Coronation Street's Roy Cropper sparks concern in smartphone storyline

Coronation Street spoilers follow.

Coronation Street's Roy Cropper is set to spark some concern in upcoming episodes when he becomes obsessed with his new smartphone.

Following a recent scare in which his niece Nina was injured while trying to find him near the river, technophobe Roy was finally convinced that having his own smartphone was a good idea.

In upcoming scenes, however, a previously resistant Roy begins to enjoy his new phone a little too much.

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Roy begins to constantly check his phone for updates on a Roman fort excavation while he's working at the café, and Carla expresses her concerns to Nina that Roy has become obsessed.

Later in the week, Nina finds Roy tapping away on his phone and also worries that it's become an obsession.

She challenges her uncle to put his phone away and work the rest of his shift without looking at it. Can Roy meet the challenge?

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Corrie producer Iain MacLeod previously admitted that he thought David Neilson would hate Roy's new storyline.

"It's a classic Corrie story about Roy and mobile phone addictions," he said. "I heard rumours when I got here at Corrie that David Neilson's one red line was that Roy would never have a mobile phone. When we storylined it, I was hiding in case he was going to go mad!

"In the end he didn't and he really appreciates the comedy behind it. Obviously to some degree, by the end of the story, normal service is resumed. Roy's not going to be posting TikTok videos or anything like that. There's a fun journey to go on about the generational difference between him and Nina."

Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.