Technology and Teenagers

Don't get confused. I am not promoting any phones or admiring them.
It was true that a few months back, I longed for a new phone. You can say it was to satisfy my materialistic desire or upgrading myself. Whatever it was, I did want to have a phone.
Now, I can still remember it vividly in my mind that during the time of purchasing a new phone, the great and utmost difficulty was the price. Each of them costed way above 1K. At that time, I wanted to use my own money. Even so, I could feel the aching feeling in my heart using my own money.
But after everything was over, I decided not to get one as my degree education would be very costly and I had to save some money.
After stepping out of the idea of having a new phone and the satisfaction once I really possess one, I came to realise that actually a phone is a phone. You get what I mean? A phone was a phone.
As we all know, the main objective of getting a mobile phone is to be in connection with other people. Apart from that, I personally do not think that a phone has anything to do with it. From the pictures above, i-phones, galaxy this and that, what are they actually for??? Messaging? Phone calling? Yeah.. That's a phone. Online? Game? "App"? Are these the real need of a phone? I mean, if you really love to online, get a laptop. If you really are a game fanatic, get a gameBOY or PSP. If you are crazy for apps.. then I do not know what you should get. Many would say that having a phone is different than having laptop. Well, all I can see is that having a phone that can go online randomly spoils our eyesight, kills many many of our cells and deteriorates the relationship between humans. People who have phones that can access the internet tend to go online both when they are alone and with people around them. I mean, can't you arrange your time so that you can go online properly and hang out with friends properly? Yeah, maybe for those working or businessmen, they should have one as it affects their career directly but for teenagers, nah~ i don't think so there is such a need.
What's worst, it's becoming a trend that everyone teenagers to own a flat piece of black mirror which you can make it work with your fingers. Sounds magical though. xD. Some would sacrifice many many things just to gain one regardless of the price. From this phenomena, I kept asking myself, why??? Why?? Why??
A phone like samsung galaxy or i-phone are very very very very costly. Yet, just to be in the mainstream, teenagers daringly emptied their pocket to replace the cash with a new device. And, they keep changing it. A new one comes, the old one goes. And let me emphasise it here, the old one REALLY goes. To where, God knows.
It is rather sad to know that teenagers, young people today are so manipulated by all sorts of trends. You name it and there is it. Trend, which consists of so much varieties of things, demands it's followers and admirers to spend just to be part of it. Unfortunately, those followers are willing to spend.
In times to come, it's hard to say what would it be for us. You might see a guy who looks very sophisticated with all sorts of gadgets and devices around this entire body. But then, he can't read or write. Is that it?
I certainly hope not.