rammer@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agoDoes a phone ring if it doesn't make a sound?message-squaremessage-square33fedilinkarrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebionicjoeylinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoNowadays the ringing you hear isn’t necessarily correlated with a phone ringing on the other end.
minus-squarebionicjoeylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoI believe so, back in the day of more analog phone infrastructure
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 months 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.
Nowadays the ringing you hear isn’t necessarily correlated with a phone ringing on the other end.
Was it ever?
I believe so, back in the day of more analog phone infrastructure
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!