What can you say about ring tones? NOTHING ... except that cell phones capable of downloading ringtones are the successor of monophonic ringtones but the immediate predecessor to true tone ringtones. This is in contrast to MP3 ringtones, for example, which will play digitally sampled recordings.True tones are the most popular form of ringtones. They capture 3/4 of the US ringtone market in the second quarter of 2006, followed by monophonic ringtones and polyphonic ringtones are falling in popularity while ringback tones are growing.Monophonic and polyphonic ringtones only require the payment of the publishing royalty. Some polyphonic ringtones are better than monophonic ringtones. However, they still sound more like an old video game than real music. Polyphonic ringtones are much more sophisticated than regular monophonic ringtones.With increasing market and technology development the number of voices was steadily increased. This was improved upon with polyphonic ringtones, which played several tones at the same time so a more convincing melody could be created. For sure, polyphonic ringtones are falling in popularity while ringback tones are growing.Monophonic