"i cant even remember my life without a cell phone..."

For a few days over break, my cell phone was broken.  I was complaining about for 2 straight days until i finally fixed it.  My friend and her little sister came over and I was talking to her little sister about how I haven't talked to anyone because of my broken phone.  I was saying how I felt like I wasn't connected to society anymore.  My friends little sister is in 5th grade and she said "I don't have a cell phone and I live without it."  I thought to myself, I can't even remember my life without a cell phone.  How did I get a hold of my friends when they were out?  What did I do when I was out and needed a ride home?  I started talking to a few of my friends who said that they couldn't live without their phones for even a day.  I was shocked.  I had never really thought about how much we rely on things like our cell phones.  When our parents were kids, they didn't even think of having cell phones, and obviously they compensated.  

Finally when I fixed my phone a few of my friends that I hadn't talked to since it was broken asked me what happened or where I went.  One of them said, "It was almost like you died."  So without my cell phone it was like i wasn't alive?  That is crazy!  

Is it sad that we are so reliant on things such as our cell phones to keep us connected?