I just got myself a nice shiny new phone, and it supports MP3-ringtones. Now, I’m all giddy with the prospect of using my own tunes, but folks picking their kind of music can get annoying awfully quick.
So, has anyone here found a ringtone that’s mildly less annoying than “hit me baby one more time” on repeat?
Erm, forgot one thing… after some consideration I picked the intro of ‘Papa was a rolling stone’ by The Temptations. Doesn’t start blaring straight away.
However, there’s the possibility that by Pavlovian reaction I will grow to hate this song.
In a word, no.
Going to second MissyU2 here.
No ringtone in existence is non-annoying. I think the generic old-style phone ring I’ve got is only moderately annoying, but it still bugs me.
My ringtone is officially a clip from a non-vocal jazz group called The Bad Plus and their song “Flim”. The thing is, my cell phone is my own only phone and I rarely carry it with me. When I do, I usually have the ringer off unless I’m expecting a phone call and even then it’s usually on vibrate. I just looked this morning and saw that I have over 3600 roll over minutes on my 400 minute a month plan. I’m realizing it’s kind of a waste.
Vibrate.
My default ring-tone is “Manha de Carnaval” by Astrud Gilberto. Fairly mellow.
Started using “Not Ready to Make Nice” after a suite-mate badmouthed the Dixie Chicks. Changed back after the election.
For a personal alarm, House of Pain’s “Jump Around” is quite annoying–as it should be!
(Yes, I’m a Ring Tone Junkie!)
My phone just rings. Like a phone. Anything else is hugely annoying after the first or second time you (and everyone around you) has heard it.
Dude…24 ring tone. 
Mine plays the Strokes’ “Reptilia” when I get a call and the Rolling Stones’ “Miss You” when I get a text message. I haven’t tired of either song yet. 
Strangely enough, my Samsung phone did not come equipped with any conventional “ring ring ring” sounds, only a bunch of polyphonic melodies which were all pretty annoying.
Another one who likes vibrations. I don’t even know if the ringer on my phone works. My wife has the most annoying ring. She has it programmed to our kids voices SCREAMING:
“Mom, pick up the phone. Pick it up. Pick it up. You have a call. Hurry, pick up the phone.
Repeat.
Repeat.”
Damn, will you answer the phone already, baby?
My friend had the Macguyver theme song. Actually not bad and fairly peppy.
Another vote for both ‘no’ and ‘vibrate.’
Call me a fuddy-duddy, but I truly believe that all cell phones should only be equipped with a vibrator, and no ring mechanism.
Mine has an MP3 of an old-time phone ringing. It’s easy to differentiate from other cell phones in the room, as well as from land-line phones in the room, and it’s not really annoying.
Mine plays “Who Are You” by the Who…but it vibrates 4 times first so I don’t usually hear it.
No, there is no non-annoying ringtone.
I’ve used a couple songs but I can never hear them if there is significant background noise. So I switched to a regular old ringing phone and every single television show and commercial decided to use that ring so I am often checking my phone because I think I hear my ringtone.
Second that. Although it does annoy some of my friends and family. I use it for all rings except for unknown caller ID because it’s hard to find other ringtones that don’t annoy me.
I use the first few bars from Tainted Love by Soft Cell. It’s not annoying to me.
Actually, I think cell phones should be equipped with a 9-inch hatpin which rams itself into the ass of the owner to indicate incoming calls.
I think I’ve come to hate every aspect of those things’ existence. I feel visceral hatred when I see someone holding one or walking around with it jammed into their ear. Pavlovian, I know. It all started with ringtones.