This is pretty easy...I use my phone as a phone, which allows me to travel away from my home city and still keep tabs on my elderly dad who lives in a memory care unit and depends on me as his last remembered relationship. I use my phone as a camera, which allows me to document my wood working projects about which I then write Medium articles, my outdoor experiences which also are subjects for my writing, and as subjects for my paintings. I use my text function to record phone numbers, appointments, business agreements and project details and agreements. When I start a river trip I arrange the shuttle on text, gives both of us a record of the critical details without having to physically meet, saving time, gas, and possible screw ups. I never have to search out a phone booth when out shopping for materials for a project, can find and contact suppliers on the fly, again saving time and gas.

As a contractor my phone saved my clients money, given that I could be on the job while still organizing and scheduling sub-contractors, inspections, material drops, or I could do these things at lunch or on the fly. If I was making a material run for one job I could check with the leaders of the other projects and double or triple up on my run.

No doubt kids growing up with these tools will face some challenges. I grew up with and long used dinosaur phones, the few drawbacks I experience with modern phones are hugely outweighed by the benefits.