Other Backup phone - Do you have one?

[rui no onna]

I see a LOT of people on here talk about buying backup phones. How often do you come to a point you actually need a back up? Or by backup do most of you simply mean secondary phone?

I don't quite buy backup phones. I just keep my old phones when I upgrade. We travel overseas once a year and it's much nicer to be able to use a device we're already familiar with (and already setup the way we want) rather than buy a cheapie dumb phone or Android just for travel.

 

[ImAnAgent]

Try swappa.com

I can't use Swappa. Paypal will not accept my checking account stating that it's used on the maximum number of accounts for which are no longer active.

I actually sold my product red 256GB 7+ in September for $500 and had to refund the money due to this. I had it listed for $500 because it was the only red 7+ that had been listed in quite some time.

I'm stuck with only a few options now.

 

[0388631]

Personal phone and work phone. Granted I can do whatever I want with both.

That said if both broke I could probably reactivate an older phone I have. Which isn't as simple as sticking a card into a phone since we're on a CDMA service (Verizon).
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I can't use Swappa. Paypal will not accept my checking account stating that it's used on the maximum number of accounts for which are no longer active.

If you can still access those accounts, you can remove the checking account with them and then close the account. The email on file cannot be reused, though. However, in any case, you can try an online only financial institution that's certified by your nation's federal banking standards authority. Transfer some money into it as most if not all do not require a minimum amount and carry no monthly fees, and use that for PayPal. I personally find that much more smart and safe than a brick and mortar bank when it comes to PayPal.

It's almost like an air gap between PayPal and your day to day checking account, instead using a online only bank that has a very small amount of money in it. I feel PayPal will come under immense scrutiny in the next 5-10 years since they skirt the law by not operating as a bank. It's one of the many loopholes that allow them to operate as they do.

In addition, you can link the debit or account of that online institution to your Apple Apps store, even though I believe PayPal is available for linking. Do as you please, really.

 

[bushman4]

it’s always good to keep an old iPhone rather than get $100 as a backup

 

[ImAnAgent]

If you can still access those accounts, you can remove the checking account with them and then close the account. The email on file cannot be reused, though. However, in any case, you can try an online only financial institution that's certified by your nation's federal banking standards authority. Transfer some money into it as most if not all do not require a minimum amount and carry no monthly fees, and use that for PayPal. I personally find that much more smart and safe than a brick and mortar bank when it comes to PayPal.

It's almost like an air gap between PayPal and your day to day checking account, instead using a online only bank that has a very small amount of money in it. I feel PayPal will come under immense scrutiny in the next 5-10 years since they skirt the law by not operating as a bank. It's one of the many loopholes that allow them to operate as they do.

In addition, you can link the debit or account of that online institution to your Apple Apps store, even though I believe PayPal is available for linking. Do as you please, really.

Those old accounts are closed but apparently, PayPal keeps them in their system still because I am getting that error that my checking account is attached to the maximum amount of accounts allowed.

I'm just done with Paypal for the most part.

 

[Southern Dad]

I have a 7 Plus that is my back up iPhone to my iPhone XS Max.

 

[12vElectronics]

I do not. I've always kicked around the idea of a second phone by Android to use for work. Just never pulled the trigger because I don't want another $60 added on to my Verizon bill.