Ringtones, speaker phone, video-calls in public, leaving it on the table while talking to someone, carrying it in your hand at all times. The no-no list goes on…

Please don’t whip out your phone in the cinema or theatre. Photo: Getty
At an intimate classical music concert last Sunday, a young man came in late, sat in the front row and checked his phone periodically for the rest of the event.
The phone display wasn’t bright, he didn’t type and there were no dinging or clicking sounds.