[BowBun]

I don't know if you feel this, but there's also a sort of social pressure where if I'm in a situation and everyone's on their phones, it's hard for me to start up a conversation with someone since they seem 'focused' on whatever they're looking at. So I inevitably take out my own phone.

[noman-land]

Keep interrupting them until you break the phone's spell and then ask them if they actually wanna hang out with you.

[samtheprogram]

Just talk at them until they talk with you. Works better than you would think, however crazy you seem at first.