They do take away the flash light on some cheaper phones.
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So yes, I may carry around an FM radio for now since we got our Pixels not that long ago. Would you then carry around a flash light just in case you might need it?
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Imagine if they took away the flashlight ability on smartphones. Any list of common items to have for emergencies will always include a radio. And having an FM radio is a safety feature. I want to be able to call someone if I have a flat tire, if my kid gets injured and needs an ambulance, or to find out what the weather’s like or the road conditions or how’s the pandemic going or if there’s a terrorist attack going on or if the forest is on fire or if the dam broke or if I was supposed to buy apples or bananas or both. But the main reason for having a phone IMO is for safety. Sure, having a smartphone with all it’s nice modern features is, well, nice. What will almost certainly happen is that I’d end up going through all the trouble of carrying this device around for in case of emergency and the day I forget to grab it or I lose it or I just get plane sick of carrying it around will be the day I need it. Wallet, phone, keys, and now a radio… That’s more pocket bulge and another device to keep track of. I already have enough stuff in my pockets as it is. Why would you want a old garbage phone that is slow, has security leaks, will never be updated, no oled, for a 20 dollar radio.īecause I don’t want to carry around two devices that could be one. Why not just buy a fm radio, they are dirt cheap. At times I even think it might be better to just get an old Lumia or other old phone with an FM radio app and pay off and sell the new ones. But I still keep thinking it would be more convenient to just have phones that have a built in FM radio and carry around pair of ear buds, which is what we do anyway. So, maybe we’ll just use the Pixels like they are for now and keep the tape player handy for an emergency. I also distinctly remember our old Lumias and non-smart phones always had an FM radio app. As a result, when this happened I found myself rummaging through the drawer where I have some old electronics to see if I could find any old device that has an FM radio to carry around and ended up finding an old tape player that uses AA batteries. When that has happened the only way to get any information of what’s going on is by radio since all local radio stations broadcast up-to-date information from the local authorities on the matter.
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Depending on where you’re at in the valley, it’s 60 to 100 miles over treacherous mountain passes (especially in the winter) to the next place where there’s a connection.
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And during the past year this data line has been cut twice rendering our town out of communication for several days. The valley where we live is fed by a single data cable that feeds all internet, all cellular towers and even all home phones across all service providers, not just T-Mobile. In 2019 we got a Pixel 3a XL for the wife and then in 2020 I got a Pixel 4a. The plan was to take care of these for at least 3 years and then change them out for something else after they’re worn out or something else becomes a must-have.īut we’ve come to the realization that there’s one feature that these phones don’t have and now we see as important… FM Radio. Finally my wife and I both made the jump into buying our first brand new smartphones (before we always had used ones).