1. A method for playing pre-call messages, comprising: receiving user input to record a pre-call message for one or more intended recipients in anticipation of an incoming call from the one or more intended recipients; associating the pre-call message with an identifier of the one or more intended recipients; playing the pre-call message to the one or more intended recipients during the ring back period in response to determining the incoming call is from the one or more intended recipients using the identifier, and deleting the pre-call message in response to determining the one or more intended recipients have received the entire pre-call message.