ring tone

Mobile call signal

A ring tone is the sound a phone makes when receiving a call.

Early mobile phones offered simple electronic melodies; modern smartphones allow any audio clip.

The term often appears as one word: ringtone.

I need to change my ringtone—I keep thinking other people's phones are mine.

Related

bell · alarm · vibrate mode · Nokia · notification · sound · marimba · caller ID · missed call · beep · polyphonic · embarrassing · jingle · smartphone · audible · WAV · chime · buzzing

Categories
Opposites
phone notification mode

ring tonesilent mode

Phone's soundless setting

mute · do not disturb · silence · sound off · airplane mode

communication signal type

ring tonevibration

Rapid oscillating movement

vibrate

Family

ringtone, ringtones

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G