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Is the Sonim XP3plus the only phone with FM radio available from T-Mobile right now?
I decided to go back to using my Google Pixel 5a recently after using my ol' flip phone ZTC Cymbal Z320 for a whole year. But I'm really missing that FM radio again as I don't get any Wi-Fi or data a...
None you will have to go older than new to get one. FM has been phased out of phones for about a decade now in the states.
After being with T-Mobile for 18 years (2005) I'm frustrated with new smartphones and am not sure what to do about it.
Internet in pocket - pros and cons.
No FM radio - what about emergency preparedness? Plus Wi-Fi and data are iffy where I live and work.
Google Play Music is - gone. I can't seem to find an MP3 player app I like so I can play my CD's I've bought over the years. The MP3 player on the ol' flip phone is better than any app I've found.
I hate touchscreens. I hate touchscreens. Or maybe touchscreens hate me…???
I haven't gotten used to subscription stuff like Pandora and Spottify. I mean, why pay for a subscription just to try to find out if I can get my music to play, music that I already bought in CD's? And I'm not impressed with the free versions, so I just don't use these kinds of things.
I don't care about having a camera anymore. It doesn't seem like I can find anything interesting enough to take photos of. Friends, family and people in general don't comment on my Facebook, Instagram and YouTube pics and videos. Out of 20 YouTube videos over the last year, only two got more than 2 views, and only one got one comment.
Sorry about the rant there...
But there's one or two reading/research apps I like and some note taking apps. So I kind of like lugging around an electronic device of some sort.
What would you do in my place?
- Drop the Pixel 5a (or is it 4a?) I just started using again after 10 months of using my flip phone and go back again to the flip phone (ZTE Cymbal Z320 4G with FM radio) and then lug around my iPad Mini 2 for reading?
- Or get an older smartphone with FM radio and to keep trying to find a music app I actually like? SO an older phone may not work?!
- Or keep the Pixel 5a and lug around a pocket Radio, maybe a pocket MP3 player with FM radio?
- Or just forget owning a smartphone. Ham radio or other methods of wireless communication just seem more interesting right now. Anyone else on single side band on the 40 meter band???
- Or should I admit myself into the psych ward for digital bipolar syndrome?
