Top of my list for code adjustments in v0.3 is to remove the phone, and just use plain screens and show statements to pop text bubbles onto the screen to reveal text communication. I should have done this from the start, but a combination of laziness and need for speed as development on episode 1 hit month 8 led to me using someone else's code to fast-track.
Not a great tradeoff in hindsight, but it is what it is.