Someone please explain subscription based Ringtone downloads

So I am browsing through Handango as I often do and I come across an ad for Ringphonic by HDM which is a subscription based ringtone download service for the BlackBerry 71xx series devices. I glance over the Ringphonic page on Handango and I say to myself, “That’s not too bad. 8 ringtones for 9 or 10 bucks.” Then look a little closer and I see that it is 9 or 10 bucks per month for you to be able to download 8 ringtones a month.

Now, I am not knocking Ringphonic because this is one of the more popular BlackBerry downloads at over 38,000 and the user rating is 5 out of 5 stars. Just cannot for the life of my figure out why I would need a subscription for such a service. Are ringtone downloads for BlackBerry 71xx series devices in such demand that people are willing to sign up a monthly subscription to get them?

Eight ringtones a month indefinable seems a bit much to me. I am absolutely missing the point so I hope that someone can explain this one to me.

Written by Robb Dunewood on December 7th, 2005 with 3 comments.
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Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com John Tesh
#1. December 9th, 2005, at 3:01 PM.

Have you considered the numbers could be fixed?

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Jonathan Lambert
#2. January 14th, 2007, at 3:21 AM.

Well, the same or similar service is on the new Razr my wife got from Sprint. To me, it seems absolutely retarded.

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Wayne JCI
#3. April 17th, 2007, at 10:38 AM.

I was thought the same thing and agree! Doesn’t make any sense to me. Looks like another scam.

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