What I think Phoenix Wright's text conversations are like:
MAYA: When she was younger it was mostly her sending him jokes, memes, and mildly concerning anecdotes/photos while he reacts with confusion and exasperation, but now that they've been friends for a decade and have both significantly matured... it's still mostly her sending him jokes, memes, and mildly concerning anecdotes/photos while he reacts with confusion and exasperation.
EDGEWORTH: Semi-regular check-ins throughout the week. Phoenix is checking to see if Miles isn't getting too overloaded with work. Miles is checking to see if Phoenix has managed to avoid getting badly injured again. Then they politely double-check to see if they're still available for their weekly lunch. Maya read through the logs for this once and found it upsetting for reasons she refuses to explain to Phoenix.
LARRY: Larry badgers Phoenix with his random train of thought, much of which fails to make any sense to Phoenix. But Phoenix likes it because 1) Larry can provide levity when Phoenix really needs it, and 2) it helps him keep track of Larry. If Larry goes silent, it means he's probably found a new girlfriend, and will probably find himself on the witness stand in a trial within a week.
GUMSHOE: Gumshoe is the type of person who texts you to make sure you got home safely from wherever he saw you at. It's very considerate of him. Phoenix genuinely appreciates it but doesn't know how to verbalize it beyond various forms of "Thanks, Gumshoe!" To which Gumshoe invariably responds with "You're welcome, pal!" Getting a longer text conversation out of Gumshoe is impossible, however.
FRANZISKA: Aside from occasionally checking in with each other if Edgeworth goes radio silent, Phoenix and Franziska usually only text around once a month. Their text logs are full of almost nothing but insulting other people and gossiping. It's kind of hilarious. Occasionally they get bored and insult each other for old times' sake. It's like mild enrichment to them. If they don't get to have a "being mean" outlet it starts to have an adverse effect on their health. Fortunately they have the chance to be not-so-secretly extremely judgemental TOGETHER. Good for them.
PEARL: Pearl is old enough to know how to competently use a phone... but she's not exactly sure what to text Phoenix about. She basically only texts if Maya can't but still needs to send a message to Phoenix. I get the vague feeling that Phoenix occasionally sends her animal photos but I don't know why.
IRIS: The most agonizingly awkward check-ins you've ever seen. They want to make sure the other is okay, without having to think too hard about why the other might NOT be okay. Maya couldn't decide if Phoenix's conversations with Iris are more or less upsetting than his conversations with Edgeworth. (And speaking as a filthy Feenris shipper: yes, their texts would be like this even if they got back together. They cannot text normally with each other to save their lives.)
GODOT: Every once in a while Diego texts Phoenix a short and vague message that's usually mildly insulting (though lacking malice) and implies Diego has been getting into Situations of various sorts. Phoenix responds with something along the lines of "GODOT SERIOUSLY WHY DO YOU DO THIS STOP SENDING ME OMINOUS MESSAGES AND THEN GHOSTING ME" to which Diego responds with a coffee emoji and then ghosts Phoenix again for who knows how long.
THE JUDGE: The Judge seems to have gotten his texting app and his shopping list mixed up. Phoenix tried to correct him at first but has long since given up. While Phoenix was disbarred the shopping list messages stopped but then when he got his badge back the shopping list messages resumed. In the back of Phoenix's mind he suspects that this is deliberate on the Judge's part, but he refuses to fully accept the idea.
KAY & EUSTACE: Phoenix still only really knows the two of them through Edgeworth, but he likes them well enough to make it clear they can come to him if they need assistance. Eustance actually has taken Phoenix up on the offer once or twice when Franziska and Edgeworth weren't available, but Kay seems to just prefer trolling him.
KRISTOPH: The contents of the conversation were honestly relatively inoffensive as both kept up the facade of being "friends". Phoenix won't delete it because it's important to keep records of everything, but he still REALLY wishes he could.
