Reason #316 why I don’t need or use a cellphone. Don’t need or use texting either. Wanna talk to me? Call me on my landline phone. Answering machine will help you if I’m not home.
Bu you’re assuming people still know how to talk to each other.
I suspect the reason texting is popular, is because many people are losing their social skills, and have become intimidated by face to face or even voice to voice exchanges with another human.
So they hide behind text.