@nikitonsky idk if 1996 counts as younger gen, but the only phones I’ve ever owned were iPhones.
To me, phone in this context is shorthand for something like “connectivity” or “the internet”, but in a total way. If you have your phone you can make the real world stop and the digital world begin. That’s what this person is not doing for the summer.
The crappy screen on their replacement phone is more important than not having YouTube. Just my read though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@andhash39 well put!