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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Not long ago I decided to buy a radio just for emergencies. I guess having it in my smartphone would be better yes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

OTOH I bet the radio would last a lot longer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I got myself a proper camping radio. It lets you charge your phone on it too, and recharges with solar panels AND a manual dynamo hand crank where working it for ten minutes gives you an hour of radio.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's the price point for something like that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This one is a Sangean MMR-88 (cost me 1000 SEK). I think the price range is wide and it's cheaper outside Europe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

For a while, a lot of the software designed radios already in phones could be hacked to play FM. I remember a friend doing it back in 2010-ish on his Nexus One.