The chart shows the results of surveys in one African country asking teenagers the main reasons for using their phones between 2016 and 2019. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Presented for consideration is a pie chart pertaining to the percentage of young people who used mobile phones for different purposes in a country in Africa from 2016 to 2019. From an

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perspective, it is evident that the proportion of teenagers who use their phones for social networks and phone calls witnessed an upward trend,

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a reverse pattern could be observed in the figures for other categories over the years shown. Looking at the chart in

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detail, it is apparent that in 2016, the percentage of youngsters who use phones for social networks was highest, at 50%.

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was followed by the data on Email and Digital cameras, which were lower, at 25% and 15%, respectively.

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, Phone calls accounted for the lowest value, at 10%. In the following years, despite having a slight fall to 48% in 2017, the number of people with a reason for social networks increased and reached a peak of 56% in the final year .

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, there was a gradual climb in the figure for Digital cameras to 20% in 2019,

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that of Email saw a remarkable decline to 19%.

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, the data on Phone calls remained relatively unchanged in the first two years but significantly decreased to only 5% by the end of the timeframe