The table below gives information about the different ways mobile phone owners use their phones in a developing country. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table illustrates the percentages of different cell

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features that mobile

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owners use in a developing country from 2006 to 2010.

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, there was around the same ratio of users using their

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for making calls, taking photos, and sending and receiving text messages,

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there were dramatic increases in

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users playing games, searching the internet, playing music and recording videos. Throughout the time period, almost all

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owners made calls on their

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, making it the most used feature over the

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. There were small increases in the percentage of users taking photos from around two-thirds in the beginning to 76%

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. The ratio of

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sending and receiving text messages through

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rose a little from 73% to 79% in four

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, percentages of other features skyrocketed over the

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. The percentage of

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playing games on their

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starts from 17% and had a three-fold increase over four

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. The ratio of

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playing music

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doubled from the beginning, resulting in 26%

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. Only one-tenth of

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recorded videos on their

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in 2008, but the numbers had nearly a four-fold increase after two

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.

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, there are 41% of

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owners used their

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for searching the Internet in 2008, and it increased to 73%

at the end

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