In many countries, paying for things using mobile phone (cell phone) apps is becoming increasingly common. Does this development have more advantages or more disadvantages?

This
line chart illustrates the differences that took place in
burglary
, car theft and robbery in Newport city centre between the
year
2003 and 2012. Overall, as can be clearly seen from the graph,
burglary
experienced a drop over the
year
, while car theft and robbery showed some fluctuation but remained the same. In 2003, car theft started with approximately 2800 incidents,
this
remained unchanged till 2005. From here, it decreased sharply to just over 2000 crimes.
Then
, it exceeds
burglary
in 2007 and showed a gradual increase to 2600 in 2010.
However
, there was some variation but ended with approximately 2800 in the
last
year
. In regards to robbery, it had a
number
of 600 cases in 2003. Following by a rapid rise to 900 in 2005.
Then
, it dropped gradually to a
number
of 500, which
then
jumped quickly to 700. In 2012, it reached a rate of 600, which was about the same as in the
first
year
.
By contrast
, the
burglary
rate was about 3400 in 2003.
Then
it experienced a sharply fall to a
number
of 1200 in 2008. From here, it showed growth to nearly 1500. ,
Finally
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,Finally
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it reached a
number
of about 1400.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • convenience
  • speed
  • eliminate
  • biometric verification
  • encryption
  • cashless society
  • environmentally friendly
  • impulsive buying
  • overspending
  • dependency
  • battery drain
  • technical issues
  • digital divide
  • access
  • smart technology
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