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.
The given table compares various features of gadgets in terms of their consumption.
It is clear that
making calls and sending text messages were the most frequent activities
while
playing music was used less. Now, turning to the details, making calls shows the highest percentage, representing about 100% for the whole period. Mobile phone owners took photos and its proportion was less than making calls, 66% in 2006.
This
statistic increased from 2006 and reached 76%
at the end
of the period. The proportion of sending messages was less than making calls but higher than taking photos. It introduced 73%, 75% and 79% for the given period. Playing games was 17% in 2006.
This
data reached about 41% for the next 4 years. It can be seen that information about searching the Internet was not given in 2006.
However
, in 2008 and 2010 they were 41% and 73%. Mobile phone owners played music less compared with other features. It was 12% in the beginning and rose to 26% in 2010. Recording videos was less used in 2008. But, after 2 years its amount reached 35%.
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  • activity
  • contrast
  • significantly
  • prevalent
  • speculate
  • trend
  • pattern
  • implication
  • develop
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