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Would it not be reasonable to recommend plugging in headphones before using the FM radio? People who really want radio for whatever reason can do it.
by Pyxl101 12y ago
Would it not be reasonable to recommend plugging in headphones before using the FM radio? People who really want radio for whatever reason can do it.
- lelandbatey 12y agoThat is exactly what happens on my phone which has an fm radio app: http://imgur.com/0OITkLe.png http://imgur.com/0OITkLe.png
- Coding_Cat 12y agoSame for my Galaxy S3, it has a radio app but it needs a pair of headphones to be plugged in.
- kzrdude 12y agoMine includes the antenna explanation with the admonition.
- mrshoe 12y agoFor iPod users, that is entirely reasonable (since they are basically required to have headphones handy to use the device at all), and that is exactly what we did. For iPhone users, who never took their headphones out of the box, or lost them months ago, or simply left them at home today... it's less reasonable. The fact is, most iPhone users don't have their headphones with them most of the time. That means the vast majority of launches of the Radio app would go straight to the "Please plug in your headphones" screen, at which point the user would be frustrated because they don't have headphones to plug in. Whether it's worth it to include a feature that would result in frustration for many users, but yield utility for some users, is always a tough call. It's not black and white.
- bmm6o 12y agoMaybe it's just the people I know, but I can't remember the last time someone played music from their phone without headphones. The only time I do it is by accident.
- csixty4 12y agoThere's always one guy (and it's usually guy) who wants to share his tunes with everybody on the bus or subway. As for me, I do it when I'm at home all the time, when I'm doing chores or working from home.