$1.29 for the convenience of just getting a ringtone is a great deal for those who may have more useful things to do with their time. Unless you are making less than $5 per hour the 15 minutes it takes to make your own could be used in a more productive way.
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The Beatles Launch Exclusive Ringtones Through iTunes Store
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Gasu E.
macrumors 603
It really doesn't matter if you're wrong you're right. But at least they stopped your mind from "wandering."
Why would you want them exactly? Buy the song and convert it for free in itunes :/
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Took me around 25 seconds to make one. Faster than the time it would take to download it.
Agreed. I think if someone purchases the song the ringtone should come with it for free as an added bonus. Customers would love it, and it would give people a reason to buy their Beatles songs from iTunes instead of on CD or from Amazon or elsewhere. Win-Win. However, I do wonder if the record companies would have a problem with it. A lot of the time we blame Apple for things that are actually a decision made by the record companies. For example, the high price of $1.29 for what is essentially a preview. Was that Apple's decision or did the record companies demand it? We don't know.
Those days are still here buddy. Just do a google search...
http://www.ehow.com/how_2160460_custom-iphone-ringtones-free.html
Just think of all the money you could make if you stopped eating and sleeping, too!
Of course, you're probably going to spend more than 15 minutes on macrumors today. And you're probably getting paid to do it.
striker33
macrumors 65816
I love seeing people try to stand up for Apple and say its the cost of convenience.
You can get free apps that let you convert any song on your phone to a ringtone. Is it really so hard to plug your damn USB cable into your iPhone?!
Money better off spend on a bag of Haribo.
You can get free apps that let you convert any song on your phone to a ringtone. Is it really so hard to plug your damn USB cable into your iPhone?!
Money better off spend on a bag of Haribo.
Stella
macrumors G3
I'd rather create a Beatles ringtone from the Beatles music I've already paid for, thank you!
It would what, take two minutes, probably a lot less?
Why would I want to pay $1.29 again for a 30 second music clip?
Sure.. maybe good for people who can't be arsed or don't already have the music...
It would what, take two minutes, probably a lot less?
Why would I want to pay $1.29 again for a 30 second music clip?
Sure.. maybe good for people who can't be arsed or don't already have the music...
marty1980
macrumors 6502a
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I agree with hobo.hopkins. There are a lot of people who don't have the patience or know-how for making ringtones. So they pay the cost. Apple & the publishers make money on these people the same way Zynga makes money off of people who buy their in-game "products."
So I don't complain about the BS ringtone costs because they don't affect me... At least not yet.
I agree with hobo.hopkins. There are a lot of people who don't have the patience or know-how for making ringtones. So they pay the cost. Apple & the publishers make money on these people the same way Zynga makes money off of people who buy their in-game "products."
So I don't complain about the BS ringtone costs because they don't affect me... At least not yet.
KnightWRX
macrumors Pentium
15 minutes ? 😕 First it takes about 3 minutes. Next, unless you have the option of working 24/7, it's untrue to say your time can be better spent being productive. No one is productive 24/7.
it really seems to me that the new stereotype of apple owners are rich healthy people, totally noob at technology.
i miss the old times, when i was composing ringtones in my nokia 3310!!
i miss the old times, when i was composing ringtones in my nokia 3310!!
acidfast7
macrumors 65816
uknowimright
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since ringtones don't matter to me I've never checked for an app in the app store, is there none to create ringtones? (I'd check but I have terrible reception at my office it's basically underground)
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"Continuing their close relationship with the iTunes Store following a landmark deal to launch their music in the store in late 2010, The Beatles today announced the release of their first official ringtones, available exclusively through the iTunes Store"
There are far to many 'theirs' for my liking.
"Continuing their close relationship with the iTunes Store following a landmark deal to launch their music in the store in late 2010, The Beatles today announced the release of their first official ringtones, available exclusively through the iTunes Store"
There are far to many 'theirs' for my liking.
I think you are missing that some people cannot do such things easily.
You need to get some new internet access.
No doubt. For instance, we all seem to be reading posts on MR.
Any idiot, I mean technology challenged person can use this app. Ringer. http://pixelresearchlabs.com/ringer
I use garageband daily and I even use Ringer to make ringtones.
BobbyRond
macrumors regular
I agree. Anything more than $0.50 is not worth it. Making your own ringtone is easy. Allowing lazy people to buy one, sure. Charging them $1.29? Sad.
I have one. RMaker. Not great, but it does it. Haven't used it in awhile, the iTunes suggestion above is more worth it to me....if I had any reason to change ringtones.
$1.29 for 25 seconds work
(60*60)/25 *1.29 = 185.76
Good work! You've just saved yourself hiring a ringtone consultant for $185.76/hr
Mad-B-One
macrumors 6502a
Yea, I doubt that the record companies can tell Apple or any other phone producer not to let someone play a piece of music at their convenience if they bought the rights to do so. What is the difference when I paly my music on my iPhone without having it as a ringtone? If that would be true, why can other phone producers do that with any mp3? No, I think greed is the mother of this evil... and Apple probably tries to double tab together with the music industry.
I have been making my own ringtones since I got my iPhone. My question is, what happens when you have iTunes Match? I don't sync from my laptop anymore, just from the cloud.... 🙁