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 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.
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The table shows the kinds of mobile
phone
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usage by individuals from a developing country. The answers range in seven categories of features percentage-wise for three
years
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: 2006, 2008, and 2010. Generally, almost everybody said they use their
phone
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to make calls in all
years
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. In comparison, only a few folks make use of it to play music or record videos. The increasing trend was observed for the utilization of nearly all features for three
years
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.
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, there was no recorded data for internet browsing and video recording in 2006.
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, the portion of the population who make calls with their
phone
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has stably stayed at 100% and only decreased a little by 1% in 2010. Meanwhile, there was a slight growth in the fragment of the public who communicate by sending and receiving text messages by 6% (from 73% in 2006 to 79% in 2010). In terms of documentation, society tends to lean toward taking photos
instead
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of recording videos, which is always above 65% and never reaching 40% respectively. As for entertainment, more people use their phones to play games compared to playing music. There was a significant rise of around 20% in 2
years
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from 2006 in the number of community who play games,
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the increase is not that big for playing music (only 10% in 4
years
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).
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, the crowd who surf the internet on their
phone
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also
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climbed from a little above 40% in 2008 to over 70% in the
last
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year 2010.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words phone, years with synonyms.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • frequent
  • activity
  • contrast
  • significantly
  • prevalent
  • speculate
  • trend
  • pattern
  • implication
  • develop
  • accessible
  • mobile-friendly
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