The Basics

Q: What is a Ringtone?

A: Ringtones are digital files that let you customize the sound your phone makes when you receive a call.

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Q: What is the difference between Music Tones and Ringtones?

A: Ringtones is used to refer to polyphonic ringtones. Polyphonic ringtones play a programmed version of a song through a small synthesizer chip on your phone to get the various instrument sounds. They mimic multiple instruments in the song to produce a semi-realistic representation of the song.

Music Tones is used to refer to master music tones. Master tones are an exciting new ringtone format for some mobile phone models. They allow a clip or sample of the actual recording of a song to be played as an alert or ring on your phone!

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Q: What are voice and sound ringtones?

A: Voice ringtones are sound clips with people talking. Sound ringtones are sound effects clips. When formatted for your phone, you can use them to notify you when you receive a call just like you would another type of ringtone.

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Q: Are these available in other countries?

A: Currently this mobile content is only available in the U.S.

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