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glandium 4 days ago

Phones in Japan used to receive actual TV. Well, slightly different, but still directly from the waves rather than the internet. Phones used to receive AM and FM, too.

promiseofbeans 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Some still can! Usually more low-mid teir devices.

Some of the higher end ones (such as my phone, which is how I know this) have the AM/FM signal processor built into their SoC, but the pins aren't wired to an antena.

bri3d 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

In the US we also briefly got this really cursed thing: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaFLO