Table Sample
Table Sample
phone features. Write a report of at least 150 words, summarizing the information
and making comparisons where relevant.
The table provides a summary of the changes in the most-
used mobile phone features in three different years: 2006, 2008,
and 2010.
Overall, while commonplace phone activities such as making calls
and sending texts were the most frequently used features, there
were significant increases in less traditional uses of mobile
phones.
The entirety of phone owners made calls on their devices in 2006
and 2008, although the percentage dipped slightly to 99 percent
in 2010. After that, texting was a function used by about three-
quarters of phone users, with a small increase over the period
shown.
Just behind texting, the ability to take photos was a
feature employed by 66 percent of mobile owners in 2006, and by
2010 this figure had grown to 76 percent, making it almost as
popular as texting. Searching the internet also had similar
levels of popularity in 2010, despite not being available until 2008.
Another new feature implemented in 2008 was the ability to
record video, which was used by just over a third of people by
2010.
Finally, using a mobile for entertainment purposes, specifically
playing games and listening to music, became considerably more
popular, with the frequency of both more than doubling.
The former rose from 17 percent to 41 percent, while
the latter climbed from around one-eighth to just over a quarter.
(221 words)
Grouping: - commonplace phone activities (making calls, texting)
- less traditional uses (taking photos, Internet, video
/entertainment purposes)
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