ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Telephone

A telephone is a device that lets you talk to someone else who's far away. It does this by using electrical signals that travel through wires, or through radio waves in the air. You can hear the other person by using a speaker to your ear. You can talk to them by using a microphone. When you press certain buttons on the telephone, it can send different signals to the other person's phone.