The Nokia 6 was released in 2017 as one of the first Android phones to carry the Nokia name after the brand's return to smartphones, and its tones quickly became familiar to owners of the handset. Clips of its ringtone later circulated on soundboards and video platforms, where creators reused it as a shorthand for a phone ringing or for mid-2010s mobile culture. It remains in use because the melody is instantly recognisable, short enough to drop into a scene, and tied to a widely remembered phone.