be useful. The ones on Amazon range from looking cheap, comments don’t match the product or somewhat expensive. Any recommendations?

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Bluetooth headset, maybe?

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I believe that you can use the wireless charging while the headphones are plugged in. A charge pad would be an extra bit of gear to lug about although, you can get battery packs with wireless chargers in them now, so if you were traveling with a battery pack anyway…!?

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I’m referring to something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-Charger-Headphone-Adaptor-Compatible/dp/B07LB3QNRN/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1548453900&sr=8-4&keywords=lightning+charger+and+headphone+jack+iPhone+xs

It’s relatively small to pack and I could charge and listen on an airplane. I have Airpods but prefer not to risk traveling with them.

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I can recommend this as a highly reliable solution - unfortunately still requires the lightning audio dongle unless you just want to use lightning headset. I bought this when I got my iPhone 7 and used it about 5 times until AirPods came out and I’ve not touched it since.

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When I got my iPhone 8+ I bought one of the adapters. It was an inexpensive white square one. It worked for a short time and then I started getting static out of the headphone jack. I broke down and purchased the more expensive Belkin one. A year latter the Belkin one is working with no issues and I use it every night to charge my phone and sometimes listen to music before falling a sleep. I can highly recommend the Belkin one.

I checked Fakespot for the one you liked and it didn’t fair very well. Your milage may vary with it as I have no experience with that particular one.

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Oh and I just found out they have this too, if you don’t want to use the dongle and never use included lightning EarPods.

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After years of trying all sorts of lightning accessories from the Hong Kong electronics markets sold at a fraction of the price of real stuff I have given up and only buy and use stuff that is MFI certified.

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Thanks for the tip—I found one on EBay for $28 . Free delivery. Just ordered it.

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I am very glad to know about Fakespot. . .I have the same reticence about ‘off-brand-accessories.