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  2. Phantom vibration syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Phantom vibration syndrome or phantom ringing syndrome is the perception that one's mobile phone is vibrating or ringing when it is not. Other terms for this concept include ringxiety (a portmanteau of ring and anxiety), fauxcellarm (a portmanteau of "faux" /foʊ/ meaning "fake" or "false" and "cellphone" and "alarm" pronounced similarly to "false alarm") and phonetom (a portmanteau of phone ...

  3. Off-hook tone - Wikipedia

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    "If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again. If you need help, hang up and then dial your operator. This is a recording."). A single burst of off-hook tone is sometimes used to indicate to a party that the call is being transferred, notably at 1-800-BELL-SOUTH (800-235-5768).

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    The AOL.com video experience serves up the best video content from AOL and around the web, curating informative and entertaining snackable videos.

  5. Disconnect tone - Wikipedia

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    A disconnect tone in telephony is a tone provided to the remaining party to a call after the remote party hangs up. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Typically, the disconnect tone is a few cycles of the reorder , busy , or the off-hook tone (e.g. in US), or between five and fifteen seconds of the Number Unobtainable tone (e.g. in UK).

  6. The moment NBC anchor Tom Brokaw's cellphone rings ... - AOL

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    By RYAN GORMAN Veteran newsman Tom Brokaw's cellphone went off while he was on MSNBC. Brokaw's phone loudly rang while he discussed Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell's re-election to the U.S ...

  7. Zoo Marmosets Get Hold of a Phone and Total Cuteness Ensues

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    This funny fox led a man on a chase when he made off with his phone. Gorillas at the Toronto Zoo were so interested in guests' phones that the zoo had to ask people to stop showing them to the ...

  8. Busy signal - Wikipedia

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    A busy signal (or busy tone or engaged tone) in telephony is an audible call-progress tone or audible signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection of that particular telephone call.

  9. Phone etiquette 101: When it’s rude to be on speaker — and ...

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    Between calling and video chatting and texting and DM’ing, communication these days has never been more convenient. We can take or make a call anywhere — at the gym, on the train, in the ...