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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 at work. That, and I'm paranoid and want an FM radio on me, but I haven't found any portable radio that fits in my pocket along with my phone, wallet, keys and everything else in those pockets.
Is there any new Android phone (or iPhone, but I know there’s no iPhone) with an FM (and AM and Shortwave and ATSC) tuner right now from T-Mobile?
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.
Take into consideration that T-Mobile's (Google's stock) implementation of VoLTE on all devices is required now to have working calling. Imported devices not designed for the US market and legacy devices will more than likely not meet that requirement.
tidbits wrote:
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.
Man, that’s so sad! It looks like there’s a few phones out in other parts of the world with it: Samsung M series and maybe Xaomi phones.
After several times we've had valley wide power + phone + data outages, sometimes for days, I'd really like to carry around an FM radio of some sort. I guess I'm going to have to either, like you said, use an older phone again like my "dumbphone" ZTE Cymbal Z320, or add more pocket bulge and stuff yet another uncomfortable device down in one of them. Maybe it's time for a "murse"?
I could go the ol' LG G3 phone route too. I had one of those with LineageOS and FM radio until the motherboard died.
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.
