I didn’t even realize Qualcomm removed the built in FM radio from their chips. Huh.

  • joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    What emergency safety features? Making a 911 call?

    The last time a major weather event happened it was really hard to get updated information, the power was out, internet was down. I only had an old battery powered radio that still had an FM tuner.

    As time passes fewer and fewer devices have the FM tuners, and it’s less and less likely I have spare working batteries for them. A phone on the other hand, I’m already setup with backup batteries I can use to recharge it, I don’t need to be as “prepared” to be able to stay up to date if it could still pick up the radio