The table shows the percentage of people with mobile phones who use various features on their phone between 2006 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table shows the percentage of people with mobile phones who use various features on their phone between 2006 and 2010.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The table illustrates the proportion of individuals who use different features on their smartphones, in 2006, 2008 and 2010.
Overall
, we observe that throughout the period almost everyone used a mobile for calling.
Apart from
this
, in 2006, a very small number of people used
this
device for playing games.
However
, from 2006 to 2010, the usage of the SMS feature was almost similar.
In addition
to
this
, the percentage of the people listening to the music on the cellular device had doubled in 2010. On closer examination, it can be seen that, from 2006 to 2010, approximately 100% of the individuals used cell phones to make calls.
Conversely
, only 17% of them, in 2006, played games on it. But in 2008 and 2010,
this
was close to 42%. Across all the years on average out of every 100 mobile owners, 73-79 of them utilized it for texting messages. In 2008, 18% of the cellphone users were listening to songs on it, in 2010,
this
was 28%. Features like taking photos and internet connectivity were
also
widely used in 2010.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • percentage
  • features
  • usage
  • between 2006 and 2010
  • trends
  • increasing
  • decreasing
  • popularity
  • basic features
  • advanced features
  • internet browsing
  • playing games
  • significant changes
  • emerging trends
  • speculate
  • comparison
  • over time
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