I have to think twice about what button to push to answer it. My teenage daughter laughs at me. So much for cool. Picture James Dean whipping out his cell phone and muttering cryptic monosyllables. Still, that may be part of the reason cell phones speak to teens.
Cell phones are a now thing.
Or even in the '60s, when goodness knows they had everything else. But perhaps the best thing about cell phones from the teen standpoint is that they fit in a backpack, or a pocket. They allow a kid to have a conversation any time, any place, and that place is most likely to be well out of earshot of any irritating adult. And, then there's that whole forbidden fruit thing. Naturally school administrators frown on the distracting influence of cell phones in classrooms.