Why don't cell phones these days have simple ringtones?

[dainthomas]

put it on vibrate like you should anyways. No one wants to hear your phone ring.

This

 

[Anubis]

put it on vibrate like you should anyways. No one wants to hear your phone ring.

they do however want me to answer the phone

which wont happen if its on vib

 

[rudeguy]

Can you tell I sold phones for way too long? A ringtone is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

 

[Ichinisan]

Uh they do? I haven't come across a phone that doesn't have that old phone style ring tone included. And different variations.

iPhones had one terribly irritating non-musical ringer until iOS 7.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I just load up a random MP3. I have imperial march right now, I should probably change it as I've had it for a while. I had banana phone at some point, that was a fun one too. I should put that back.

Then there's always the super classic one, I don't even know how to describe it, but I recall it being in Jurassic Park when the T rex eats the phone and it's ringing inside of it. It goes something like Deli lee lee lee, deli lee leeeee.

 

[Mixolydian]

I only ever have my phone on vibrate

 

[88keys]

There was the ringtone that I had on my old Nextel phone a long time ago. It was a midi of the Iron Maiden song "Wildest Dreams" and it sounded like boss fight music from an NES game.
For that reason I loved it and I wish I could find it again.

 

[Imp]

Who has it on anything but vibrate anymore... And who even uses the call function except in emergencies?

 

[rudeguy]

Who has it on anything but vibrate anymore... And who even uses the call function except in emergencies?

I actually made a call today! Had to get a script refilled and didn't have the rx number.

 

[pontifex]

You guys must all wear skin tight pants because i rarely feel it vibrate in my pocket. I don't get many calls though. I did download some but i shouldn't have to. I don't want song as a ringtone as i often listen to music so i need something different than music as the ring tone. I hate people who have annoying ringtones that are like wierd songs or supposedly funny sayings.

 

[jasonstevens584]

I agree. Most ringtones for phones these days suck IMO.

 

[Captante]

put it on vibrate like you should anyways. No one wants to hear your phone ring.

Exactly. :thumbsup:

I hate being forced to endure annoying ringtones. Further I almost always keep my phone on vibrate for incoming calls. I'd be embarrassed to have a song play when I receive a call.

Pretty much anyone I actually want to communicate with will text me anyway and for that a simple beep is perfect.

 

[Zodiark1593]

I don't like rings. The sound is too jarring. I use a stock music tone for calls(A Rustling in the Trees), and bird chirps for notifications. If I'm gonna be somewhere loud for awhile, and I think about it, I switch my notification sound to a red tail hawk scream. I don't do that often though cause I always forget to set it back, and that sound makes me jump out of my skin when it's quiet.

For my notifications, I use that message tone from Crisis Core (was a pita to record that 1/4 sec). Reasonably audiable, yet not jarring.

Should find a good sound for the phone itself though.

 

[Staples]

edit: note, this thread wasn't necroed by Staples - it was necroed by a spammer. Spam deleted. -Admin DrPizza

I had a Motorola Android 2.3 years back. I always wondered. There was some app I used that tapped into a database of user submitted sounds. The factory ones were terrible.

iPhone comes with at least a few that are ok.

 

[MarkXIX]

I hate those assholes who hear their phone ring, reach into the dark place they keep the fucking thing, pull it out, stare at the screen as it continues to ring for like 20 fucking seconds without silencing it, put it down for a second to put on their reading glasses, pick it up again as it continues to ring then FINALLY answer it as loudly as they can after it rang for like two fucking minutes straight and then wonder why everyone in the room is staring at them with rage.

Basically, fuck ring tones BECAUSE of those people. Vibrate all the way.

 

[angminas]

Who has it on anything but vibrate anymore... And who even uses the call function except in emergencies?

Billions of people.

And the "who still does X" thing is usually thousands of times douchier than the thing they're complaining about.

 

[Imp]

Billions of people.

And the "who still does X" thing is usually thousands of times douchier than the thing they're complaining about.

I see that you're offended by a 3 and a half month old tongue in cheek joke.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I got a better question, why are all the ringtones quieter, even when at max volume, than the reboot tones?

 

[IronWing]

Why doesn't the alarm clock on my phone work?

 

[shortylickens]

Why doesn't the alarm clock on my phone work?

Because you touch yourself at night.

 

[angminas]

I see that you're offended by a 3 and a half month old tongue in cheek joke.

I see that you greatly overestimate your mind-reading abilities.

 

[Imp]

I see that you greatly overestimate your mind-reading abilities.

I suggest you put me on your ignore list because I use a lot of sarcastic humor on here. A few people a year get offended.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I suggest you put me on your ignore list because I use a lot of sarcastic humor on here. A few people a year get offended.

I'm sure it's way more than a 'few.'

 

[Imp]

I'm sure it's way more than a 'few.'

They should let me know so I can blow them kisses!

 

[Liga]

In any phone there is a default ringtone and by using an app, you can get whatever you want.