Dough - Mobile Phones
Sliced Bread
BBC
4.6 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
What will mobile phones be like in future? Greg Foot investigates
Greg Foot, host of the BBC Radio 4 show 'Sliced Bread', brings you 'Dough'.
Each episode explores future wonder products that might rise to success and redefine our lives.
Experts and entrepreneurs discuss the trends shaping what today's everyday technology may look like tomorrow, before a leading futurist offers their predictions on what life might be like within five, ten and fifty years.
This time we’re looking at the future of mobile phones - asking whether our handsets will shrink, stretch, roll, fold… or even disappear as new technology takes over? And will super-smart devices with AI assistants that second-guess our every move become the new normal?
Alongside Greg is the futurist, Tracey Follows, and expert guests: leading strategist in the tech industry, Chetan Sharma, innovator and creator from one of the world’s newest Mobile Phone manufacturers, “Nothing Mobile", their AI and design lead, Sélim Benayat and co-founder and CEO of Honest Mobile, Andy Aitken.
This episode was produced by Linda Walker
Dough is a BBC Audio North Production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
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| 0:59.1 | Hello, I'm Greg Foote and welcome to Doe, the show that explores future wonder products that might rise to success and redefine our lives. |
| 1:07.4 | Each episode, I sit down with entrepreneurs and experts to discuss where the businesses |
| 1:11.4 | of today may be tomorrow. This time we're looking at the future of mobile phones, asking |
| 1:17.4 | whether our handsets will shrink, stretch, fold or vanish altogether, and will super smart devices |
| 1:23.5 | with AI assistance that second-guess out every move become the new normal. |
| 1:29.5 | If you're new to Doe, each episode I am joined by one of our resident futurists, |
| 1:33.8 | and after we've done some future scoping with our guests, |
| 1:36.7 | I challenge our futurist to give their predictions on what the business of tomorrow |
| 1:40.6 | may look like in 5, 10 and 50 years' time. |
| 1:44.1 | Joining me today is my future-proofed phona friend, futurist Tracy Follow. of tomorrow may look like in 5, 10 and 50 years time. |
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