Would you carry 2 mobile phones around with you?

@Asylum (47893)
Manchester, England
October 8, 2015 1:40pm CST
During my last job many work colleagues had mobile phones supplied by the company, which were obviously intended for company use only. It was not uncommon for these people to have both the company mobile and their personal device in their pocket, which I considered was quite cumbersome. I declined the offer of a company mobile because the idea of carrying more than one did not appeal to me in the slightest. Instead I much preferred to distribute my personal number among all relevant staff. I also know a few people who have more than one personal mobile. This seems logical if one is a spare or used on holidays in case of loss, but for regular use seems odd to me. Do you have more than one mobile that you carry around with you?
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@troyburns (1405)
• New Zealand
9 Oct 15
Young people (high school students) often have two or three phones linked to different carriers so they can always get the best rates when chatting with friends on the same carrier.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Oct 15
@hereandthere If we had a need to use 2 different networks it would be more practical to use a dual sim mobile.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
10 Oct 15
@ChesneyM Surprisingly no, I would have expected a dula sim to be more expensive but the only dual sim mobiles around appear to be basic and lower priced models.
• Philippines
9 Oct 15
@troyburns that's how it is here (though i'm not one of them). one is high tech, one is basic, with 2 different networks (usually combination of globe, smart, sun, tm)
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
8 Oct 15
I rarely carry a mobile phone with me unless I'm expecting to use it. When I'm out and about, I usually don't want to be contacted on just any old thing which I could easily catch up with when I get home. Since I always find it very difficult to get the phone out and remember how to answer the call in time, I usually miss calls when I have the phone with me and often have to call back (which costs money). Mobile phones are just a blessed nuisance as far as I'm concerned! Well, OL - they do have their uses ... my parents would have been astounded that one could carry such a small thing around which would not only be a phone but a camera, a street map which can tell you where you are to within 30 feet or so, a radio, a music player and an encyclopaedia and many other things. I have known people who carry two phones around with them and they don't seem to have any problem knowing which one to answer when it rings, nor do they seem to be too encumbered by them.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
8 Oct 15
It has always seemed a pointless thing to be. I would not carry 2 jackets so that I could wear the most suitable one for the weather at the time or 2 pairs of glasses for different uses.
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
9 Oct 15
Hahaha, I actually have 2 mobiles with me. One is a smart phone, the other is just a regular type of phone that has a built in flashlight and don't have any advanced features. It's best to have two phones, one for business and another for personal use.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Oct 15
This is where we have different opinions. I would much rather combine both into a single mobile for convenience.
@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
10 Oct 15
@Asylum Oh one mobile has two sims for convenience, the other one only has one sim so I have 3 numbers altogether.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
10 Oct 15
@owstalaga I have known several people to have 2 mobiles, but never knoen anyone to use 3 separate numbers.
@LadyDuck (471506)
• Switzerland
9 Oct 15
I even forget at home the only I have most of the time. I would never carry around 2 mobile phones.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Oct 15
I am unlikely to forget my mobile because I use it even if I am at home. It is more convenient to use my mobile and be free to move around than to use the landline.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Oct 15
@LadyDuck I have often contemplated purchasing a remote handset for my landline, although it would be superfluous since my mobile serves the purpose. Of course it would save me from having to walk downstairs to answer the telephone to hear a sales person or recorded message.
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@LadyDuck (471506)
• Switzerland
9 Oct 15
@Asylum I have a landline, but with two wireless landline phones, I keep one on each level of the house, with our Internet line, they give 2 phone numbers and you may guess that the few times they ring, they ring together.
@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
9 Oct 15
No, I've never had more than one mobile phone at a time. I have a hard enough time not misplacing the one I currently have.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Oct 15
This seems a common problem and I know many people who have put the mobile down and ended up asking someone to call them so that they can locate it.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
10 Oct 15
@cahaya1983 My mobile goes on charge every night and I never use silent mode.
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@gudheart (12659)
10 Oct 15
I have yet to have more than one at a time too.
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• Mumbai, India
9 Oct 15
Not at all . I can't handle more than one phone. A single phone consumes so much of my time that I can't even think of keeping another phone with me
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Oct 15
I hate the current trend for large screen mobiles, which results in a phone that will not fit easily into my shirt pocket. Having 2 would make the situation even worse.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Oct 15
@humanity_revisited The trend at one time was to make mobile phones smaller, then the craze for video and films on a mobile appeared and everyone wanted a larger model. Now it is difficult to find a decent quality mobile with high specifications in a reasonable size.
• Mumbai, India
9 Oct 15
@Asylum I also don't get the logic of keeping 6 inch phones. For me 4.5 inch mobile display is sufficient
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
9 Oct 15
I usually carry only one phone. Carrying two phones could be cumbersome. Though I have more than one mobile phones. However, I use one at a time. On some occasions I carried two mobile phones with me when I went to another city because of network and connectivity issues.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Oct 15
That would make sense because you may not be aware of which network is stronger there until you arrive.
