I think the challenge that people like myself see in these phones is captured in at least half of the actions you listed. They can be categorized under "my phon

I think the challenge that people like myself see in these phones is captured in at least half of the actions you listed. They can be categorized under "my phone helps me avoid spending time with myself and whatever my immediate surroundings are presenting to me." Perhaps my biggest beef with phones is most people's instinct to avoid any slight dis-ease or innocent boredom by throwing up a screen filled with (often) nonsense. That's a real problem that will have negative impact downstream. Boredom is good. Waiting is good. Not having what you want every second of the day is good.