Better link: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/fcc-chief-ajit-pai-wants-apple-to-stop-disabling-fm-radio-chips-in-iphones/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets

Better link: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/fcc-chief-ajit-pai-wants-apple-to-stop-disabling-fm-radio-chips-in-iphones/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/fcc-chief-ajit-pai-w... Until iPhone 7, there was a FM chip but it was from a commodity board and Apple actually never connected the chip to the phone. After iPhone 7, it simply does not exist. All this is in FCC filings of Apple.