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Belkin's new Lightning Audio + Charge RockStar ($40) is already one of the most widely seen iPhone accessories of all time — though the vast majority of those sharing images of the product almost certainly had no idea who made it, or what it was actually called. An explanation: shortly after the launch of Apple's iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, a number of widely disseminated memes featured this very accessory as evidence that Apple was going in the wrong direction, often by comparing images of a previous iPhone — showing only one audio cord and one Lightning cord plugged in — with a contrasting image of this accessory plugged into a new iPhone, with two more cords stemming out further from the dongle, as if to say, "Isn't this ridiculous?" Belkin's tiny dongle actually has a noble purpose: allow users to charge their iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus while listening to music via Lightning headphones — or a Lightning-to-3.5 mm headphone adapter — at the same time. RockStar is not an Apple product, but its mere existence seemed to draw a lot more attention to the issues surrounding the lack of headphone jack in the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus.{/exp:char_limit}
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Review: Belkin Lightning Audio + Charge Rockstar
