Keypad Tones on by Default?

Published January 30, 2007 products

Why oh why oh why to mobile phone manufacturers set the keypad tones of their phones to be on by default?

‘Beep, beep, beep, beep, beeeeeeeep, beep, beeeeeep’.

I’m sat next to a guy on the train at 6:50 am and he’s beeping at me!

Surely no-one in their right mind wants it switched on? I presume the only reason I ever hear it in public is because the perpetrator doesn’t know how to switch it off.

Damn them.

3 Responses to “Keypad Tones on by Default?”

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1 Iain Farrell January 30, 2007 at 9:24 am

Which begs the question, what are you doing online at that time in the morning?
2 Kars February 1, 2007 at 8:37 am

Of course, some people might prefer the auditive feedback especially with those fiddly keypads nowadays (or, even worse, keypads with no tactile feedback at all!) I expect the iPhone to be a beep-by-default monster too…
3 Warren Hutchinson February 1, 2007 at 11:21 am

I thought about the audio feedback thing, but then realised that it’s most likely the user is looking at the screen, so audio feedback isn’t necessary.

There should also be some tactile feedback in the depression of the buttons which is why I love my Sony Ericsson w810i and hate the keys of the Motorola V3 (don’t get me started on the UI).