rammer@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years agoDoes a phone ring if it doesn't make a sound?message-squaremessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareDoes a phone ring if it doesn't make a sound?rammer@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square33linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoNowadays the ringing you hear isn’t necessarily correlated with a phone ringing on the other end.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoDepends what everyone means here. It IS a similar sound intentionally to let the caller know that the call has connected, but not yet picked up. But it was never the actual sound of the other person’s phone transferred through the line.
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoI believe so, back in the day of more analog phone infrastructure
Nowadays the ringing you hear isn’t necessarily correlated with a phone ringing on the other end.
Was it ever?
Depends what everyone means here.
It IS a similar sound intentionally to let the caller know that the call has connected, but not yet picked up.
But it was never the actual sound of the other person’s phone transferred through the line.
That’s what I thought!
I believe so, back in the day of more analog phone infrastructure