&gt; How could you charge your phone and listen to music simultaneously?<p>The <i>could</i> have things like existing microUSB-to-HDMI adapters for mobile devices, where the adapter also has a charging-only microUSB port.<p>Or it could use wireless charging.<p>Or Apple, who is great at optimizing for what they perceive to be the most common use case and selling it as all people need, might just consider simultaneous charging and headphone use as an unimportant niche case.