TRUCY: Mostly just keeping tabs on each other. Trucy occasionally dabbles in texting like a stereotypical teen so that Phoenix can act befuddled like a stereotypical dad in kind, but it's really more of a joke that they're both in on. Only thing really notable is when Trucy decides she *needs* something from him and proceeds to spam messages at him until he either responds or calls her.
APOLLO: Occasionally Phoenix will ask how things are going, but mostly they talk about their actual jobs (for once). Apollo is All Business, and has learned that if he asks for law advice over texts instead of calling Phoenix is more likely to actually give straightforward responses instead of turning their conversation into a LONG conversation. And of course, every time Phoenix gets in a situation Apollo inevitably texts demanding to know why he was informed of it by SOMEONE ELSE. Dangit Phoenix would it kill you to keep Apollo in the Loop, like ever?
KLAVIER: Klavier has Phoenix on his list of people to message each morning with some ridiculous song lyrics. Phoenix is smart and has Klavier on mute. But unfortunately this has come back to bite him more than once. Klavier is well aware he's on mute and takes full advantage of this.
EMA: Any time Phoenix shows up in the news he gets a text from Ema with a link to the article followed by a snarky comment on it. "Seriously, Mr. Wright? Again?" But on occasion he reaches out to her for science-related info and it looks like she doesn't respond... because she usually calls him immediately, ecstatic.
ATHENA: Athena's texts to Phoenix actually resemble what you'd expect an employee's texts to her boss to actually look like, keeping him updated throughout the day and asking if there's anything else she needs to do, with him responding almost like a normal boss with warm advice and checking to make sure she's doing alright. There's copious amounts of emoticons, though.
BLACKQUILL: Simon usually only texts Phoenix when he absolutely has to. He instead has Athena pass along messages for him. But there was one evening when Simon texted Phoenix with some questions about his Japanese genealogy and they had a surprisingly deep conversation! Before going back to never texting each other.
RAYFA: Rayfa recently acquired a phone. She doesn't fully understand why a phone would be used for recreation, but Phoenix managed to acquire her number, so now he sends her bad jokes. Rayfa was confused at first but under her mother's advice she's started using them for learning experience, considering a lot of the jokes have contexts foreign to her. Phoenix has been trying to set Rayfa up with a pen pal in the states but no luck so far, so for now he just patiently answers her questions.
AMARA: Nahyuta does not have Phoenix's number, and the reverse is also true, so in the rare event that he has something to talk to Phoenix about he passes it on via Apollo. Unfortunately one time Apollp was unconscious from working all night and it was kind of urgent. Lo and behold, freaking Queen Amara somehow had Phoenix's number and passed along the message instead. Since then, she'll occasionally send Phoenix candid photos of the Courtroom, and Phoenix wonders what the heck his life has turned into.
LAMIROIR: Their conversations USED to be Phoenix giving Thalassa updates on her children, but lately it's been a series of frustrated exchanges as every attempt at scheduling a meetup with her, Trucy, and Apollo continues to fall through. It's a disaster. Phoenix wonders if they're cursed to never get proper resolution to the Gramarye family drama.
PROFESSOR LAYTON: Unsurprisingly, Layton sends Phoenix puzzles once a week, only some of which Phoenix can solve on his own, though he tries to ensure he has the answer by the time Layton sends the next puzzle. One time Phoenix asked Layton what he was up to these days, and the Professor told him. Phoenix promptly decided to not ask again unless it was relevant to a case, and now they mostly keep their occasional conversations restricted to discussing their respective children.
MIA: The closest thing Phoenix has to a diary. He asked Maya if Mia's able to actually read them. Maya just smiled a very Mia-like smile, which was either a subtle sign of possession or something she practiced in the mirror for years. Phoenix doesn't know Edgeworth is paying to keep the number in service. Maya does know, and was mildly disappointed to learn Edgeworth wasn't taking advantage of the situation.
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