Sprint GN3 has an FM radio!

[Yuhfhrh]

This was a pleasant surprise for me! Do any of the other variants have FM radios?

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[phyba]

We also got ear buds and extra pen tips

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[atuarre]

This was a pleasant surprise for me! Do any of the other variants have FM radios?

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How do you access the radio?

 

[Yuhfhrh]

How do you access the radio?

There is a built in app called NextRadio.

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[atuarre]

There is a built in app called NextRadio.

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I did not see this. Haven't had much time to play with it. Will check it out. Thanks!

 

[richmc73]

I did not see this. Haven't had much time to play with it. Will check it out. Thanks!

It should be on the screen to the right

 

[otamctech]

We also got ear buds and extra pen tips

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So THAT'S what those little black things are. good stuff. thankx.

 

[richmc73]

So THAT'S what those little black things are. good stuff. thankx.

I didn't catch that that was what they were either.

 

[kronium]

Do you need ear buds plugged in for reception?

 

[richmc73]

Do you need ear buds plugged in for reception?

Yes you do but after you have them plugged in, it does give you the option to output the sound to your speaker.

 

[DCLocal]

Do you need ear buds plugged in for reception?

Yes, even though NextRadio gives you the option to listen through phone speaker instead of the ear buds, the ear buds still need to be plugged in as that is the FM antenna and required for the app to even tune a station.

 

[cherylbaker]

Now that is good to hear. Does it actually work?

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[krichek]

Now that is good to hear. Does it actually work?

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It works very well but there is a catch. There doesn't appear to be anyway to tune a station yourself. You have to select the station from a list of available ones in your area. I notice for my area out of the 5 or so stations my wife listens to, only two are listed. Aside from that I was pretty impressed, as the station I tested on showed album art, artist, and song info.

 

[Yuhfhrh]

It works very well but there is a catch. There doesn't appear to be anyway to tune a station yourself. You have to select the station from a list of available ones in your area. I notice for my area out of the 5 or so stations my wife listens to, only two are listed. Aside from that I was pretty impressed, as the station I tested on showed album art, artist, and song info.

We can probably download an alternate FM app that allows manual tuning.

 

[ffyter]

You can manually tune by going to settings in the app and switch to tuner only mode