Telephone

Phones are a necessity if you need friends. In The Sims 2 they're white-ish tan and can be either table phones or wall phones.In University, you can have cell phones. The Sims 2 Pets adds modern phones. FreeTime adds pink party phones. You can talk to Sims on the phone. You can invite Sims over to your house. You can call a taxi. You can also ask people on a date and have outings (Nightlife).