You’ve just met someone in a bar, they seem great and suggest a date, but you don’t want to hand out your personal mobile number yet. Enter Burner, the app that gives you an extra number you can disconnect permanently at any time. With texts, minutes and voicemail, it's got it all.

With mounting distrust around mobile telcos – from data security concerns to fluctuating prices – The People’s Operator presents itself as an upstanding alternative to existing networks. But can the fuzzy feeling of donating to charity replace a bargain monthly deal and a shiny new handset?

Fed up with constantly checking your phone? Want to wean yourself off those addictive apps? Light Phone is here to help. Touting itself as the anti-smartphone, it’s as small as a credit card and capable of two things – telling the time and making phone calls. And that’s all you really need, right?

Nearly 80% of teens in the US have a mobile, but their parents have no control over who they're texting or how much time they are spending on Facebook. Virgin Mobile Custom lets parents monitor and control how kids use their phone, but does it signal the end of net neutrality?