Yeah! You can say that. Focus and concentration have been a problem for many long before phones came into existence.

However, something takes away our focus but now phones are the major culprit for the younger generation.

If you look at the stats, younger generation are more distracted by their phones than anything else.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/06/12/72-percent-of-us-high-school-teachers-say-cellphone-distraction-is-a-major-problem-in-the-classroom/