Is it weird to have 2 phones?

[betabeta]

Nope, I like different phones, I had 4 active at one time, 2 seems kinda normal to me, I have one now with iOS beta 18.2 So just 2 active, unactive I must have 20, kind of a collection.

I still miss the days when the smaller the phone you had, the cooler you were. If you had a StarTAC in 96 You would flip that thing open like you were the most important coolest person on earth, those things were like lighting up a cigarette in the 80's. So would I flip that phone open just to show off.. no call?...I certainly did, I mean I paid a zillion dollars for just a phone! I wasn't really a jerk, I just like new tech, ok maybe I was showing off sometimes..LOL

So for years I kept my last tiny flip phone topped up with a cheap Virgin Mobile account, it was a Vox 8600 smaller than the StarTAC, and still I love to flip that thing open with one hand and talk, made that satisfying snap back closed, when bored waiting for someone I would just flip it open and close to occupy the time because yeah we didn't have full computers slabs on our phones. Strangely I still think that Vox 8600 is my favorite phone. Where did the time go?

 

[M5RahuL]

In my case, it's weird to NOT have at least 2 active devices at any time lol

 

[theo88]

Well, if you're really into separating your personal and business life and the dual sim option is not "enough", and you can be bothered to carry two devices - kudos to you. Sometimes I'm overwhelmed by the one phone I'm carrying around, so it's a no for me.

 

[danb1979]

Well, if you're really into separating your personal and business life and the dual sim option is not "enough", and you can be bothered to carry two devices - kudos to you. Sometimes I'm overwhelmed by the one phone I'm carrying around, so it's a no for me.

I'm lucky in a sense that I work from home, my business mobile never leaves my desk thankfully...

I do have my work email on my personal phone for 'just in cases' but that's it...

 

[contacos]

I am using iPhone 16 Pro (mainly for the camera) and my Fold 6 simultaneously. Thankfully we have Multi SIM here so I can have the same sim card in multiple phones at once and both ring when someone calls me and it stops ringing on the other one once I pick up. They are basically a clone of one another. I even use the same app layout haha

 

[aggie99]

I am using iPhone 16 Pro (mainly for the camera) and my Fold 6 simultaneously. Thankfully we have Multi SIM here so I can have the same sim card in multiple phones at once and both ring when someone calls me and it stops ringing on the other one once I pick up. They are basically a clone of one another. I even use the same app layout haha

Soooo...you can have the same number work on two devices simultaneously? I need this in my life, like, now!

 

[contacos]

Soooo...you can have the same number work on two devices simultaneously? I need this in my life, like, now!

Yes, I can book up to 7 SIM cards of the same number and when someone calls the number, all the devices ring and stop ringing when I pick up on either one of them. The data plan is also shared among those sim.

 

[aggie99]

Yes, I can book up to 7 SIM cards of the same number and when someone calls the number, all the devices ring and stop ringing when I pick up on either one of them. The data plan is also shared among those sim.

Wow, carriers in the US are so limited and behind the rest of the world.

 

[sunking101]

Yes.

 

[atiffarooq]

Wow, carriers in the US are so limited and behind the rest of the world.

Would love that here in the UK as well but can’t see it ever happening!

 

[atiffarooq]

Yes, I can book up to 7 SIM cards of the same number and when someone calls the number, all the devices ring and stop ringing when I pick up on either one of them. The data plan is also shared among those sim.

What happens if you get an SMS (or iMessage)? Does it come through to all phones sharing the same number?

 

[Bkdodger]

I guess the best I could do is have my Google Voice number ring on all my phones smh

 

[contacos]

What happens if you get an SMS (or iMessage)? Does it come through to all phones sharing the same number?

SMS only works from one sim at a time but you can switch it instantly with some *221* code on the number pad or something but I actually haven't sent a SMS since the 00