Edit: smartphones and global internet (satellites?) but still travelling by horse drawn carriages
Magic™ , the solution to all your inconsistencies.
But, within what we've seen of this world...
Such a "phone" would be a specific "low power" application, probably only available to a select few. Our MC reacts as if he's
heard of them, but even with his status hasn't actually seen one yet...
Transport, being a pure power application, would require much more raw magic power, at scale. Using horses would be
far cheaper and way more practical.
So yes... "smartphones" and horses, because of the economics of the power source involved..