Older can't save a contact, younger can't loose contact with it

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It seems that the dividing line between cellular users is one associated with the age of the user. I have tons of friends with cellular phones, I have one, my bf has one, and my oldest daughter has one. With my older friends they are constantly claiming that they have lost my phone number and cite this as the reason for not keeping in touch like they should. I have discovered that most of my older friends like people in their late 40's through their 80's do not know how to program in a phone number or to do anything else on their cell phone except place or receive a phone call. On the other hand it seems that people in the 13 to 28 age group have a disorder which causes discomfort and even withdrawl like symptoms if they set their cellular phone down for even one moment. I think that cellular phones are becomeing far too obtrusive. You cannot have a nice long face to face with your best girlfriend or boyfriend fot that matter because either my cell is ringing off of the hook or theirs is, more likely than not good times with friends are drawn short by the electronic braying of this tiny little electrical object. When young folks aren't using them to talk about stuff that makes absolutely no sense to you, or entertaining themselves because they are "bored" by playing video games on the thing. (wearing down their batteries I may add.) They are also texting their friends back and forth supposedly to try and save good old mom some money. Unfortunately I don't seem to save 20 cents on their doing all of this unneccessary bonding with that little tiny electrical and cellular device. It seems that phones, land and cell, will be the death of intimacy, privacy, and autonomy. Are we doomed to become a society of people who can no longer talk in full sentences and must text one another when sitting side by side. I think that these new smartphones just perpetuate the self exclusionary practices with cell phones. They make it easier but no faster to say what you want to say to your friend privately, they also make it easier to not concentrate on your lessons in school. I think that only children who have earned the phone and the trust from their parents should be allowed to have them when they are not at school. However I don't think that they belong in a classroom, to provide a distraction.