Like it or not smartphones are part and parcel of everyday life and many of us spend more hours scrolling through social media than we would care to admit. But growing concerns over the impact of such attention-harvesting tech on our mental wellbeing has given rise to a new trend – that of “dumb phone” adoption. As more and more people try to claw back their precious time from their addictive devices, these stripped-down, basic mobile devices we donned a decade or two ago have been making a resurgence. Reporter Joe Crossley traded in his iPhone for a week in favour of the famous Nokia “brick” …
