Fun fact: almost every phone on the market has the hardware. It's just drivers/software that are missing (and, more recently, the antenna's been unavailable with the removal of the audio jack. The radio chip is still in there though)
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Even most cheapo mp3 players have this functionality built in
I miss when MP3 players were popular. There was a lot more variety in consumer tech before 2013-ish
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Every phone I had that did this also used the wired headphone cable as an antenna. Personally I do like Bluetooth on the go (for casual listening only), so I'm not actually sure it would be usable unless the phone had a separate antenna.
This is still a feature in some major brands though. I have a Moto g power from a relatively recent model year and it comes with a built-in FM Radio app that uses wired headphones as an antenna. It also still has a headphone jack so I don't know how indicative it is of the broader US market.
FM radio is the one feature removal I don't mind. You can access all radio on the internet now, so it's unnecessary anyway.
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So glad that mine does.