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The other thing about that though- you can't listen to your headphones or hook up aux speakers while your phone is charging.
by LordHumungous 10y ago
The other thing about that though- you can't listen to your headphones or hook up aux speakers while your phone is charging.
- elliotec 10y agoHow often do you do that?
- AlexandrB 10y agoWhenever I'm listening to something and the phone is about to die. Edit: also in the car (I have an older car with just an AUX jack).
- heydenberk 10y agoI imagine it's fairly common, since streaming music (even over WiFi) drains the battery.
- derefr 10y agoMy own setup for a while now, when playing music for long periods, has been to connect the phone to charge using the lightning cable, and then connect to a (wireless) Bluetooth speaker which itself is also plugged in and charging using its own USB cable connected to a USB charger. It has much the same effect as having a "charging dock", but just requires two powered USB ports rather than a custom piece of equipment.
- cdcarter 10y agoThis setup is becoming more and more similar. My own system is my iPhone just plugged into whatever Lightning cable I want (laptop, bedside left, bedside right), with either Bluetooth or Spotify Connect to the Amazon Echo on my shelf. This is the wireless future they're talking about. We shouldn't have to have a device to charge and listen through at the same time. We should charge wired and listen "wirelessly" (even if the audio device is wired for power).
- quux 10y agoMost of the time when I'm driving I have my phone connected to my car with an aux cable and charging via lightning.
- mark-r 10y agoI had an old iPod that was unlistenable while it was charging, because noise from the charger leaked into the audio. I tried again recently with an Android phone and found the same problem to a lesser degree. Nice to hear that people are able to do this without trouble.
- JustSomeNobody 10y agoSounds like you may need a ground loop isolator.
- mthoms 10y agoI've got portable speakers that sound absolutely terrible when actively charging. Do you reckon this would help?
- JonnieCache 10y agoGround loops are very odd phenomena that can be hard to debug, but it will probably work. (The stupid option is to lift the ground on your mains adapter, but you really shouldn't do that, somebody might get killed.)
- jaymoorthi 10y agoNearly every day in the car.
- joelkesler 10y agoI do quite regularly.
- artmageddon 10y agoOften enough, actually, when I'm driving. My car has a stereo-USB connection that works very well most of the time, allowing me to charge my phone and cycle through my music collection. Its charging speed is slow though, going only at maybe what, 500mA, 1A if I'm lucky? It takes even longer if I'm using Google Maps. To counteract this problem, I've recently started using a power converter, that I normally have for charging my laptop, to charge my phone because it offers a 2.1A USB port that works a LOT better for me. Why does this matter? Because I can still have my phone's audio going to the car by way of an AUX cable.
- haxxorfreak 10y agoI do almost every day in my (circa 2007) car which has a 3.5mm aux jack and no Bluetooth. There are lighter-plug Bluetooth receivers that have an analog out specifically for cars, I'll likely have to buy one of I end up getting the 7.
- tetrep 10y agovery often, it's a great way to dj to an arbitrary device, plug 3.5mm aux cable and charger, apply shuffle, enjoy music. i would hate to drain my battery playing music with my phone when it's sitting next to an outlet and is only incapable of charging due to poor design decisions. maybe they'll make a lightning hub/splitter so you can do both?
- Mister_Snuggles 10y agoI do that quite frequently. When I take a road trip, generally I have my phone plugged in, doing the navigation, and providing music. I use the headphone jack to connect to my car's audio system (no Bluetooth) and a 12V to USB adapter for power.
- iaskwhy 10y agoJust my view but I do it daily while at work.
- __david__ 10y agoI do this all day, every day. Long skype conference calls tend to drain the battery pretty fast.
- pkamb 10y agoThis is huge for cars. Power and Podcasts via a single Plug.
- LordHumungous 10y agoAll the time at work
- bemmu 10y agoEvery night while falling asleep to a podcast.
- tobtoh 10y agoOr being on long (support) conference calls whilst keeping your phone charged.
- philliphaydon 10y agoThe port is data and charge. So I recon it's only a matter of time before there's a split plug for charge and audio.
- Spooks 10y agomy pockets are going to be very full with all these things I need to buy/carry around for my iPhone
- ubernostrum 10y agoOK. Mine aren't. I already carry a small bag over my shoulder on the way to and from work; it has a spare battery in case I somehow need it (unusual, since I fully charge my phone every night while I'm asleep), plus my Kindle, sunglasses, and other daily useful things. My pockets tend to be used for keys and phone. Am I that weird?
- kyleknighted 10y agoI wouldn't say "weird", but I am curious how you manage to swap your iPhone battery to the spare you carry.
- saryant 10y agoI'm sure GP means an external USB battery pack.
- Spooks 10y ago"It's European!"... lots of people carry bags, so I wouldn't say weird. I just don't want to start because of a phone.
- ubernostrum 10y agoI carry it regardless. I carry it because I have a commute of almost an hour and a half, much of it on a train, and I like having my Kindle and my sunglasses and other things, but don't carry my laptop to/from the office (thus no laptop bag). So I have a small shoulder bag that I put stuff in and bring with me. So any time I'm going to be out long enough to have to theoretically carry full kit for my phone (in a hypothetical multiple-dongle world), I'm also going to have that bag with me, or some equivalent object for carrying things (i.e., extended outings not involving going to work), and not have to stuff everything in my pockets. Apparently this is weird enough to be downvoted into negative-score territory.
- legulere 10y agoYou can do that with the lightning dock, it has a 3.5mm out and lightning input for power.
- coryfklein 10y agoYea, that does suck. Hopefully with the improved power features of the new CPU, the amount of time when you want to simultaneously listen and charge is reduced.
- JustSomeNobody 10y agoDon't need to. iPhone 7 gets way better battery life than any other iPhone before. (Sarcasm)