30 best Lightning accessories

30 best Lightning accessories

Lightning USB syncing and charging cables

Griffin also produces the obligatory car charger; in this case the PowerJolt SE Car Charger with Lightning Connector ($24.99), which offers charging at 10W – enough for all devices.

30 best Lightning accessories

PowerJolt SE Car Charger with Lightning

JBL

JBL was first to the punch on Lightning speaker docks, and the OnBeat Venue Lightning ($300) is the larger and more feature-packed of the two, offering Bluetooth wireless streaming, as well as letting you dock your iPhone 5, fifth-generation iPod touch, iPad mini or 2012 iPod nano.

30 best Lightning accessories

JBL OnBeat Venue Lightning

The OnBeat Micro (£60) is the more space-friendly option, letting you dock your iPhone 5, new iPod touch or 2012 iPod nano to charge them and play music, but also take it away with you to listen to, thanks to its rechargeable battery.

30 best Lightning accessories

JBL OnBeat Micro

GEAR4

GEAR4 offers the Lightning HomeCharger (£25) for charging your device from the mains, but its 5W output means it's only suited to the iPhone 5, fifth-generation iPod touch, 2012 iPod nano and iPad mini.

30 best Lightning accessories

GEAR4 Lightning HomeCharger

You can get versions for the UK, EU, USA and Australia/New Zealand. There's also the InCar SOLO Charger (£25) which offers exactly the same for your car, down to the 5W limitation.

Gear4's Lightning Dock (£35) is the first charging and syncing dock for iPhone 5 and fifth-generation iPod touch that actually includes a Lightning connector. Unlike Belkin's offering, though, there's no audio-jack pass through.

30 best Lightning accessories

GEAR4 Lightning Dock

Bose

The Bose SoundDock Series III ($250) is the audio company's first Lightning accessory, letting you charge and play music from any Lightning-equipped iPhone or iPod.

30 best Lightning accessories

Bose SoundDock Series III

Philips

Philips has now announced its range of Lightning docks, though there are no prices or exact shipping dates yet.

The Philips Lifestyle Music System offers FM radio, CD player and retractable Lightning dock in one package.

The Philips Portable Docking Speaker is a slim speaker with a built-in rechargeable battery for playing music from a docked Lightning-equipped iPhone or iPod.

30 best Lightning accessories

Philips Portable Docking Speaker

The Philips Room to Room Docking Speaker is a small speaker dock that, despite its name, doesn't seem to be easily portable.

The Philips Bedroom Docking Speaker is a little alarm clock/speaker dock, with a Lightning port for charging your phone and a USB port for charging a secondary device

30 best Lightning accessories

Philips Bedroom Docking Speaker
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