Gone are the days when the only way to tell that someone is trying to reach you on your telephone was indicated by a boring mechanical ring or maybe even an electronic ring. Phones today have ringtones that are nothing short of melodious to ones ears - well, at least most of them. With the advent of the wireless phone, there came a need to improve the ringtones for cell phones as well. Hence, we saw the monophonic ringtone take shape. Today the monophonic ringtones for cell phones has almost been replaced by its cousins, the polyphonic, mp3 and other formats of the ringtone. However these monophonic ringtones still have a large section of users. Let's examine how they came about.

The advent of the monophonic ringtone

Basic but still popular

Despite the fact that there are more realistic and advanced free ringtones that are available, monophonic ringtones are still very popular. These ringtones can be created by anyone and can also be shared through SMS. Nothing is more basic than a monophonic ringtone. Free downloads of these are easily available across all website offering free downloads of mobile related fun. There are different ways to load a monophonic ringtone. Free downloads generally come with instructions on how it needs to be done. The simplest way however is to key the values into the phone composer if your phone has one.