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Title: Phone as loud as a speeding train proves popular Post by: Chris from Nailsea on June 07, 2010, 23:00:04 ... but not in Coaches A or G, obviously! ::)
From ccfonline (http://www.callcentre.co.uk/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=259723&CMPI_SHARED_articleId=4139088&CMPI_SHARED_ImageArticleId=4139088&CMPI_SHARED_articleIdRelated=4139088&CMPI_SHARED_ToolsArticleId=4139088&CMPI_SHARED_CommentArticleId=4139088&articleTitle=Phone%20as%20loud%20as%20a%20speeding%20train%20proves%20popular): Quote A mobile phone with a ringtone as loud as a pneumatic drill is proving popular amongst elderly people. The 1,000 decibel Geemarc Clearsound phone has been designed for peopel who find modern phones too quiet and too complicated. It is understood to be the loudest mobile phone on the market. The phone, which has been manufactured by the British Company in Hertfordshire, has been on sale for a few months at specialist websites including the Royal National Institute for Deaf People, which says it has sold thousands. Hearingdirect.com, which sells discounted hearing aids and other accessories, said that it had seen twice as many visitors to its site since the phone was launched. Title: Re: Phone as loud as a speeding train proves popular Post by: inspector_blakey on June 08, 2010, 00:14:22 At risk of asking a silly question, if someone can only hear a 100* dB ringtone, how on earth do they hear the phone speaker when they actually pick up ??? Or does that broadcast at the same volume as a rock concert? Or is this some kind of bizarre late April fool?!
Imagine sitting next to someone on a train when that went off in their pocket! :o *Think ccfonline may have got a bit confused with their powers of ten - 1000 dB is way off the scale (shades of Spinal Tap and their amps which had a volume setting of 11)! Even a gunshot or jet aircraft taking off only score about 150 dB... Title: Re: Phone as loud as a speeding train proves popular Post by: JayMac on June 08, 2010, 00:45:58 "As loud as a pneumatic drill......."
Hells teeth! Having a noise that loud on your person is hardly appropriate if you're already hard of hearing. Gonna make your hearing worse with prolonged exposure. Also, many elderly folk, who this phone is apperently targeted at, have heart conditions. Sudden very loud noises from a pocket could finish 'em off! Title: Re: Phone as loud as a speeding train proves popular Post by: devon_metro on June 08, 2010, 11:32:21 At risk of asking a silly question, if someone can only hear a 100* dB ringtone, how on earth do they hear the phone speaker when they actually pick up ??? Or does that broadcast at the same volume as a rock concert? Or is this some kind of bizarre late April fool?! Imagine sitting next to someone on a train when that went off in their pocket! :o *Think ccfonline may have got a bit confused with their powers of ten - 1000 dB is way off the scale (shades of Spinal Tap and their amps which had a volume setting of 11)! Even a gunshot or jet aircraft taking off only score about 150 dB... I was also thinking that 1000dB was slightly excessive :o :o This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |