# Is a cel phone also an acceptable alarm clock? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 23, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-cel-phone-also-an-acceptable-alarm-clock/558101 "2010-10-23T15:22:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![SmartAlecCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SmartAlecCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAlecCat)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-cel-phone-also-an-acceptable-alarm-clock/558101/101 "2010-10-29T02:35:36Z")
I used to use a palm treo, now a palm pre. I set them at the very lowest volume possible. (If it was in my pocket, you wouldn’t hear it). Never fails to wake me. Of course I usually wake slightly before it goes off, glance over to check the time, then just veg in bed until it beeps. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-cel-phone-also-an-acceptable-alarm-clock/558101/102 "2010-10-29T03:02:22Z")
At home - proper alarm clock On the road - cell phone works just fine. I’m a very light sleeper though. I actually wake to the very faint electrical buzz the alarm clock emits before chiming. ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-cel-phone-also-an-acceptable-alarm-clock/558101/103 "2010-10-30T00:03:29Z")
This is the kind of thread I want to be a part of. I occasionally use my mobile phone as an alarm clock, if I’m away from home, or whenever I want to wake at a time other than 6.30am - the time to which my digital clock radio is set. The phone never fails to wake me. However, I like to listen to the radio in the morning, and to be able to see the time if I wake during the night. Hence why I have a digital clock radio. [PS Hello everyone! First ever post - went quite smoothly, I thought.] ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-cel-phone-also-an-acceptable-alarm-clock/558101/104 "2010-10-30T02:02:06Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Not when you put it that way, I don’t. But but but…We have [this](http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/best-cities-to-move-to-in-america.html)! ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-cel-phone-also-an-acceptable-alarm-clock/558101/105 "2010-11-02T20:20:37Z")
> [@JessMagic](#): > > [PS Hello everyone! First ever post - went quite smoothly, I thought.] For the love of god, flee while you still can. > [@lindsaybluth](#): > > But but but…We have [this](http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/best-cities-to-move-to-in-america.html)! Did you bribe them with chicken orifices? ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-cel-phone-also-an-acceptable-alarm-clock/558101/106 "2010-11-02T21:17:10Z")
Mine is much better than an alarm clock. The only disadvantage is the few occasions when a friend nabs my phone and changes the alarm sound to something annoying, like I Got You Babe. Or maybe I’ve simply forgotten my experiences in Punxsatawney. > [@SanVito](#): > > On my side of the bed, I have an alarm clock. On the other, my girlfriend uses her phone. This is a great source of irritation as her best friend has a habit of going out late, hooking up with random men, and drunk texting ‘yooou’re my bezz and I luuurve you’ at 3 o’clock in the morning. > > I would rather all phones were banned from the bedroom. She could switch it to silent or turn it off. The alarm will still work. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-cel-phone-also-an-acceptable-alarm-clock/558101/107 "2010-11-03T03:09:45Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Did you bribe them with chicken orifices? Lamb, thanks for asking :(. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-cel-phone-also-an-acceptable-alarm-clock/558101.md?page=5)