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Trade in our phones or carry a separate FM Radio?
Finally my wife and I both made the jump into buying our first brand new smartphones (before we always had used ones). In 2019 we got a Pixel 3a XL for the wife and then in 2020 I got a Pixel 4a. El...
I would suggest the LG V60, if that fits with what you need. The last LG I had was a V30, but FM worked perfectly fine on it. The V series from LG have always focused on audio and video. If LG had stuck with the same styling as the V30, I would have picked up a V60. Hopefully someone with a V60 can chime in to confirm if FM works on it. A call to LG Support or a visit to LG's forum might also net you some good info as to if the V60 has what is needed to pick up FM.
itdefbechill wrote:syaoran wrote:Most phones are capable of receiving FM broadcasts. It is usually the OEM's that don't provide the app or software to receive them. The only OEM I am aware of that purposely blocks devices from making use of the FM signal they receive, are Apple devices. In the Play Store, there are FM Radio apps that don't use data to stream you local radio. Perhaps give one of them a try to see if they get you what you want.
Man most phones dont even have head phone jacks, which makes them not fm capable. No modern phone has fm radio. All samsung phone from s10 to ultra 21 dont. The last tablet with a headphone jack was the s6 tablet. The new one plus dont have radios, liberm 5 no radio, google phones no radio as he says he has one, so most phones are not capable of fm recieving. The accurate statement is no modern phone has fm radio.
I didn't necessarily mean flagships. I wouldn't consider the Pixel line of phones to be flagships by comparison to some of the devices offered by Samsung and other manufacturers. I haven't bothered counting and comparing. However, the LG V60 ThinQ does for starters. Samsung and OnePlus tend to leave headphone jacks on their more value centric offerings, like the A51's and A71's. LG's K92 and Velvet also have a headphone jack. These are just what I can think of off the top of my head but I am sure there are plenty more and every phone I mentioned, is a modern device.
