What to do guys & girls.?

I love my boyfriend we have fun when we are together face to face his chatty his just fun to be around ( by nature he is a calm and quite person by the way). So basically what am getting at is he is so boring when it comes to communicating over the phone especially when he texts am always thinking why do you bother, he gives one word answers he does not really ask questions if you tell him something, he does not know how to develop the conversation so i hate texting him because i know after 2 minutes the conversation will be boring or dead, am good at texting i always crack jokes so its hard to not be able to talk to via texting when we are not with each other. I believe if your in a relationship you should be able to keep the same connection you have when your face to face when your also apart texting & calling should be fun but he makes it feel like a chore a boring one.... What should i do to get him to engage more in conversation over the phone because its starting to grate on my nerves.