Band 6+: The bar chart shows the amount of money spent on two types of electronic items in country X. Summarise the information in the chart by selecting and reporting the main features. Make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the amount of money spent on two devices, — computers and smartphones — in country X between 2011 and 2015.

Overall, it is clear from the chart that the expenditure of both types of electronic items increased significantly during five years. Another noticeable point is that, the sales of computers follow through throughout reported period, in contrast, phone sales remained constant first three years, then, increased dramatically next two years.

In 2011, $30 million were spent on computers which was triple more than the expenditure of smartphones ( $10 million). Similarly, this trend continued in 2012 and 2013 with increasing gradually of computer sales to approximately $35 million and $40 million, respectively, whereas smartphone sales remained stable at $10 million.

However, in 2014, smartphone sales experienced a sharp increase and reached to $30 million. At that moment, the sales of computer grew slightly and reached around $45 million. Moreover, this upward trend also continued during 2015, when the expenditure of computers and phones reached $50 million and $45 million, in turn.