The withdrawal symptoms of three weeks without a cell phone were considerable: students at a school in Lower Austria experienced headaches, restlessness, nervousness, aggression and phantom ringing during the TV experiment for an ORF documentary that ran in September 2025. Many who lasted three weeks reported greater well-being, less sadness, new hobbies and lastingly less screen time. Now the ORF is inviting everyone across Austria to another organized cell phone break.
