I can't help but politely disagree with this statement. It seems to me that the problem is not our attitude toward the technology, but rather our attitude toward the companies that are producing our phones for us. We are willing to accept what they have, even though we know that they could be producing better phones.
I live in America and the article is speaking from a UK standpoint, but I believe that both our countries are experiencing the same problem. The companies that sell phones have no need to give you everything at once. Consumers have shown they are more than willing to shell out good money for a phone that isn't on the cutting edge of technology, so they have no need to give you everything at once. Features pile on each other at a trickle pace so that the newest phone is obsolete in the shortest amount of time possible, while keeping plenty of advanced features in queue for newer phones when the technology is perfected and cheaper. Every time a new feature is released, a fresh wave of phone purchases generates.
All of that being said, I prefer to wander about without attachment to a gadget or massive social network, and always will. I find myself unwilling to ignore the physical world around me and all of it's sensory input.