The line graph illustrates the household possession rate of four different electronic devices from 1995 to 2015.
Overall, all four gadgets saw increases in popularity amongst surveyed families over the timeframe. Additionally, despite the initial domination, the slowest growth was exhibited by MP3 Player which contrasted sharply to tablets. This devices emerged later but experienced a pronounced rise.
Looking at Mobile phone and Computer, both were owned by 10% of households in 1995. While the latter surged sevenfold after 5 years, its figure slowed down and increased moderately to 95% in 2015, meaning that almost every surveyed household owned this devices in that year. Similarly, the computer’s prevalence underwent a less more significant growth, but this consistent rise also allowed it to climb and end up at the same level as Mobile phone.
Moving on to, MP3 player which was the most common device in 1995 with approximately 15% of families possessed. However, unlike two mentioned, it only saw an incremental increase throughout the period, making it finished at over 40% and became the least popular amongst all the others. By contrast, although absent in the first 10 years in households, tablet remarkably soared, reaching almost 20% in around 2007 and then skyrocketing about threefold in 2010. Finally, the upward trend decreased its pace, hitting at about 80% by the end of the period.