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Is it weird to have 2 phones?
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I’m considering adding the Xiaomi 14 ultra to my collection too - been watching some YT videos recently and it looks like a quality phone.
Is it weird? That is the wrong question! Lots of good things are weird. For example, it was once weird for medical personnel to regularly wash thier hands. Even today, it's weird to wear a reletive vest when walking the street at night. A reletive vest can save your life, as it makes it easier for divers to see you at night!
So don't worry about if it's weird or something. Just ask yourself why you want two phones. And if you ask me: It's a good idea to have a backup phone, in case your main phone breaks or gets lost.
So don't worry about if it's weird or something. Just ask yourself why you want two phones. And if you ask me: It's a good idea to have a backup phone, in case your main phone breaks or gets lost.
I did have 2 phones on the go as of this morning...
I'm now down to one device and that's the Pixel Fold. Sold my 15PM and AWU. Got £1400 in the bank for them both via eBay UK and I've had watch 6 Classic land with me today also. Brand new / unopened for £200 delivered and so far, very impressed.
I need 2 lines but not necessarily 1 phones. I do still have my Pixel 4XL as my ever trusty back up / emergency phone and I still use it for pictures as its that good still.
But 2 flagship phones on my desk was massive overkill and as said, those funds are better in my savings account (thank goodness Apple devices retain their value) 👌🏼
The Fold took me an hour to fully reset, move WhatsApp from the iPhone onto it and then reload all my personal apps, and the work apps onto the work side of the device.
Works faultlessly, only one phone to carry and it works spot on with the Watch 6 Classic
Happy days 😊
I'm now down to one device and that's the Pixel Fold. Sold my 15PM and AWU. Got £1400 in the bank for them both via eBay UK and I've had watch 6 Classic land with me today also. Brand new / unopened for £200 delivered and so far, very impressed.
I need 2 lines but not necessarily 1 phones. I do still have my Pixel 4XL as my ever trusty back up / emergency phone and I still use it for pictures as its that good still.
But 2 flagship phones on my desk was massive overkill and as said, those funds are better in my savings account (thank goodness Apple devices retain their value) 👌🏼
The Fold took me an hour to fully reset, move WhatsApp from the iPhone onto it and then reload all my personal apps, and the work apps onto the work side of the device.
Works faultlessly, only one phone to carry and it works spot on with the Watch 6 Classic
Happy days 😊
Probably only works for drug dealers 😂
I've tried dual SIM in my Pixel Fold (eSIM for business and physical SIM for personal); but it gets annoying very quickly; more so when you need to send quite a lot of text messages and you're forever having to remember to change it from line 1 to 2 and vice-versa
I lasted a week and got my iPhone back 🤬
Yes, it is weird to have “only“ two phones. You should have 6-8.
I've had the regular Xiaomi 14 for a couple of weeks while my S24+ was getting repaired. Legitimate global version from Swappa. It is very impressive, HyperOS feels exactly like iOS in terms of the scrolling speed, layouts, menus. My only issue is that I can't get wifi calling to work at all on T-Mobile, the option just doesn't appear in the phone settings unless I run a couple dialer codes. Even then, the signal goes haywire and the phone is unusable so I need to turn it off and / or reset network settings.
The camera on the standard 14 is very good in my opinion. No fog issues with mine. Trades blows with and often more accurate than the Galaxy in my shots. The 14 Ultra looks incredible.
On the global version you need to have an active Xiaomi account for at least 30 days and then send a request to unlock the bootloader through the Xiaomi Community app. I am interested in flashing the EU rom because it gets many more updates and apparently has more features similar to the Chinese version, also curious to see if wifi calling works by default on the EU updated roms.
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You got a new phone, and you still have an old one (or multple old ones).
You carry a backup phone with you, in case something happens to your main phone.
You inherited a phone from someone you died, while you already have a phone.
You're a collector.
Etc.
At least here in Germany you can get exactly that from 1&1 and from Deutsche Telekom. It is called Multi Card and has a maximum of three simultaneous usable SIM cards with exactly the same number. I have the two card option and if i get called, both phones ring and the one i take gets the call. Meanwhile the other phone can be simultaneously used for receiving calls or making another call.
I'll add that to the long list of things that other countries have figured out that somehow we haven't (healthcare, transit, etc).
I just ordered a Samsung Galaxy Fold 6 and I will use it together with my iPhone 15 Plus sharing the same phone number (Multisim). I will need to retire my Apple Watch Series 6 though because my intention is to make the Fold 6 my main phone (ordered a Galaxy Watch Series 7 as well). Already informed the 5 people I actually write on iMessage, that we will have to go back to WhatsApp to make sure I get the texts on both phones.
I've never worked out how to use two phones. However, here I am trying again with the iphone 15 pro max and S24 ultra. I think mow I've finally realised that I don't have to try and justify it. I have two phones because I want to.
I have a work issued phone but now I have two seperate phones for my personal use.
Exactly this! Why should you need to justify it at all, to anyone?!
Basically me now, used to sell my other before changing to a new phone but now I have both 15 Pro and S24 Ultra with no intention of selling either and going back to one.
From now on I'll probably upgrade on alternate years, so I got the 15 Pro last year, S24 Ultra this year, probably 17 Pro next year then S26 Ultra the year after.
Not at all. I think the average tech enthusiast keeps 2 or more of the same kind of device.
If someone finds it weird, then sucks for them. There are much worse things out there to get weirded out than someone using two or more phones.