Cell Phone Ring Tones – 4 Steps to Choose your Ringtone Service
You may wonder, why subscribe to a cell phone ring tone service while you can search the web for a free ring tone downloads? But I’m you are aware you get what you pay for. BBC recently reported that the term “Free Ring tones” is one of the top 7 dangerous keywords to search for in the search engines, like Google. They reported “the riskiest search terms were associated with download (such as “screen saver” and “free ringtone”) and file sharing. This means searching under these categories returned a substantial proportion of dangerous sites”
Basically what this means is that as you search for a free cell phone ring tone you many end up with softwares that install into your computer without your permission. These softwares referred to as malware include programs that spy on how you surf the web and some even steal your login passwords. Does the adage “Buy cheap, Buy twice” ring a bell what about “There is nothing for free?”
For quality copyright complaint as well as wide selection of cell phone ring tones for your mobile phone it is best to subscribe to a ring tone service. But with so many services available how do you pick what is best for you? Here we look at a fairly reasonable way to narrow your choices.
First and foremost get to know your needs. Your phone is primarily for communication. So give first priority to this function. Different cell phone services allow different ring tone providers. So select a good cell phone plan and you will automatically narrow the ring tones available to you albeit slightly.
Secondly, consider the type of handset you have. Different cellular phone handsets can download only some type of ring tones. The newer versions of mobile phones can download all types of ring tones. But at times, when you are flossing the very latest cell phone you may not be able to use some ring tone provider because the phone model has not been added to the system yet. So you may have to wait a couple of weeks.
The concern though is with those with older models of phones. There are basically three kinds of ring tones, monophonic ring tone, polyphonic ring tones and True or Real tones. Older mobile phone may not be capable of downloading and playing true tones and to some extent the poly ring tones. This however does not mean you need to change your handset. There is always a wide selection of cellular phone ring tones.
Some handsets take if even further. You can set a ring tone for different callers. One for you better half, one for your mother and you sure cannot miss one for your mother-in-law.
With your cellular service provider and mobile phone handset having narrowed your choice; the third thing you need to do is to identify your style. Its not every one that wants the Akon hip hop tones as their ring tone. Always keep in mind the primary reasons for a ring tone is to identify your phone when it rings in a crowd. So what’s the use if, half of the crowd has the same ring tone of the latest hit song?
The cell phone ring tone of your choice should obviously be audible for the environments you usually are in. For example music ring tones are not easily audible in noisy environments. Try to avoid the irritating types. Yeah, Crazy Frog ring tone may be your style, but it really can attract some sneers.
Last but not least your cell phone ring tone service of choice should be easy to unsubscribe from. Usually they simply allow you to text a number and you are automatically unsubscribed. When all else is equal, a few complimenting ring tones, can sway your decision; especially if you get more than ring tone.