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It's also expensive. The infotainment is the gateway to whatever you'd likely want to do and with the emergence of CarPlay and Android Auto, your "radio" is upd
by yurishimo 5y ago
It's also expensive. The infotainment is the gateway to whatever you'd likely want to do and with the emergence of CarPlay and Android Auto, your "radio" is updating constantly.
The actual circuit to make a radio work is also tiny. Some early smartphones included a radio tuner in the hardware.
- Johnythree 5y agoThe problem however is the RF interference generated by the central processor and the display. Adding an AM or FM radio is easy. The hard part is adding the necessary shielding.
- PickledHotdog 5y agoSome still do. Recent model Motorolas still sport FM radio functionality
- jeffbee 5y agoIt can't be that expensive. The Pioneer Supertuner III came out in the 1980s and it is considered a state-of-the-art receiver even today. If they could put it in a < $500 head unit 35 years ago, it should cost a nickel today.