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Broadly, pay phones fall into two categories: coin-first (where a user must insert money before hearing a dial tone) and dial-tone-first.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
Veteran apartment gropers know enough to commandeer every working telephone booth in the area using friends who listen to dial tones and weather reports for an hour before the newspapers arrive.
—Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
Every version is supplied on a quick-release TPU strap matched to the dial tone, and a separate strap kit featuring four interchangeable quick-release straps is also available.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
There is often a scene of the author waiting patiently, against the dial tone, to sign in to AOL.
—Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
Veteran apartment gropers know enough to commandeer every working telephone booth in the area using friends who listen to dial tones and weather reports for an hour before the newspapers arrive.
—Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
Every version is supplied on a quick-release TPU strap matched to the dial tone, and a separate strap kit featuring four interchangeable quick-release straps is also available.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
There is often a scene of the author waiting patiently, against the dial tone, to sign in to AOL.
—Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Dial tone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dial%20tone. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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