# You ever notice how much a Smart Phone sounds like a calf's cry?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 29, 2016, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ever-notice-how-much-a-smart-phone-sounds-like-a-calfs-cry/775839 "2016-12-29T12:32:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ever-notice-how-much-a-smart-phone-sounds-like-a-calfs-cry/775839/1 "2016-12-29T12:32:36Z")

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This is mundane but I think about it every time I shut down my droid phone.

It vibrates and makes this baa wahh! Sound.

Almost exactly the sound a calf makes. I grew up helping my uncle raise calves and feeding them on bottles. Wonderful memories and I love that sound they make.

If you never heard a crying calf. Skip to the 9 second mark of this video.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2KMjMv0Cf2w/maxresdefault.jpg "Sweet Baby Calf Cries for Momma Cow, Nowhere to be Found, Day 69, Solo Healing Journey, Goa India") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KMjMv0Cf2w)

Now you too can smile every time you shut down your phone. 😃

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ever-notice-how-much-a-smart-phone-sounds-like-a-calfs-cry/775839/2 "2016-12-29T21:43:10Z")

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No, I’ve never noticed such a thing, likely because I keep my phone’s sound off. 😉

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ever-notice-how-much-a-smart-phone-sounds-like-a-calfs-cry/775839/3 "2016-12-29T22:01:15Z")

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That’s because all of this “microchips” stuff is just mumbo-jumbo. A smart phone is actually operated by the imprisoned soul of a young calf. It is in constant, endless terror.

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ever-notice-how-much-a-smart-phone-sounds-like-a-calfs-cry/775839/4 "2016-12-29T22:23:35Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> That’s because all of this “microchips” stuff is just mumbo-jumbo. A smart phone is actually operated by the imprisoned soul of a young calf. It is in constant, endless terror.

And pain. Don’t forget about the pain. Calf soul terror and pain is what summons Uber.

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ever-notice-how-much-a-smart-phone-sounds-like-a-calfs-cry/775839/5 "2016-12-29T22:46:03Z")

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I’m going to stake out the controversial opinion that smartphones don’t sound like cows, unless you put a bleating cow ringtone on one.

Flame away.

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ever-notice-how-much-a-smart-phone-sounds-like-a-calfs-cry/775839/6 "2016-12-30T00:04:40Z")

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I only hear it when the phone shuts down. I think the mechanical motor that makes it vibrate is creating that sound.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ever-notice-how-much-a-smart-phone-sounds-like-a-calfs-cry/775839/7 "2016-12-30T16:52:02Z")

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Mmmmmmmm, I do love me some veal.