IELTS writing task 1: Line graph about phone services

The graph below shows US consumers' average annual expenditures on cell phone and residential phone services between 2001 and 2010.

The line graph gives data about how much money was spent yearly by the American on two types of phone services including mobile and landline phone from 2001 to 2010.

As can be seen clearly, the spending trends in the UK followed completely different patterns over the decade with cell phones on an upward trend and residential phones in a decline. The year 2006 also recorded the same amount of money paid for all two services.

In 2001, consumers in the US spent by far the highest average of roughly $700 on mobile, and less than a third of that amount on landline phones, at just over $200. Over the following four years, however, spending on cell phones went down remarkably to just under $600. In sharp contrast to this fall, the figure for fixed-line phones soared by a massive 150%, standing at around $500 in the year 2005.

By 2006, consumer expenditure on mobiles was exactly in line with landline phones average, at about $550. But for the last four years, this overtook the money spent on fixed-line phones with the figure reaching a peak of over $750 in 2010. Meanwhile, the decrease in the other phone services continued, hitting its trough at $400.