Belkin RockStar Lightning Audio Cable and Charger for iPhone 14, 13, 12, 11, 10 - White

Works just fine with my iphone 14 (can't remember if it's a 14Pro or 14Max, but either way...) and I was concerned when the box the item came in said it was for iphones 11/pro/promax/xs/xr , with no other models listed. I thought I'd been sent the wrong one, as the amazon product description said it was compatible with 14s. But no, it works great with my 14(?) . It will be nice, being able to charge and listen at the same time , while on long road trips.

It performed its tasks well. Unfortunately I have upgraded to an incompatible device, but in the years I used this product, it holds up well. Doing one’s best not to flex it frequently so that it lasts even longer, it had lasted us a long time & still does, albeit now in a drawer. It can allow you to use an external audio device, charge, & data transfer all at the same time. Should this be a product you need despite the slightly high price, we can confidently recommend it to you.

Apple took away the headphone port, but sold me a lightning to 3.5 adapter so I could use my wired buds with my iPhone 13 Pro. Imagine my disappointment when my battery ran low while I was listening to a favorite playlist and I needed to unplug my buds to re-juice the phone!I checked Amazon for a solution and found several adapters that split from lightning to a 3.5 and a lightning charge port, most of them quite similar, pledging that they were MFI certified and compatible with my phone. All around 10 bucks each; I selected three different vendors and bought one from each. Despite slight differences in their pictures on Amazon, all of them were the same when they arrived. Two of them failed to work with my earbuds right from the start. The third worked fine with my earbuds until I plugged in the charger at the same time and the audio became very static-y. Thankfully, the next time I tried them the static was gone, but sadly so was the audio. I started to think this golden unicorn adapter I needed was a donkey with a taped on paper horn.Weeks later I’m on a 4 hour drive along country roads and digging the music that I’m playing from my phone, with Apple’s adapter into a double male 3.5mm cable into my truck’s “audio in” port. Good times! Until the phone battery runs low and I’m about to lose my map app.I get home after having to listen to myself sing for 45 minutes. Fortunately no passengers, so I only had to endure myself. Still enough reason to re-approach Amazon to see if they have any of these adapters that will actually work. I spotted this unit from Belkin for just around $35 and thought “so this is what the phrase good money after bad means”. And yet, I couldn’t stop myself.This Belkin adapter arrived in an Amazon bubble mailer promptly (two days) after ordering. Inside the mailer was a sealed plastic bag with the adapter, but no commercial packaging. The adapter itself had a black greasy smudge (repackaged defective return?), but looked otherwise new and I’m happy to report it performed exactly as I’d hoped when I tested it. Good clear sound through the truck’s sound system while charging at what seems to be a normal rate. This is the one that works!Update-It’s now April 2024 and this adapter is still working great after daily use.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:It works very well for it's intended use. It does not, however, seem to work as an adapter for lightning cable products. It simply charges and allows for headphone use.Ease of use:It is plug & play, instructions are very clear.Durability:It is surprisingly sturdy unlike the many flimsy versions of these sorts of products. The cord stays in place and holds itself up which was surprising.

Works great to connect both headphones and battery bank without losing sound quality. Build quality is excellent.

I have tried a few other of these with pitiful luck. We use it on road trips so the kids can watch movies together and not drain the battery, this is the only one that consistently works without having to mess around with it. It's more expensive but it actually works. We also have the Belkin RockStar 5 splitter, works like a charm!

Doesn't do what it is was advertised to do. Maybe I have a defective one? I can't seem to find any reviews with my exact symptoms.The unit plays out the headphone jack wonderfully! Sound quality is very good.The unit will allow my phone to charge just fine. Charge function works each and every time I plug it in.The issue? It won't do both at the same time. When I plug in the charge cable while playing audio, the audio continues to play for maybe 1 second, then goes away completely. I have looked on my phone for a setting to switch the audio playback device, and can't find anything relevant to switch to to get the audio back.It doesn't matter what order I plug the cables in: headphone first, charge cable first, etc. Whenever the adapter's charge port is hooked up, I get silence from the headphone jack.I bought this to listen to music in my older car that although has a USB jack, will not stream audio from it, only phone audio. Car does have an Aux input, which is how I am attempting to use this device. But I can stream music, and let my phone battery run down on the drive to work, or charge my phone on the way to work in silence.-EDIT- I found the issue & solution: In order to use both at the same time, you must use a 'charge only' usb port.My car has a USB port for playing media from a thumb drive. My car also has bluetooth for phone calls, but it won't stream audio, so I am stuck with using the Aux-input.The issue is when I plug the Belkin into the car USB port, it is a data port, so it most likely kills the headphone audio. I have tested this with my home PC as well. Plug into a PC USB port, audio from the headphone jack gets turned off.However, if you plug the usb cord into a charge cube it works fine, since there is no 'data' path with just a charger. For the car I bought one of those cigarette lighter to USB adapters, and since it provides charge only and no data services, the Belkin works perfectly now. 3.5mm "headphone" audio + simultaneous charging.