Sprint Ringtones

The United States has more than 200 million cellular phone users as of the present time. There have been surveys that showed how people find cellular phones very annoying devices, yet modern man can't survive a day in civilization without them. Mobile communications in the US has grown to become a highly competitive industry, and among the biggest players in this field is Sprint.

Sprint formed a merger with Nextel and the company became an unstoppable force when it comes to wireless services in the US during the 1990's. In fact, the company prides itself of being the first to provide commercial internet access, local and long distance services, and 3G upgrades in the country. Today, there are more than 54 million subscribers to Sprint, and the company also has expanded to providing broadband internet and lots more. Sprint carries the slogan: Sprint Ahead. The company has really proven itself to be a leader in the telecoms industry.

Among the Sprint cellular phone models that are available to their subscribers are from Palm, Sanyo, LG, Motorola, and Samsung. They come with affordable plans with flexible options for call minutes and text messages. As a Sprint subscriber, you not only enjoy their clear voice services and mobile internet features, you can also shop online for your music and your phone ringtone options.

Sprint offers a wide range of ringers, or ringtones, from various artists. These music files for your mobile phone are available fro purchase online and for download. Each song costs about $2.50. There are also Sprint Nextel cellular phone models that allow you to access the Sprint store via 3G or WAP, so you can readily download the songs and ringtones to your mobile phone. You can use these tones for message alerts, call alerts, email notifications, and even alarms.

Ringtone sales offer a huge portion of the earnings of cellular service providers like Sprint Nextel, which is among the largest in the country. As reported by Broadcast Music (BMI), who monitors music sales online and through mobile phones, more than $550 million was earned by telecoms companies in the US from ringtone sales alone. Imagine how in-demand ringtones are for cellular phone personalization.

Ringtone styles that are available from Sprint Nextel subscribers may be monotone, polytone, or trutone. Most of the modern mp3 player mobile phones today support all three ringtone formats. Some services allow clients to download an mp3 file or song from an artist, and receive a shortened ringtone version of it as well. However, if you think $2.50 per ringtone is a little costly, you can still opt to get free Sprint ringtones.

There are sites that only require you to register to be a member, and you can download MIDI, WAV, and various files to upload on your Sprint phone to use as ringtones. Also, if your Sprint phone is WAP enabled, you can log on to the ringtone download site, enter the code for your ringtone of choice, and you will be able to download the file to your phone for free.