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ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not from every phone, when I was looking for a cheap phones, a lot of Chinese brands still had FM radio.

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  • ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah the cheaper phones usually still have it.

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    • PoolloverNathan@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why does a higher “quality” lead to less features?

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      • Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It is actually worse than that, all phones have an FM tuner built-in to receive emergency alerts from various nations. At one point, I forget who (possibly Sinclair?, iirc it was a large American broadcast company), attempted to pass legislation in the US to force the OEMs to allow access to the chips which somehow failed. I believe most androids that are rooted are able to access the FM radio irregardless, but I am unfamiliar of the minutia involved. I’d estimate 99% of iPhones in use have an FM radio chip, I believe only Sprint (a defunct American carrier) ever shipped with FM radio available.

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• lauha@lemmy.one ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My few years old Galaxy A71 has a radio.

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