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by amarant 294 days ago
My old Nokia phone had a SMS ringtone that spelled out "SMS" in morse. It's quite similar to SOS, and now I don't know which is which
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ale42 294 days ago
A proper SOS should be transmitted without breaks (and is therefore sometimes displayed as "SOS" with a bar on the top).

  ___
  SOS  (emergency call)  =  ...---...
  SMS                    =  ... -- ...
  SOS  (three letters)   =  ... --- ...
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amarant 294 days ago
Yeah I think my Nokia skipped the pauses, making it sound more similar to the proper SOS signal. But it only had the 2 long notes instead of three, obviously.
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