If not mistaken iHeartRadio requires a WiFi or 3G/LTE data connection. This is pertaining to FM radio. iHeartRadio has FM radio, however to use it on iOS you need to have an app with a data connection.
It is true that the WiFi/Bluetooth modules in current iPhones generally have an FM Receiver section in them, too. However, I would suspect that the Antenna pins are NOT connected to anything, and doing so would require a redesign of the iPhone, since antennas for the 100 MHz FM broadcast band are on the order of 31 inches long. And now that we are not having a traditional 3.5 mm headphone jack and headset (the wires for which typically are used for FM antennas), I'm not so sure it would be a snap to incorporate that functionality into a current iPhone design.
That can't be the main issue. Or an issue at all. I suspect it is tied to the antenna issues and the issues of FM radio signal interference. And when iPods first started and then morphed and eventually we got Phones with true, robust multimedia capabilities no ones saying "If ONLY I could get crappy FM radio THEN this would be worth it." At least no one I ever met read or heard from. FM radio reception wasn't at the top of my list. If you think about it, what the iPod did originally was release us from listening to radio and still having a huge amount of music to listen when and how we wanted. Hearing ads in-between a few songs we might like was what we were getting away from.
Boy am I glad YOU aren't FCC Chairman!
Didn't they do that on one (and only one) version of the iPod?Yes, 100% correct, but you know how millenials get offended when a feature is added that is not targeted exactly to their own personal needs
But I do kinda feel old because I remember when the biggest feature request for the iPod was an FM tuner. Heh.
Exactly!
That's what I was remembering, too; that it was a Nano.
Nobody uses FM anymore. The streaming industry took music over. The only thing the radio is used for is sports and talk, which are dominated by AM waves.
Addressed back on the 1st page of the thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...built-into-your-iphone.2033023/#post-24312978
The 3.5 mm jack was never a problem... until your iPhone fell into the toilet.
Other phone manufacturers have managed headphone jacks that are water resistant. Apple could if they wanted to.
If they could make the phone water resistant with an open lightning port, they could do the same with the headphone jack.
Tinfoil hats get your tinfoil hats here!
Ever heard of obsolescence?
uhm, how often do you travel outside the US? Would be great to listen to radio there and get music and news without blowing through expensive data plans. they also have a much better ratio of advertisement and content.
