Two phones or one? Work/Personal
Hey monkeys, I've read up on this subject in some older threads and was curious as to what the consensus was on the forum regarding this now.
Are you folks still using one phone for work and one more for personal? Or using one for both?
The privacy of two separate lines with separate carriers sounds appealing but I don't know if lugging around two phones is worth it.
If your company pays for one, of course. If you're paying out of pocket and don't feel like paying for an extra line then there's no sense in it. I'm not sure if the minor benefits outweigh any of the cons if you don't have extra cash you're looking to blow.
I use one for both.
I was using two, eventually got sick of it after a year and moved to one.
At my bank, they offered us the use of a company blackberry or reimbursement if we chose to use our personal device. The majority used one device for both personal + work as it can be a hassle carrying around two, plus we would effectively pay nothing for our personal phone bill (it was expensed each month).
If you go with one device, just be careful not to drunk dial/email senior bankers or accidentally pocket reply-all to huge distribution lists (I've seen both happen)
My bank just switched to iPhones so now I carry two of them... Kinda sucks since the 6 is so much bigger than my old Blackberry but I kind of have to do it or else my battery life gets shot. Plus the Good app sucks.
Work and private phone? (Originally Posted: 03/27/2014)
Many of my fellow analysts have only one phone (usually the latest iPhone) both for work related stuff as well as for private stuff but I'm still sitting here at my desk with my two phones (blackberry for work, iPhone as private phone). I'm currently considering changing to one iPhone as well and was wondering whether the majority of you guys use two phones or whether you have switched to one phone for both work and private use as well? And btw, is anyone using a blackberry as his/her only phone for both private and work use?
I know that Blackberry 10 has a function that kind of turns the phone into two phones-- your work phone and your private phone. You just have to press a button.
But BB 10 has basically no apps and blah blah blah. If you like the company, then that might be a good phone choice, but if you're used to something like Android or iOS I wouldn't recommend.
Single phone is the way to go. Save $100+/mo. on your personal bill and lighten the load in your pockets. Your firm has better things to do than read the love notes between you and your girlfriend, or scold you because the slut from friday night sent you a selfie. Most of your future recruiting is going to be done via personal email, and they won't waste their time tracing every unknown contact that calls you for a phone interview. It sucks losing your old phone number, but its a good way to get rid of "girl from Corner Bar" that you haven't called since freshman year at 2am, just rip off the band-aid and it will be ok.
I'm not sure how I feel about the firm having all my shit. Besides, they heavily implied that the blackberrys were not for personal use when they handed them out (not that I haven't cheated on that Seamless style).
I have only one Iphone for both private and work stuff, and it turns out a lot of confusion and bothering sometimes, mainly because of my work. If you donot have too many contact for both purposes, one is ok, but i still suggest two for clear separation. I wish to have another Nokia for work now
My firm just ditched BB so now I'm rocking twin iPhones.
In this game you never know when you're going to get chopped, so it's always a good idea to have a personal phone, especially when security only gives you ten minutes to collect your things..
Should I get another phone for video games and apps
2 iPhones. White and black one.
I love my iPhone but I prefer to work with a BB.
Surprised to see so many of you guys use the iphone over Android. I fucking hate my Motorola, but I love the Android OS. I've had like 4 Motorola phones become slow as fuck and freeze at random. Fuck Motorola and the horse it rode in on.
And who names a phone the Droid Razr Maxx HD? Sounds like something you'd find at a bodega or an early 2000s computer accessory. And fuck Verizon too for sending me refurbished phones. They're not as good as new, you cheap fucksticks. They are impossible to break though, so I don't have to walk around with a case like a poor.
iPhone and Blackberry
No reason to have my company be able to see my personal use.
iphone and blackberry for me too, although i'm about to switch to iphone & iphone which seems a bit overkill.
blackberry as cell phone? having two cell phones? (Originally Posted: 08/11/2007)
Is the Berry good enough as a cell?
Also, any of you guys keep a personal cell ( for which you pay from your own pocket) in addition to the one paid for by work? If so what are your reasons.
I just dont feel like carrying a zillion things in my pockets.
Some banks pay for voice on blackberry, some don't. Depends on your role and your area. Most analysts don't travel enough to justify a separate voice plan. Sometimes they will let you do a split liability plan and let you use your blackberry as your cell phone.
It's dependent by bank. I'm just afraid that I'll go out and night and break my blackberry by accident. So having an extra phone is good for that. Keep in touch wiht your friends, and giving some separation from work and play.
I dint bother to get mine activated, I prefer keeping my shit as detached from the man as possible.
I know my bank won't actually let you activate the phone on the BB except by dint of herculean determination (otherwise known as breaking the one you're issued and having to buy your own),
Berry as a cell is the way to go, I went for a long time carting a ton of shit around in my pockets before I finally consolidated. Remember, there really is no time you can realistically be without the berry. Suck it up, simplify, and put-em together.
