I was wondering about this too, but it's not inconceivable that they could overcome this by releasing a new cord with a subtle connection port that accepts a device to be plugged into it. Although I'm not familiar enough with the Lighting architecture to know whether it's possible to charge the phone and stream audio output simultaneously through a single port.
Not that impossible. I listen to music on my iPhone while charging it when I'm on my secondary laptop and Internet connection is too slow for streaming music over iTunes Match.
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I do as well. I also listen to it while driving, and charge at the same time. I was being slightly sarcastic toward Apple, that they would scrap this functionality.