How To Tell If He's Mr. Right By His Ringtone

  • October 7, 2008
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Psychologists say you can pick up a lot of personality cues just from a guy’s ringtone.

You Will Need

  • A guy with a cell phone
How To Tell If He's Mr. Right By His Ringtone: Listen for a default ring

Step 1: Listen for a default ring

Keep your ears open for a guy with a default ring. This is the choice of CEOs because: a) they’re too busy to download the latest hit; b) they don’t need to impress anyone with their taste in music; and c) they need to look professional.

Hear an action drama theme? Statistically, the guy is probably an up-and-coming young executive.

How To Tell If He's Mr. Right By His Ringtone: Pinpoint the geeks

Step 2: Pinpoint the geeks

If a sweet geek is what you’re after, gravitate toward guys who program their phone with songs from popular movie soundtracks.

How To Tell If He's Mr. Right By His Ringtone: Find an old-fashioned gent

Step 3: Find an old-fashioned gent

Find an old-fashioned guy with traditional values by listening for a ringtone that mimics a vintage telephone.

How To Tell If He's Mr. Right By His Ringtone: Check out the classical music lovers

Step 4: Check out the classical music lovers

The guy with classical tunes on his phone might have highbrow tastes… or he might just be trying to make himself look cultured, in which case he’s just pretentious!

How To Tell If He's Mr. Right By His Ringtone: Beware top 10 hits

Step 5: Beware top 10 hits

Beware of guys with a top 10 hit on their phone. They are trying to send the signal that they’re nice, normal guys, when in fact they tend to be macho, manipulative, competitive, and self-centered.

How To Tell If He's Mr. Right By His Ringtone: Popular, but not original

Step 6: Popular, but not original

Guys with popular rap or hip-hop ringtones are in the majority — they might be nice, but they’re not original.

If he’s over 40 with rap or hip-hop music on his phone, he’s truly young at heart, or trying hard to seem younger than he looks.

How To Tell If He's Mr. Right By His Ringtone: Find the fun guys

Step 7: Find the fun guys

If you like fun-loving guys, listen for jokey tunes. Just keep in mind that their good sense of humor may come with a grating need for attention.

How To Tell If He's Mr. Right By His Ringtone: Look out for playas

Step 8: Look out for playas

Need we say it? Stay away from womanizers who broadcast their wayward ways with love ’em and leave ’em tunes.

AT&T’s top-selling ringtone of 2007 was “Party Like a Rock Star” by Shop Boyz.

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Dynamic

Loved it! Totally fun and cool and the actor is great.

over 3 years ago by Dynamic

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I never even thought about this but it is so true LOL. What a great video! Where do you get the actors for your videos on Howcast? They are all so good! xo the beavers

over 2 years ago by beavertalk

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vevadia

You forgot rock ringtones and vibrate.

over 3 years ago by vevadia

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Well done

over 3 years ago by davidjoburg

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Tony_Tacacci

this is actually helpful hehehe

over 3 years ago by Tony_Tacacci

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love the actor ! XD

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over 3 years ago by luckysod04

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Bobby_Currier

My ring tone is Jim Morrison ";Bellowing"; live in Boston 1970 when The Doors played there. What kind of message am I projecting? That's right ladies stay clear of me. I'm that type of guy.

over 2 years ago by Bobby_Currier

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