Why not make cases with FM radio built in?
Phones should have FM radio again
Submitted 8 months ago by corbin@infosec.pub to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.spacebar.news/p/phones-should-have-fm-radio-again
Comments
ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 8 months ago
brb@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Why not just use internet radio?
VonCesaw@lemmy.world [bot] 8 months ago
what happen when internet go down
radio win every time
glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
I stopped watching TV and listening to the radio a long time ago. I will never do that again even if the internet disappeared forever.
CarlsIII@kbin.social 8 months ago
Because the apps fucking suck
AndreTelevise@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Exactly. Have that as an emergency option or a free substitute to streaming music and news. The more options there are, the better. Surely, this is not relevent for the US, where radio kinda sucks nowadays, and Billboard Top 100 are put on repeat, but in European countries, Middle East, Asia etc. this kind of thing is invaluable.
a4ng3l@lemmy.world 8 months ago
European country reporting; our radio offer sucks ass as well and has been for a while. There aren’t small niche stations on waves since it’s cheaper on the net. No clue how it is elsewhere but I don’t think it’s going to be better…
CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
If im not mistaken you can still get the channels, the app is just not pre-installed.
Usanam@lemm.ee [bot] 8 months ago
It’d be better if it had fm transmiter, so you van turn car radio or normal old radio into a useful wireless speaker
Slagathor@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Hell yeah!
pjhenry1216@kbin.social 8 months ago
They'll never include it as it needs the headphone jack. Unless they expect a huge market for radio, that is big enough for them to offer a mea culpa and give back head phone jacks, it's never going to happen.
Would people love to get headphone jacks back? I'm sure. But I don't see the market being there to get companies to give in on that.
simon_greenwood@feddit.uk 8 months ago
This 2022 Nokia has an FM radio. I had a look at the app and it says ‘Please plug in your headset to tune’. It’s not impossible that the USB C port is wired so wired headphones plugged in through an adaptor act as an aerial I suppose.
Balthazar@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Yes they do, and it’s amazing to "tune the radio. Those wires are soo finicky you can hear high school physics!!! Not sarcastic btw. I really do enjoy those damned finicky cables xD