Research by Vodafone found that as well as the third who said taking a call mid-romp was fine, 51 percent thought it was perfectly ok to take a call at a wedding.

“It seems we’re desperate not to miss out on gossip no matter what we’re up to, even when having a romantic dinner or in bed,” the Daily Star quoted Vodafone boss Srini Gopalan as saying.

In another study,u00a0nearly 4 percent people admit to having used their smartphones while having sex.u00a0

The survey asked 1,000 people who have used the service to trade-in an old device if they’d rather go without sex or smartphone for a weekend. 15 percent of people chose sex.