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For me it’s the notification light you used to find on older phones, was particularly good to know if your phone was charged without picking it up

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[–] gedaliyah 80 points 6 months ago (18 children)

Kinda surprised that no one has mentioned the FM tuner. For reasons I never really understood, a lot of companies continued to build the hardware into phones but then wall it off with firmware.

My first MP3 player had one, my TV had one, there were even watches and lots of other devices that had one. People still listen to radio, so why don't they give us a tuner?

[–] CosmicTurtle -1 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Are you sure the hardware is still there? I only ask because given the number of hackers out there, I'm surprised someone hasn't come out with a patch or something to make it more ubiquitous.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

i think I recall that the Bluetooth hardware is essentially an FM tuner. Just needed a wired headphone to use as an antenna. My Moto Stylus 2022 still has it.

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