Experts think that with the smartphones of the future you will be able to control them with your mind, sending a text or playing a video just by thinking about it.

Or you could choose the Boring Phone, which boasts few of the features of the iPhone 15; in fact it hardly has any features at all.

It might be hard to understand the appeal of a device called the Boring Phone, but it exists as part of a worldwide boom in "dumbphones" - phones that allow you to manage your calendar, message your friends and call your mum - but not much more.

This week, mobile phone company Virgin Media O2 reported that sales of "non-smartphones" have doubled in a year, with a spike in September as children go back to school.

Three in five members of Gen ZShort for Generation Z, meaning people born in the late 1990s and early 2000s. questioned say that they would like to be less connected to the digital world.

Some say social media has gone too far. One 2021 survey showed that a quarter of children aged three to four years had their own social media profiles.

But buying a dumbphone is not the only way to reduce your internet footprint. From screen time restriction tools to "night mode" and app blockers, modern phones have plenty of tools to enable you to reclaim your time.

The best thing you can do for your mental health and privacy, cynics say, is to opt out entirely. Resign your iPhone. Abandon your Android. Mend your mind.

Should we give up our smartphones?

Yes! All of the research shows that our smartphones are damaging our attention, our mental health, our sleep quality and our self-esteemBelief and confidence in your own value and abilities. . On top of that, companies are stealing our data.

No! You need a smartphone for almost every aspect of life nowadays. From completing schoolwork to staying on top of the news and getting around, it is almost impossible to live without a smartphone.