I live in the UK and I gotta say I totally loath ringtones... They drill through my head, especially as most people have their ring volume on max deafening everyone in a 10 mile radius with a monotone rendition of Heresy's (Hearsay) last single.
Also, whats the point of having a song on there anyway? Ur supposed to answer your phone inside a few rings so really u just hear 5 - 10 high pitch mind shattering notes before u press the answer button, its not like you're gonna sit there jiving to Five's latest single on the train...? Or at least I really hope not...
Theres so many companies ripping off crap music and putting it as a ring tone, I really doubt theyve got permission to do so, but then again, the tones dont even sound like the song theyre supposed to so they probably dont even need permission.
Wish people would just put their phone onto vibrate mode and be done with it... Its not like the whole world needs to know you have an incoming phonecall is it...
Having said that, theres some phones by Sony and also the SPV that allow u to either record in sound or use MP3s to playback, this I find less annoying depending on the users music taste, not sure how good Napalm Death or Atari Teenage Riot sounds on a crappy mobile phone speaker though...
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I live in the UK and I gotta say I totally loath ringtones... They drill through my head, especially as most people have their ring volume on max deafening everyone in a 10 mile radius with a monotone rendition of Heresy's (Hearsay) last single. Also, whats the point of having a song on there anyway? Ur supposed to answer your phone inside a few rings so really u just hear 5 - 10 high pitch mind shattering notes before u press the answer button, its not like you're gonna sit there jiving to Five's latest single on the train...? Or at least I really hope not... Theres so many companies ripping off crap music and putting it as a ring tone, I really doubt theyve got permission to do so, but then again, the tones dont even sound like the song theyre supposed to so they probably dont even need permission. Wish people would just put their phone onto vibrate mode and be done with it... Its not like the whole world needs to know you have an incoming phonecall is it... Having said that, theres some phones by Sony and also the SPV that allow u to either record in sound or use MP3s to playback, this I find less annoying depending on the users music taste, not sure how good Napalm Death or Atari Teenage Riot sounds on a crappy mobile phone speaker though...