Does the iPhone have a plain "ring ring" ringing telephone ringtone?

Not sure if the factory ringtones will be 100% identical for the iPhone released in the UK but it includes what is called "Old Phone" which sounds like the ring associated with old rotary phones in the U.S. which is what I use. It is plenty loud and professional sounding when in a business environment.

There are additional options now for the New Text Message alert but the alerts for New Voicemail, New Mail, Sent Mail, Calendar Alerts, Lock Sounds and Keyboard Clicks are factory set and can't be changed at the present time.

For what type of message with this short beep - voicemail?

There is a plain ring ringtone (it's called Old Phone) - albeit it, it sounds like an old American phone, not an old European phone.

There is no beep alert -- there is a tri-tone, a chime, a glass "ping", a "hooga" horn, a bell tone, and an electronic sound.

I prefer the "Old Phone" too. There needs to be more traditional phone sounds available. Dog barking et al or the latest pop sensation just doesn't register in my head as a phone ringing.

"Alarm" is good though, it gets your attention.

I hate MP3 ringtones too. I think it's kind of silly. I have been using the "Old Phone" ring ever since I bought a Sony Ericsson phone back in 2002, and I believe it is really cool (especially for a 21 century device such as iPhone!) and "professional-sounding".

I only wish Apple have made a super-cool brand ringtone, a-la Sony Ericsson's brand ringtone and SMS alert sound.

Finally, I feel like I'm not crazy for wanting a plain, normal ringing phone sound! I use "Old Phone" and find it pretty much the only acceptable ring for the iPhone now. I sure hope they come out with a few more normal sounding tones (I have NO desire for songs as rings, kthxbye).

I've never for a second thought I was crazy for hating the current crop of these stupid rock and rap songs as ringtones. Using such tones shows no class and no maturity whatsoever.

So much much of a geek am I for making a couple of Tower of Power ringtones? Harmless, right?..:o))

A few years ago, when uploading one's own ringtones was made possible, I actually went around and recorded several phones' ringers because of the lack of real ringtones available. Now THAT'S being a geek!

Geri O

I think even the 'old phone' is a bit childish. Why not just include some normal cell phone ring tones. I agree the old phone is much better than a song ring tone though. It just annoys me that they have all of those stupid silly sounds (come on...a dog barking???) when all most normal people want is just basic tones. The ability to buy songs as ringtones is not something I'm against, as I'm sure many many people will use this feature. But I think people should have the option to use normal ringers.
BTW does anyone know a song that has a normal sounding cell phone ringing in it? Perhaps a skit or something off of an album. I would consider purchasing it from iTunes just to have something that sounds normal.

Yes to the Plain ringer. Sounds like the black ones up on the wall. As far as the single beep not that i have seen but maybe. I have the glass for my SMS.

12frets56...Thank you for your post. Finally someone talking about a true ring tone for their phone.

I think people are going off the deep end about these ring tones...