This two-inch magnet promises to curb your phone addiction – but does it work?

The cost of self-control? £54 - (Supplied by Brick)

The first step is admitting you have a problem. The second step is something I have been trying to figure out since completing the first years ago.

Hi, I’m Annabel and I am a smartphone addict. I’m not alone in my woes – rather I’m one of an estimated 25 per cent of people worldwide who fall into this vaguely embarrassing category. The average Brit spends an approximate three hours and 21 minutes on their phone a day, but my Apple Screen Time clocks in at a frankly mortifying five hours. (Sometimes, more often than I’d care to admit, it’s over six...)