Totally agree: proper radio tuning would also be a big asset to the iPhone for emergency situations when internet and cell towers go down but radio can be the last thing standing. There’s a reason they tell you to keep a radio on hand in hurricanes and such.
At the risk of getting far off-topic, I highly recommend RadioApp for streaming radio on iOS. (Unfortunately has a very generic name, which makes it hard to search for.) Super clean interface, no ads, and most importantly instead of showing you every station on the face of the earth, it lets you focus on local stations if you choose, basically replicating a standard radio tuner interface. Works great in CarPlay too.
I think my favorite feature is that it automatically IDs each track that’s playing and has a button so you can save it to Spotify/Apple Music/etc for later. Honestly a 10/10 app in a sea of really awful radio streamers.
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