In day, almost a million new users of the mobile technology add to the list of customers. The number of cellular phone users continue to rise and there are various reasons for it. This gadzet is not only meant for the purpose of verbal communication, now anything such as photos, videos, ringtones, messages and alike are all communicated via cell phones. They are the cheapest and most convenient method of communication. Since cellular phone manufacturers are producing millions of handsets, competition between them is prospering; thus resulting in lower retail or wholesale prices of phones.

In addition, wireless service providers do grow like mushrooms and continue to increase their number, resulting to lower tariffs in the services that they are providing. It also caused revolutionizing mobile phone units to be more unique than the previous design.

What make it unique from other phones are the different functions or applications that manufacturers installed on it, and one of them is the ring tone. Every cellular phone user is familiar with the ring tone because it is a function that identifies his/her phone from other users. A sound file is installed on a mobile phone to alarm the user of incoming calls or messages made to him/her.

These ring tones can be personalized according to the preference of the user. It can be created, modified, and acquired from different medium.

Ring tones can be distinguished into three types. We will concentrate on explaining the last type of ring tone, the real tones. How can real tones be distinguished from other tones? What is its composition? How can it be acquired free?

• Monotones are of simple one; it is compatible in most, if not all, mobile phones available in the market. It consists of sequential tones at different frequencies.

• Polyphonic ring tones are played on mobile phones capable of playing 16 tones at the same time. The combinations made by this notes produce more harmonic melody than the monotones. New phone models support this type of ring tone.

• Music ring tones or real tones use original pieces of music together with the lyrics, the same as the original recording that we heard from radio and other music players. The format is more advanced because they can be played through original recording-enhanced software, like MP3 and WAV tone format. There are different varieties of true tones nowadays, including the following categories:

1. TV series theme songs such as Scooby Doo, The Simpsons, and Sesame Street for kids. For teens, they also have theme songs like Dawson’s Creek, Buffy, Beverly Hills, and others.
2. If you are not particular into TV, there are also real tones for various radio artists such as hip-hop, reggae, jazz, rock, or even classic songs, depending on your preference.
3. If you are a cultural-influenced person, there are also tones for them such as native tones in the South American continent and Oriental music for Asian culture.

You can get it free. Thousands of websites offer free real tones, though they have cell phone requirements you need to comply for you to acquire them.