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When cellphones first came out, they eschewed classic ringers to sound modern and fresh. As soon as they started offering custom ringtones, I loaded up sounds
by cptskippy 7y ago
When cellphones first came out, they eschewed classic ringers to sound modern and fresh. As soon as they started offering custom ringtones, I loaded up sounds from a classic TV and Movie sound effects library onto my Nokia. It included a Rotary Phone sound that became my standard ringer up until I started leaving my phone permanently on silent.
I can't find the sound fx library online anymore but it had all sorts of sound effects used in TV and movies from the 50s to today. I've heard the effects in Looney Toons cartoons, classic Scooby Doo, Mission Impossible, and Knight Rider just to name a few.
Unfortunately I didn't think to keep the entire library and so I only have a few sound files from it converted to MP3.
- nerfhammer 7y agoI always wondered if Apple deliberately tried to kill wacky ringtones by having every default ringtone suck except for the standard simulated landline phone ring so that everyone would just choose that one. But these days everyone just keeps their phone on silent anyway...
- cptskippy 7y agoI feel like that wasn't an option initially and that I was relieved when but also offended when everyone started using the fake phone sound.