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> The service area of Mini FM is very limited only in 100-500 meter radius. Post-Covid, work from home, internet deliveries the trend is arguably things have t

> The service area of Mini FM is very limited only in 100-500 meter radius. Post-Covid, work from home, internet deliveries the trend is arguably things have to distribute to people now rather than people distribute to things. FM radios have all but gone from modern cellphones and vanishingly few people are carrying around discrete ones. BT serves this physically local radio purpose now and is pretty much everyone has it on their person. So it might have had a past but it doesn't seem to have a future.

flangola7 4y ago
What cell phones ever had an FM radio?
- Erethon 4y ago
  For receiving FM radio a lot of them do, definitely most of the feature phones that have a 3.5mm audio jack (the audio cable doubles as the antenna). Some phones released around the 2010s also had FM transmitters, for example the [Nokia N8](https://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n8-3252.php https://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n8-3252.php). The use case for these was to be able to listen to the music you had in your phone via your car stereo, since AUX ports and BT sharing wasn't common back then.
- crims0n 4y ago
  My understanding is any Android phone with a Qualcomm LTE modem and a physical headphone jack can tap into FM radio. The headphones are used as the antenna.
- Narishma 4y ago
  My no-name dumbphone has an FM radio.
- jcal93 4y ago
  As the other commenters said, my Moto G Power has one, and you use the earbud cord as the antenna. It's super useful when storms knock out communication towers in our area because I can still get the local weather and news over FM.
- op00to 4y ago
  Many Nokia, especially the e72 smartphone. I had one in a windows phone too.
- InCityDreams 4y ago
  Several samsungs. I was very annoyed my current phone doesn't have one.
- npteljes 4y ago
  6647 out of the 11007 in the GSMArena's database! https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?chkFMradio=selected https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?chkFMradio=selected
- hilbert42 4y ago
  "What cell phones ever had an FM radio?" Tragically, this question illustrates how successful that Big Tech (Apple, Google, Facebook and the telcos etc.) has been in distorting the free-to-air broadcasting medium and redirecting listeners to its PAID services (Apple store etc.). The fact that someone is actually unaware that essentially all mobile phones were capable of receiving FM Radio (the standard free-to-air FM broadcasts) until Big Tech nobbled them proves the point. It's shocking this has happened and that government has dropped the regulatory ball. Traditional broadcasters are heavily regulated and have to pay substantial license fees yet the likes of Apple, Google etc. can do what they damn well like without impunity in the absence of any such regulation. (We only have to look at the damage to the social order these behemoth companies have caused in recent years to see that they have to be regulated). That Big Tech has managed to essentially kill the FM service on phones to the extent that people aren't even aware of its existence shows that government has abrogated its regulatory responsibly. Moreover, I find it hard to understand why FM broadcasters haven't kicked up a huge stink over the neutering of the FM service, after all, it's in their interest that their broadcasts can be received on mobile devices. It's high time this is rectified, a 20% tax or surcharge on every phone without FM enabled would solve the problem instantly. Government could easily justify this on the grounds that FM is a viable emergency service—when the internet goes down, FM would provide an emergency backup information service—one that it's already performed for over three-quarters of a century.
dTal 4y ago
>FM radios have all but gone from modern cellphones Is this in the same parallel universe I keep reading about where all modern phones don't have headphone jacks? Because every smartphone I've ever owned has had both.

flangola7 4y ago

What cell phones ever had an FM radio?

Erethon 4y ago
For receiving FM radio a lot of them do, definitely most of the feature phones that have a 3.5mm audio jack (the audio cable doubles as the antenna). Some phones released around the 2010s also had FM transmitters, for example the [Nokia N8](https://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n8-3252.php https://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n8-3252.php). The use case for these was to be able to listen to the music you had in your phone via your car stereo, since AUX ports and BT sharing wasn't common back then.
crims0n 4y ago
My understanding is any Android phone with a Qualcomm LTE modem and a physical headphone jack can tap into FM radio. The headphones are used as the antenna.
Narishma 4y ago
My no-name dumbphone has an FM radio.
jcal93 4y ago
As the other commenters said, my Moto G Power has one, and you use the earbud cord as the antenna. It's super useful when storms knock out communication towers in our area because I can still get the local weather and news over FM.
op00to 4y ago
Many Nokia, especially the e72 smartphone. I had one in a windows phone too.
InCityDreams 4y ago
Several samsungs. I was very annoyed my current phone doesn't have one.
npteljes 4y ago
6647 out of the 11007 in the GSMArena's database! https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?chkFMradio=selected https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?chkFMradio=selected
hilbert42 4y ago
"What cell phones ever had an FM radio?" Tragically, this question illustrates how successful that Big Tech (Apple, Google, Facebook and the telcos etc.) has been in distorting the free-to-air broadcasting medium and redirecting listeners to its PAID services (Apple store etc.). The fact that someone is actually unaware that essentially all mobile phones were capable of receiving FM Radio (the standard free-to-air FM broadcasts) until Big Tech nobbled them proves the point. It's shocking this has happened and that government has dropped the regulatory ball. Traditional broadcasters are heavily regulated and have to pay substantial license fees yet the likes of Apple, Google etc. can do what they damn well like without impunity in the absence of any such regulation. (We only have to look at the damage to the social order these behemoth companies have caused in recent years to see that they have to be regulated). That Big Tech has managed to essentially kill the FM service on phones to the extent that people aren't even aware of its existence shows that government has abrogated its regulatory responsibly. Moreover, I find it hard to understand why FM broadcasters haven't kicked up a huge stink over the neutering of the FM service, after all, it's in their interest that their broadcasts can be received on mobile devices. It's high time this is rectified, a 20% tax or surcharge on every phone without FM enabled would solve the problem instantly. Government could easily justify this on the grounds that FM is a viable emergency service—when the internet goes down, FM would provide an emergency backup information service—one that it's already performed for over three-quarters of a century.

dTal 4y ago

>FM radios have all but gone from modern cellphones Is this in the same parallel universe I keep reading about where all modern phones don't have headphone jacks? Because every smartphone I've ever owned has had both.