# A light instead of a phone ring?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-light-instead-of-a-phone-ring/811494>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 30, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-light-instead-of-a-phone-ring/811494 "2018-03-30T21:45:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Steven\_Estes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Steven\_Estes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Estes)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-light-instead-of-a-phone-ring/811494/1 "2018-03-30T21:45:03Z")

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This is a real long shot, but worth trying.  
I have a cell phone.  
I would like there to be a light in th room that lights when I get a call and the phone doesn’t ring.  
If that weren’t hard enough, the light can’;t be attsched to the cell phone and, when I am out of the house, the cell phone must ring by sound.  
Any possibility?  
I said it was a real long shot.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-light-instead-of-a-phone-ring/811494/2 "2018-03-30T21:51:08Z")

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[Cell phone ringers.](https://www.hearworldusa.com/amplified-telephone-ringers/cell-phone-ringers/)

[Deaf alert systems.](https://www.enablemart.com/hearing-impairment/deaf-alert-systems)

[Phone Ringers and Signalers](http://www.lssproducts.com/category/phone-ringers-and-signalers)

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**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-light-instead-of-a-phone-ring/811494/3 "2018-03-30T21:53:20Z")

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I found several by Googling “Bluetooth light for cell phone ring”.

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**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-light-instead-of-a-phone-ring/811494/4 "2018-03-30T23:50:16Z")

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I remember [this device](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L7L3iSZsNpY) from the 80s. Probably things have moved on since then.