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The rise of HD Radio (which I assume phones didn't support), streaming audio (Pandora, Spotify), and even radio apps like iHeartRadio made it obsolete?

• pantalaimon 10y ago
  Only if you live in an ideal world with unlimited data and high speed wireless connections everywhere. In my experience the world is still less than ideal.
  • byoung2 10y ago
    There is usually at least WiFi everywhere you would reasonably expect to get an FM radio signal. When not on WiFi, even with capped data you can stream some form of audio. Barring that, you can store quite a bit of music on a smartphone, and get news in text form. Not much need for a radio on your phone.
    • pantalaimon 10y ago
      There are hardly any open wifis in Germany :(
• popey456963 10y ago
  Increase in the availability of internet on the go and also of storage size also helped things.
• deleted 10y ago
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