technology Do you use an alarm clock or your phone’s alarm feature to wake up?

[Venomous 18,813]

Do you use an actual alarm clock to wake up or do you use your cell phone’s alarm feature?

[Sphinx-Ara 3,517]

Yeah, usually on Tuesday's when I need to wake up early for shopping, but my cat usually wakes me up before it goes off. Oh and my phone alarm.

[Crunchypuff 152]

I used to use an alarm clock, one my dad used to own when he was young. It was old, and the hands and numbers glowed in the dark. If it was just a bit older, it would've been glowing due to something radioactive lol, but this one was slightly newer than that model.

Then it broke and now I just use my phone. I miss that old clock.

[Misty Shadow 7,083]

I had a weird obsession with alarm clocks when I was young, but I always use my phone now, even though I'm not the biggest fan of phones. I always have "GOOD MORNING" going off on my phone for those day-offs I don't want to sleep in on and miss. 

[SharpWit 2,472]

Used to have an alarm clock but I found it to be too alarming. Had the feature on an old flip phone but I had a tendency to sleep through it. Briefly used a nickelodeon radio alarm clock and woke up to the sounds of either a bugal or space launch. Once I had a smart phone I relied on it and all others since.

[Tom Gallagher 33,521]

I just wake myself up. I'm usually quite good at waking up at the right time of day. 

[Harmonic Revelations 8,833]

I've actually (unwillingly) adjusted my sleep schedule to the sound of my inconsiderate upstairs neighbors clamoring around, without fail, around nine to nine thirty in the morning.

[Midnight Danny 9,023]

I used to set my phone's alarm clock every morning when I had to go to school. 

[Awkward Segway 301]

I use the alarm feature on my iPad rather than my phone.

[Sunny Fox 5,929]

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6 hours ago, The Wife of Hawks said:

Do you use an actual alarm clock to wake up or do you use your cell phone’s alarm feature?

I consider my cell phone's alarm feature to be an actual alarm clock

Or are you asking "Do you use an analogue or digital alarm to wake you up?" In which case, why is the analogue alarm considered "actual", and the digital, somehow inferior?

[Brony Number 42 9,925]

I use my phone, since it won't die if I lose power. But 90% of the time I wake up before the alarm goes on.

[ExplosionMare 18,007]

I use either my iPod as an alarm or my phone if I don’t have access to my iPod

[Pentium100 2,056]

Third option. A raspberry pi, connected to a small ampifier and a speaker near my bed. It starts playing quiet, slow music, but each song is somewhat louder and faster. 

To turn it off, I have to get out of bed, walk about 3 meters and turn off the amplifier.

[Pandora 38,004]

My phone alarm because I wake up grumpy from regular ones

[Cagey 4,205]

I generally don’t need an alarm, but if I need to wake up earlier than usual for something important, I’ll set one on my phone. I used to have an alarm clock, but the sound it made… 

[Props Valroa 26,024]

I use an actual alarm but I always end up waking up before it.

[Clawdeen 12,109]

I used to be one of those people who slept through their alarm (had like 3 alarm different clocks and slept through them all.) So I bought the Sonic Bomb alarm clock. It’s not even all the way up volume wise and you can hear it on the other side of the house. My phones alarm is way too soft compared to this beast.

[Gaines 1,109]

I don't use an alarm, I rely on people to wake me up  Mainly because I wouldn't be able to hear the alarm go off in the first place (I'm hard-of-hearing) 

[North Star 4,540]

I use an obnoxious landline phone.

It always sounds so angry. 

[Chadbacca 375]

In the event that I need an alarm, I just use an alarm clock. Otherwise, I just wake up on my own.

[75ponii 151]

i just wait till i get scared by something then wake up, i never use alarms since i dont have a schedule for anything

[ShadOBabe 18,984]

I use my cellphone. Chimes sound on my iPhone.

[Jeric 46,834]

Yes, but it actually rings silent and passes the alarm to my watch which wakes me up with slight vibrations.

[Yoshi89 5,290]

I still use an alarm clock. I have it set to a sports station.

[Ganondorf8 11,118]

I wake myself up though the exact time varies depending on how much sleep I got.