@celticeagle (166976)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Oct 15
I know of several people that have to carry around a second phone when they are on call with their jobs. It is something we have to put up with now days I guess. Especially if you work for such a company.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Oct 15
I never found that I had to put up with it, I simply used my personal mobile for both personal and company business.
@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
9 Oct 15
I only have one mobile phone, as Idon't need anymore than that, as I don't work outside the home. I do take my iPhone with me wherever I go though, as it is the only phone I have, and I do need it should I ever get any emergency calls, or just regular calls for that matter.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Oct 15
The need to be contactable was why I would not leave mine at home, therefore causing me to decline a company mobile.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Oct 15
@rosekiss I would pick mine up if I was walking to the shop for a bottle of milk. It would not really be needed because if anyone telephoned me during that time it would display on the screen and I could easily call back, but it is a habit I have developed.
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@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
9 Oct 15
@Asylum I take mine with me too, when I go grocery shopping. I usually never get calls then, but like you, it is a habit of mine that I take my iPhone wherever I go. I even take it to church, but I don't play on it or anything like that.
@allknowing (136430)
• India
9 Oct 15
One of my mobile providers does not have a generator and with current failure which is a regular feature here it stops providing and for this reason I have another connection.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Oct 15
I would be very reluctant to use a mobile network that proved to be unreliable, instead I would probably have simply changed providers.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Oct 15
@allknowing In that case, surely the problem with exist with both of your mobile phones.
@allknowing (136430)
• India
9 Oct 15
@Asylum All my 3 connections landline, mobile and data connection are through this provider. I cannot just yet fully transfer it to the other provider.
@atv818 (1980)
• United Arab Emirates
9 Oct 15
I only carry one mobile since my company does not provide one although they provide mobile usage monthly. If I have 2 mobile phones then I think it will be very difficult for me to keep track of my callers.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Oct 15
I would have no difficulty keeping track of which mobile was for which purpose, but would hate the extra bulk.
@chiwasaki (4694)
• Philippines
10 Oct 15
I only have one phone and I have been using it for years already. Even if I will have a lot of money to buy multiple phones, I will only use one. For me it is more convenient but some people find 2 phones more convenient.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
10 Oct 15
I feel exactly the same way and would only ever consider carrying one, even though the company would have supplied me another free of charge.
@jstory07 (139708)
• Roseburg, Oregon
9 Oct 15
Right now I do not even have one cell phone. We will be getting one before we move next year.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Oct 15
Despite spending most of life at a time when mobile phones did not exist, I now find one to be essential.
• Midland, Michigan
9 Oct 15
I only have and use one mobile phone, although it's a dumb phone, so I'm not on it all the time like most are. If I had to have one related to a job, that wouldn't be a problem. Carrying it in a pocket would be weird, or two on a belt as a guy would need to do would be different too, but probably managable.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Oct 15
I would find it manageable, but very inconvenient and worth avoiding.
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
9 Oct 15
I have one mobile phone, and half the time I forget to take it with me. But I like it just for the security factor, not to talk to people when I am busy doing other things. I really don't care for talking on the phone and my mobile isn't a smart phone. I have downloaded a few Java apps that will do Facebook and search the web, but it's so slow, it's not worth trying if you aren't stranded in the snow on a mountaintop and trying to secure rescue.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Oct 15
I never use the internet or email features on a mobile. To me it makes more sense to use a computer for those tasks and a mobile for telephone calls.
@valmnz (17097)
• New Zealand
8 Oct 15
No, just the one. However, I do understand the need for a work phone during work hours or when on call. But, if one is working, maybe they shouldn't be taking or receiving personal calls?
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
8 Oct 15
I could have used a company mobile and left my own at home, but it is the only way for a family member to contact me urgently so I consider it essential.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50250)
• United States
9 Oct 15
One phone is all I need.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Oct 15
It is all that I am prepared to carry around at one time.
@gudheart (12659)
10 Oct 15
In case of a company phone, yes I would as I would have one for business and one for personal use. Otherwise, nope :D
@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
8 Oct 15
I do carry two mobiles, I work off them, one is a little slower, but I call it, old faithful, and the other has better speed.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
8 Oct 15
I have always been very averse to this idea. My idea of a mobile is something that will fit in a shirt pocket and provide the facilities that I require, so carrying another simply becomes a liability.
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• United States
8 Oct 15
I only have one but I can see why someone might want to keep a company phone strictly for company use and not intermingle personal stuff on a company phone. I might have a second if I was offered a company one
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
8 Oct 15
I would not have used a company mobile for personal use because the bill would go to Head Office and too many private calls would be questions. Instead I chose to reverse that process and used my personal mobile for company use as well in order to avoid carrying 2 mobiles.