It should be interesting to see how this factors into Scream 5, which will feature a group of young Woodsboro residents.
Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett will have to find a logical way for these types of devices to be taken out of the picture once Ghostface returns to the town.
Namely, that smart phones exist and can offer a number of resources and ways to get help.
This brief clip does address a key difficulty in making slashers nowadays.