Addicted to your phone? Here are 4 'tricks' that will help you

The fact that cell phones are such versatile electronic devices means they are often used compulsively, leading users to develop unhealthy habits that can even lead to true addiction.

There are small tricks you can adopt - such as placing your phone on a table with the screen facing down - to reduce this dependence, but the effort must be made deliberately and consciously for the results to really start to appear.

To help you combat your cell phone addiction, the CanalTech website has compiled a list of four approaches you can take that are guaranteed to eventually work.

You can find out more about them below:

Choose shades of black, gray, and white for your phone's menus, making them as less colorful and less attractive as possible;
Create 'cell phone-free areas' at home - such as the bedroom or bathroom - to prevent endless browsing of social media or messaging apps;
Change the language of your phone to something other than your native language, making the phone more difficult to use;
Buy a cell phone with limited features;