Band 9: The graph shows average annual expenditures on cell phone and residential phone services between 2001 and 2010. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The line graph illustrates data on how much money was spent on cell phone and residential phone services over a ten-year period from 2001 to 2010.

Overall spending on residential phone services declined dramatically, while the popularity of mobile phone services expenditure experienced a significant increase over the given period. Also, both services met at the same record in 2006.

In 2001, the expenditure on phone services was notably higher at $700, whereas spending on cell phone services was around $200. Over the following five years, expenditure on landline phone services dropped gradually to just below $600, while expenditure on cell phone services rose to just over $500.

In 2006, cell phone overtook landline phones, and the service became equal in popularity with customers’ annual expenditure of about $500. Then, cell phone expenses rose to about $750 in 2010, making nearly a fourfold jump relative to its initial figure in 2001. Meanwhile, spending on residential phone services experienced a steep fall in 2007 and went on a steadily decrease for the rest of the period.