Are new recruits too addicted to their cell phones? Is this a good thing?

Young people in general are too addicted to their phones. I worked with a young man in the Reserves, he would take his phone to our weekly Monday morning meeting with the boss, and sit there and tap on that phone during this meeting (note: only a 3 person meeting). Finally after about 3 weeks the boss reached over and took the phone out of his hands and dropped it in a draw, at the end of the meeting he told him to never bring it again.