Actually, we were always against it, to give a toy telephone or the like our son. We were of the opinion that he does not need a "cheap plastic toys with music". But when he was about 10 months old, was found at another toy with melody that he loved this and prefer repeatedly pressed the button with the music. In addition, he always wanted to have our phone, which of course is in the constant dropping not so advantageous. So it happened that our son finally got a present from his godmother this phone. He has it now for 1 week and can not get rid of or out of sight there. He understood very quickly as it needs to press the "keys" and would be always huge when a melody / ring tone etc. can be heard. What makes the whole thing particularly advantageous: The melody and noise are relatively quiet. The mobile phone therefore shrieks despite continuous use not constantly through the apartment and also the ears of our son are protected. Reason: The manufacturer wants to promote the role play, the children wehalb of course the mobile phone should also keep your ear - and since the noise should not be too loud. That is probably the most important selling point of this toy. So we have to admit again that children of this age simply love such toys with melody / sounds and would recommend it definitely. With regard to the durability, we can not say much because it's in our use only a week. But overall, it makes a very robust impression.
