Could a dumb phone be the answer to our smartphone addiction?

Many Australians are addicted to their phones. We spend countless hours staring at our devices. A recent Monash University study found 43.3 per cent of respondents spent over three hours a day on their phone! The same study measured nomophobia (no mobile phone phobia) finding 99.2% of users have some fear of being without their phone.

Jenni Gritters is a US-based journalist who ditched her smartphone for a dumb phone. EFTM.com's Trevor Long is also the Today Show’s tech expert who takes us through strategies to get us off our phones.

Do you check your phone first thing each day? A Deloitte study found 80% of us do. In this Briefing, how do you get this technology under control?”

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