The bar chart gives information about Australians using four different types of electronic devices in 2008.
Overall, it can be seen that the smartphone is the most popular electronic device before dropping significantly throughout the period shown. Also, while the number of laptop and e-reader users increases gradually, the figure for tablet users declines steadily.
The number of people using smartphones has the highest point, standing at 66 percent for the 12-24 age group, approximately twice as high as that of 30 percent for tablet devices. This figure declined steadily to 42 percent for those aged 25-60; the number of persons using smartphones was 10 percent higher than that of tablet users. There was a 10 percent gap between smartphone users and tablet users, at 32 percent and 22 percent in the 51-75 age group. Finally, the percentage of elderly people using smartphones and tablets was the lowest, at just under 10 percent.
For the percentage of people aged 51-75, laptops became the leading choice at 41 percent; by contrast, e-readers had the lowest percentage at only around 5 percent. Besides, e-readers were the most popular devices among people aged 76+, almost twice as high as that of laptops. Laptops and e-readers recorded similarly low proportions in both the 12-24 and 25-60 age groups, with each staying below 10 percent.
