phone alarm

Pocket wake-up call

A phone alarm is an alert set on a smartphone, typically to wake the user or remind them of something.

Unlike traditional alarm clocks, phone alarms allow multiple settings, custom sounds, and snooze options: I set a phone alarm for 6 a.m.

My phone alarm didn't go off and I missed the meeting.

The phrase also describes the alarm function itself: Does your phone alarm work when it's on silent?

Related

hit snooze · ringtone · vibrate · beeping · clock · reminder · alert · jarring · groggy · silence · dismiss · repeat · bedside · screen glow · sleep cycle · oversleep · shrill · notification

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Opposites
wake-up method

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Male domestic fowl

rooster crow · cockcrow · dawn chorus · sunlight · sunrise

alert/notification type

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Spring-powered time device

sundial · hourglass · church bells · bell tower · signal fire

alert vs. silence

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Phone's soundless setting

do not disturb · mute · vibrate mode · snooze

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Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G