Do you use two personal phones or is one for work? If the former, how do you balance use between them?
Two personal, and I actually have four phones I consider on “active duty” meaning I keep them updated and ready to roll with one of my two sims.
I maintain one line for an Android phone and one for an iPhone.
It’s really proven convenient and sometimes even necessary since we disconnected phones from our land line due to what essentially became unbearable harassment from telemarketing calls as well as Verizon’s incompetence in dealing with a technical problem we have had for years.
I’ve at times needed two phones when medical emergencies have arisen. Along with other family members, I am “on call” to take care of my elderly parents and my in-laws. 3 of them are seriously disabled. Just a couple of weeks ago I had family on one phone and emergency services on the other and was communicating simultaneously with them both.
On the more fun side of it, I prefer to read ebooks on my IPhone 8 Plus’s LCD display and my Kindle App. But because Apple charges for in-app purchases it’s impossible to buy my Kindle books on the iOS App. So I buy my books and movies on my Android and can actually view them on either phone.
I play games on either. Some games I prefer on iOS. Others on Android.
I’ve grown an unhealthy dependence on Apple Maps. They’ve done such an excellent job in my area. The vans were out mapping the most god awful backwoods roads that are barely paved. And when I wear my Apple Watch it taps my wrist to let me know with sufficient time that I need to make a lane change. And most of my friends are on iMessage and my family only uses FaceTime for video calling and seem reluctant when asked to consider using non Apple options, so I can’t give up my iPhone.
I love my Samsung S9+ for the excellent camera and the wonderful stereo audio recordings it makes for my family videos. The camera has a very good manual mode that I’m getting very good at using to get the pictures I want. Oh and I love the headphone jack still being there. I use wired headphones and earbuds a lot. I also love how nice Bluetooth audio sounds from either my Pixel 2 or my Samsung.
My Pixel 2 does not have a sim in it but I sometimes carry it around on my property and use it via WiFi because it’s so small compared to my other phones. It has tremendous range in WiFi so I’m still getting texts from school on it via the multi platform app they use. My Apple Watch or Fitbit let me know if my family is calling me.
I like low light photography with my Samsung better than on my Pixel2, but for daylight snapshots it’s hard to beat the Pixel 2. And we have not grown tired of the AR stickers that the Pixel 2 does so well. I do use my iPhone camera because sometimes that is the phone that happens to be with me but I can’t say I think much of it anymore. Apple let themselves get outdone.
I have a Product RED iPhone I alternate with my silver one when I want to change colors. That’s got the 2 year Apple Care on it. Because I had such a hard time with the OLED display on the iPhone X hurting my eyes and didn’t end up liking Face ID much, either, I went and got the two 8 Pluses to keep me in iOS as long as possible.
I have all these phones and yet I know I’m not even scratching the surface of what can be done with them. I still lead a very “manual” life. I still control lights and thermostats by their switches. I use the radio that came with my truck for music. I use conventional buttons for my garage doors. I still survive on Post-It notes. I stick post it notes on the bezels of my IPhone 8 Plus instead of using Notes. I know how to do things on my phones. I just sometimes find it soothes my soul to go old school.
