Listen to Radio on Mobile Phones
Using the right mobile phones with radio app and the proper antenna, you can listen to your local stations on mobile phones. This feature can save battery and data on a device and is particularly useful in emergency situations. In addition, it’s just a nice extra feature that can make a phone more fun and useful.
The radio tuning capability is part of the modems that go into most phones but the technology is activated only in markets where radio broadcasters (especially NPR) have lobbied to get it turned on. But the mobile industry, which profits from data sales to smartphone users, is reluctant to turn on radio, and many carriers have disabled it.
Wireless Waves: Unveiling the Top Mobile Phones That Still Embrace FM Radio
Some phones come with FM radio turned on, especially rugged Androids like the Blackview Evolve, which runs on the Android 10.0 operating system. Some of Samsung’s smartphones are also FM-ready, including the Galaxy Express Prime and Galaxy Grand Prime on Boost and Sprint. Other models from Motorola, Xiomi and OnePlus have a built-in FM tuner as well.
The reason that most mobile phones in Ghana have the ability to tune into local FM radio is related to what might be described as the intersecting logics of the global economy. These include regulation, social practices and the flow of technology design and production. It also includes competition between the major American providers and their manufacturing partners, which pushes device producers to create products that appeal to consumers’ demands for features.