ring tones
Incoming call sounds
Ring tones are the sounds a phone makes to signal an incoming call.
Before mobile phones, telephones simply rang; now users can customize their alerts with music clips, sound effects, or distinctive tones.
The term extends to text message alerts and other notifications: I need to change my ring tone—everyone has the same one.
- cell phonesWireless handheld communication devices
- mobile phonesPortable wireless communication devices
- bellsStruck metal sound-makers
- MP3Lossy audio compression standard
- notificationFormal notice given
ringing · jingle · beep · Nokia · old school · melody · marimba · sounds · loud and clear · smart phones · MIDI · personalization · tune · social identity · chime · incoming · alert · nostalgia
audibility/sound mode
ring tonessilent mode
Phone's soundless setting
mute · silence · do not disturb · airplane mode · sound off