Long before the idea of hot dog-shaped iPhone cases, Otter Boxen, or even those swappable Nokia face plates, people were just as likely to express themselves with their landline phones.

In short, the BT4600 Big Button Phone is about as user-friendly as it gets. Both of these landline handsets make use of trueCall technology, which allows you to clamp down on those spammers ...

VoIP handsets usually have more features and functionality too, so if you buy yourself one of the best landline phone models on the market today, you'll suddenly find you have a veritable telecoms ...

And while 95% of over-65-year-olds still have a traditional phone, nearly half of under-25s don't even have a landline installed. So could we be about to hang up our home handsets once and for all?

Old landline phones will still work after the network changes, however. And unless moving to a different part of the country, most people will retain the same phone number. Handsets will not need ...