The bar chart compares the numberof moblie mobile phones sold
worldwide of five most popular manufacturers during the years 2009,
2011, and 2013.
It is clear that Nokia sold the most moblie mobile phones between 2009
and 2011, but Samsung became the best selling brand in 2013. Samsung
and Apple saw the biggest rises in sales over the 5-year period.
In 2009, Nokia sold nearly 430 million mobile phones, which almost
double the number of handsets sold by the second most successful
manufacturer, Samsung. Over the following four years, however,
Nokia’s sales figures fell by approximately 200 million units, whereas
Samsung saw sales rise by a similar amount. By 2013, Samsung had
became become the market leader with sales reaching 450 million units.
The other three top selling mobile phone brands between 2009 and 2013
were LG, ZTE, and Apple. In 2009, these companies sold around 120
million, 50 million, and 25 million units/mobile handsets respectively,
but Apple overtook the other two vendors in 2011. In 2013, purchases of
Apple handsets reached 150 million units, while LG saw a decline in
sales and the figures for ZTE rose only slightly./ In 2013, sales of Apple
handsets reached 150 million units, while LG saw a decline, and ZTE’s
figures rose only slightly.
The bar chart compares the number of mobile phones sales sold
worldwide by five difference different manufacturers during the years
2009, 2011, and 2013.
It is clear that LG Nokia sold the most mobile phones between 2009 and
2011, but Samsung became the best-selling brand in 2013. Samsung and
Apple saw the biggest rise in sales over the 5-year period.
In 2009, Nokia sold around 420 million mobile phones, which was
almost double the number of handsets sold by the second-most
successful manufacturer, Samsung. Over the following 4 years, however,
Nokia’s sales figures fell by approximately 200 million units, whereas
Samsung saw sales rises by a similar amount. By 2013, Samsung had
become the market leader, with sales reaching 450 million units.
The other three top-selling brands between 2009 and 2013 were LG,
ZTE, and Apple. In 2009, these companies sold around 120 million, 50
million, and 25 million mobile handsets respectively, but Apple overtook
the other two vendors in 2011. In 2013, purchases of Apple reached 150
million units, while LG saw declining sales and the figures for ZTE rose
only slightly.
The graph below shows the amount of waste produced by
three companies over a period of 15 years.
The line graph compares three different companies in terms of their
waste output from 2000 to 2015.
It is clear that there were significant changes in the amount of waste
produced by all three companies shown on the graph. While companies
A and B saw waste output fall over the 15-year period, the figure for
waste produced by company C rose considerably.
In 2000, company A produced around 12 tonnes of waste, while
companies B and C produced 8 tonnes and 3 tonnes of waste material
respectively. Over the following 5 years, the waste output of companies
B and C rose by around 2 tonnes, but the amount of company A fell by
approximately 1 tonne.
Between 2005 and 2015, company A cut waste production by roughly 3
tonnes, and company B reduced its waste output by around 8 tonnes. By
contrast, company C saw an increase in waste production of
approximately 4 tonnes over the same 10 years. By 2015, company C’s
waste output had risen to 10 tonnes, while the respective amount of
companies A and B had dropped to 8 tonnes and only 3 tonnes.
