In 1957, the then British prime minister, Harold MacMillan, famously proclaimed “most of our people have never had it so good”, but he clearly hadn’t yet received his new iPhone16 Pro.

Seven decades on – with a mere touch on a small glass screen – I can order my dinner (pizza or sushi this evening?) to arrive at my front door within minutes. I can read a book, watch a film, do a puzzle, play a game. Never again do I need to turn an A to Z upside-down to find my way. I’m able to pay my bills, organise my banking and even monitor my heart rate through a tiny piece of tech.

The Telegraph London