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Here is a real question: why are there not radio receivers in smartphones? We have hardware to pickup all six of the positioning constellations but there's no r
by flangola7 3y ago
Here is a real question: why are there not radio receivers in smartphones? We have hardware to pickup all six of the positioning constellations but there's no radio? Phones are plenty large enough to fit in an AM, FM, and TV antenna, and at minimum would be valuable for emergency reports.
- krapp 3y agoMany smartphones do have FM radio receivers, they just don't include an app to use them. The financial incentive just isn't there given that people will be using Spotify, Youtube, Netflix, etc.
- Scaevolus 3y agoIt's actually hard to fit an FM antenna inside a phone. A quarter wave antenna is 2.5 feet long. Most phones with radio tuners required you to plug in headphones, and used the headphone cable as an antenna!
- wesapien 3y agoI recall that my wired earphone/headphone acts as an antenna for the LG v20 but I think it was for FM but no AM. I can't check again because I removed the stock OS for LineageOS.