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Australian here, also find it bizarre that this is a problem in the US. Biggest problem I have in my Android phone requires the head-phones to be plugged in to
by smegel 10y ago
Australian here, also find it bizarre that this is a problem in the US.
Biggest problem I have in my Android phone requires the head-phones to be plugged in to listen to FM...as it acts as the aerial.
- gtirloni 10y agoBrazilian here. Also puzzled this is a problem at all. I've had phones that needed the headphones to be plugged in, which is an annoyance but understandable. The new Moto G 4th Gen works without them so that might be changing.
- MrBra 10y agoIf your smartphone ships with a stock Android ROM you'll notice that new versions have added the feature of letting FM radio work without headphones plugged in. Also if you really don't want to have wires around you can buy a jack tap antenna (not sure about the naming, making it up sorry) or.. just plug in the headphones and cut the wires away from the jack (and as a precautionary measure insulate it).
- Qantourisc 10y agoFM is a long wavelength (and even more AM) the antenna would take up some space in your cellphone. They might be able to fit it, but yea... costs...
- detaro 10y agoMany phones just use the headset cable as an antenna.
- Qantourisc 10y agoRead the OP again :)
- detaro 10y agoOops. that's what I get for commenting before the first coffee...
- ajosh 10y agoBroadcast FM radio has a wavelength of around 3m which is much larger than cell frequencies. Broadcast AM actually is much much longer than FM due to its low frequencies. If you take 800khz near the center of the dial, the wave length is about 375 meters. AM antennas are smaller because they are generally not very good. Most I gave see in cheap radios are wire wound around a ferrite core. That matches the impedance but the loss is high. It's usually ok for AM broadcast though because the power levels are HIGH and there is minimal multipath distortion.
- donretag 10y agoI do not think the issue is with the US, but with iphones. Every Android phone I have owned has always had an FM radio app.
- crummy 10y agoMy Nexus 6P has no radio app, and when I just downloaded one (NextRadio) it said my phone didn't have the required software.
- jimhefferon 10y agoWhen I bought from Verizon I was told it was not possible.