Q: iPhone 7: How to charge and listen to music at the same time..

Bingo! seems Belkin are on the ball with this one!

jausenbox wrote:

 

solution: use another bulky adapter. thats not user-friendly.

Or just don't buy an iPhone 7, easy and inexpensive

Apple has made this dock since last year:

http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MNN62AM/A/iphone-lightning-dock-black

(1) Bluetooth -- even my car has it now!

(2) One of the selling points of the Lightning Dock is: listen to music and charge at the same time.

As already stated, Belkin has a third party solution for $39:

http://www.macrumors.com/2016/09/08/belkin-lightning-audio-adapter-iphone-7/

http://www.belkin.com/us/p/P-F8J198/

By seeing some of the replies here, it's not surprising that posts are being deleted.

For your specific problem, I'd see different approaches.

1. Get a Radio/Alarm Clock with a lightning dock. That way you can listen while charging and even can use normal 3.5 inch connector headphones if required

2. Use the dock mentioned earlier (with headphone connector)

3. Search for an adapter that with multiple connections

4. Wait and see if Apple comes up with a better iphone. A year ago many customers were upset, that next generation  iPhone didn't offer a smaller version. Half a year later the iPhone SE came out. If we're lucky Apple will release a future phone with headphone jack, just give them time for development and production.

oolong1034 wrote:

 

Definitely a deal-breaker. Major oversight.

 

- Cannot charge and listen to music while DRIVING (this task is surely top priority for anyone with a car)

No, driving is my top priority when I am driving, entertaining myself is always secondary, not so for you I guess.