How To Get A Free Ringtone | Cell Phones

By ChrisChanning
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Mobile phone ringtones have become a large industry for cell phone providers. Ringtones alone account for a vast majority of the optional profits companies receive, simply because they are so popular with consumers. But getting one's hand on free ringtones will keep their bank accounts running high, and their mobile phones just as jamming.

While most cell phone carriers will allow for third party content to be downloaded at no extra charge, others have a "closed end" system that only allows content to be obtained through their own network of services. Even under such a tyranny, there are ways to get around the ban on content created by others. After all- it's your mobile phone, why let the cell phone carrier dictate what you use on it?

Connectivity is what cell phones are all about- and this fact also helps give mobile phone users a way to get free ringtones even under tight watch from the mobile phone provider. Technologies such as Bluetooth allow mobile phones to connect wirelessly and share content. It just so happens that ringtones can be traded this way, meaning friends can share ringtones and content for no charge at all.

Often times before one can transfer a ringtone for free, they must first have access to the free ringtone in question. While many would pay for the ringtone to obtain it if their friends don't have it, many websites provide all types of free ringtones. Free websites that offer such ringtones may demand that surveys be completed in return, or even an offer investigated, but in effect the consumer gets the ringtone for absolutely no cost.

Some computer programs will allow free cell phone ringtones to be obtained as well. In this instance the consumer will need to have the music they want as a ringtone already in their library. By sectioning off a certain part of the song and converting it to the required format, one can obtain a ringtone from their own library for absolutely no cost. With a little searching, such programs can be found for free as well.

Be warned, however, that many "free ringtones" are actually part of a payment plan. Commercials that advertise free ringtones will have footnotes that claim that a plan will need to be purchased for the free ringtone gift. This is a dastardly way of tricking consumers into money, but in the defense of such means of selling ringtones, the consumer should have paid their attention to the "fine print."

Final Thoughts

Getting free ringtones for your cell phone isn't hard if you know what you're doing- but it can indeed be time consuming to get what one wants. Friends don't always have a certain song, and Internet websites may not always have a special spot of the song one enjoys. In such times, it's often best to make a new ringtone from scratch or give in to settling for less.

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