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Seems like this leaves a big unanswered question. Why haven't any manufacturers done this? Seems like it would give their product a big advantage.

In any case, as annoying as it may be that they don't offer free FM radio, I don't see why for-profit businesses should be under any obligation to do so.

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What do you mean "why haven't any manufacturers done this?"

The whole point is that manufacturers have done this, the phone hardware and software generally support FM radio, for many models the (non-US) advertising material lists that feature - but the carriers have intentionally gone out of their way to disable it.

IIRC, It's a carrier thing, not a manufacturer thing. One carrier (Sprint) already does it, no one else does.

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