The chart below shows global sales of the top five mobile phone brands between 2009 and 2013. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart compares the number of mobile phones purchased from 5 celebrated brands from 2009 to 2014.

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it is clear that

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Nokia

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and Samsung

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the most popular types of phones used.

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, the

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of Samsung and Apple increased and

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was true for

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and LG over

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time.

However

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,

sales

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of

Nokia

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placed first in 2009 with a record of around 440

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while

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apple

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recorded the

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with a figure of 10

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. Samsung phones

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significantly sold from approximately 240

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in 2009 to over 400

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in 2013.

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, Apple followed the same trend and

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to a value of exactly 150

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in 2013.

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Nokia

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and LG followed a dramatic decline

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sales

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starting from 440

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and 120

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and

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to 250

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and 80

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respectively.

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, ZTE followed a slight incline in

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and reached 50

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starting from 40

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.