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.

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The table illustrates how different mobile phone users take advantage of their devices in a developing country in 3 different years: 2006, 2008 and 2010. The data is shown in percentage of users.
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, using the phone for calling remains the most preferred feature throughout the period,
whereas
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video recording accounts for the lowest percentage of usage during the surveyed period. Features
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as playing games or internet searching rose slightly during these observations. In general, all features experienced either a rise or a stable trend. Using the cellphone for calling represented the vast majority of people's reasons to use the phone, registering a 100% of usage in the first two years and experiencing a minimal decrease in 2010 to 99%. Unlike calls, features like videogaming rose continuously from 17% to 41% in 2010.
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, web browsing showed no data at all by the year 2006. Despite
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, its percentage of use rocketed to 41% in 2008 and 73% in 2010, becoming the
fastest growing
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fastest-growing
feature used in mobile devices during the period.

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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • frequent
  • activity
  • contrast
  • significantly
  • prevalent
  • speculate
  • trend
  • pattern
  • implication
  • develop
  • accessible
  • mobile-friendly
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