XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: walterjones@invalid.nospam   
      
   micky  wrote   
      
   > In comp.mobile.android, on Sat, 18 Nov 2023 08:50:42 -0500, Oscar Mayer   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 08:05:09 +0000, Jeff Layman wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>   I believe all/most phones require the earphone cable for an antenna.   
   >>>> I don't use an earphone !   
   >>>   
   >>> And I doubt that many carry wired earphones around. Even if you did,   
   >>> there are plenty of wireless Android earbuds around. Those would make FM   
   >>> unusable. I've never tried testing to see if a loose piece of insulated   
   >>> wire just placed in the earphone socket would act as an antenna and   
   >>> allow FM radio to be heard over the phone's internal speaker. Perhaps   
   >>> the coupling would work, but perhaps not if it needs a physical connection.   
   >>>   
   >>> I rarely use the sockets for anything, but one small advantage to not   
   >>> having them would be better water resistance. However, I doubt many   
   >>> people swim or surf with their smartphone on them, and a waterproof bag   
   >>> would be a more reliable choice (and a considerably cheaper one than an   
   >>> iPhone).   
   >>   
   >>It's for emergencies. You don't carry it around.   
   >>You use it when needed. Like you use a flashlight.   
   >   
   > Exactly.   
   >   
   > I keep wired earbuds in my car and in my suitcase and in my home. The   
   > last two are sometimes the same ones!   
   >   
   > The only problem is when the battery goes dead on the wired earbuds.   
   > Wait!  That doesn't happen, like it does to wireless.   
   >>   
   >>In a real emergency, you will be frantic to be using that wired headphone.   
   >>   
   >>Not having the radio is like not having a flashlight when you need it.   
      
   This is what's so very strange about the Apple iKooks who think not having   
   something is better than having it - especially since they have to pay   
   twice as much for their iPhones which don't have it - and then - they ghave   
   to pay yet again for devices with batteries - and then they have to keep   
   those devices with batteries charged up in an emergency situation.   
      
   Meanwhile, those of us who are not duped by Apple into thinking that not   
   having FM radio is better than having it, only need to know where we put   
   the flashlights and wired earphones in an emergency situation.   
      
   If you see my other posts, you'll see that in California along a fault line   
   in a high fire danger area where the power goes out a few times a month, we   
   know a thing or two about being self sufficient.   
      
   An iPhone is so crippled that it can't work without buying more stuff.   
   Specifically, not having an FM radio is always worse than having one.   
      
   Yet Apple has convinced the iKooks that not having any basic functional   
   hardware is better than having basic functional hardware - which shows you   
   how incredibly gullible the typical Apple consumer is (and how brilliant   
   Apple Marketing is - they're even better than Big Tobacco).   
   --   
   You've come a long way baby... to get where you got to today...   
   (should be an Apple slogan instead of for Virginia Slims cigarettes).   
      
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