The chart shows the results of surveys in one African country asking teenagers the main reasons for using their phones between 2016 and 2019.

The four diagrams compare the data on the primary causes for utilizing mobile devices among adolescents, based on research conducted in a certain African nation throughout the years 2016-2019. From an

overall

perspective , it is clearly seen that the ratio of online communication not only saw the increase in the given years but

also

was the main reason for using their phones across other types of forms;

however

, by far the least popular category for the usage the devices represented phone calls , which experienced an unnoticeable decrease .

According to

the charts , the students addicted to social networking

while

using their cell phones showed the highest research result , since , the trend experienced a growth from 50% to 56%.

By contrast

, the proportion of the reason , which is a phone call, demonstrated the least favoured by users and continued falling over the years ( 10% to 5%).

Moreover

, having the second and third rank in relation to others , the sending emails and digital camera categories occupied the next positions on the graphs.

For example

, emailing was from 25 % to 19% ,and the digital camera was from 15% to 20