I had voice on my berry but didnt like it so I reactivated my flip phone as well. My bank pays for both but that might not be the case everywhere.
Solutions to Multiple Phones? (Originally Posted: 11/19/2013)
Long story short, I have a personal phone and a corporate phone but would only like to use the corporate one since it's uh... kinda better. I'd also prefer to only carry around one phone.
Anyone know a good way to both call forward and text message forward? I'm also considering google voice as an alternative but don't know how well that will work. FWIW both phones are iPhones. Figured other people here might have run into this super first world problem before.
From Google, first is calls, second is text
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/using-the-iphones-call-forwarding…
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/87417/is-there-a-way-to-automa…
I'd never want to mix my personal and business phone together.
if you have AT&T - you can use Toggle...
Just get a new personal. I had two (work was much better), and used it too much. Actually was reprimanded for it, which really surprised me that they tracked individual lines and didn't have a "catch-all" kind of package.
Nevermind Apple and Verizon are amazing
Do you want to receive calls on both phones from 2 numbers? For that you need to keep the phone number active with a paid provider (could be a VoIP service like Vonage etc, not sure if Skype does this) and turn on call forwarding. Stuff like Google Voice works here as well.
I'm not sure how text works, but I'm sure it works the same way.
A free text solution you can implement right now if you use iMessage a lot (the blue texts instead of the green ones, happens when both texters are using an iPhone): you can simply go in to the iMessage Settings menu on the phone and add the phone number you want to use for text. Then you can receive messages from both numbers on the same phone. Video calling and voice calling over FaceTime (between iPhones) will also work using this but only over data connections, so use it reasonably outside of WiFi.
^ Google Voice does SMS as well.
Just get rid of the phone. One of the best decisions of my life.
Whatever you do, just don't do NSFW on the work phone.
Might actually have to do google voice after all. Apparently I was able to do everything except for forwarding regular text messages. Might have a solution tonight though.
And luckily, firm doesn't have people that will be looking at my phone for any reason unless i'm fired and they wipe it.
One or two phones? (Originally Posted: 11/17/2010)
Starting at an MBB out of ugrad next year, so I'm anticipating being glued to the company blackberry quite a bit during the week. I have a personal iPhone now, so I'm wondering what people's thoughts are on ditching or keeping the personal cell once work starts? I've heard two basic trains of thought ...
1) Ditch the personal phone and the bill that goes along with it, the inconvenience of having two phones to carry around, etc
2) Keep the personal phone for work/life balance purposes. Lock the blackberry in the dresser drawer on the weekend to forcibly create that personal time that won't be invaded with work emails
Thoughts?
Check this thread out - pretty long discussion on this exact topic: http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/blackberrypda
A couple of weeks I was looking into the same issue. What I was trying to find was a phone that was capable of handling two different phone numbers (personal and work). I found a Voip service that has software, which you download to your phone, that allows you to run a phone number through your phone carrier and then a 2nd line through the Voip service. Thought this was a decent solution until I found out that the phones capable of doing this are crap.
Now that I am thinking about it....I believe you can just download skype to your phone ( compatible with most current phones) and sign up for their phone service. So if the company wants to pay for this service you would have your "business line" cell phone number... You would just need to make sure your phone can run multiple apps at the same time. Anyone have any experience with this?
My brother uses this and he has had nothing but good things to say about it. Certainly a good option
I have google voice on my droid and it's amazing. I don't pay for texts or minutes... and you can respond texts via email which is really convenient (in case u forget ur phone or something)
2 phones or 1? (Originally Posted: 02/07/2011)
Just curious, how many people with firm provided phones dump their personal ones and how many maintain separate work and personal phones?
I keep 2 separate phones...
2 separate...
scared of accidentally dialing or texting a work contact when drunk.
2 phones. Don't want anyone seeing my texts to friends/girls.
From my comment in another thread, in which we discussed this topic exactly: //www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/blackberrypda#comment-320244
thanks for the link CaptK. New to this forum and searching by phone proved fruitless :)
+1 for CaptK - feel the exact same way. Just don't be dumb about using the phone, plus it will save you $$ each month.
While having one phone will save you money, your work BB will not allow you to text, download apps, take pictures, etc. Just a thought. Your work BB can email and call and not much else.
Do all M/B/B provide u with a work phone? Just curious
Just 1. Don't be dumb.
I use three to four. Thats because I have a family/friends in various countries in Europe so I have a number and phone for each country. Its a pain in the ass and I hate it and most of the time the phones are just lying around at my current home. Try to keep it simple and stay with one
2.
There are times when you want to be unavailable to colleagues but not to friends.
Two. You don't want anything inappropriate being sent on your work phone, and also the work phone is not good for browsing websites or checking personal mail (Android all the way).
2 forsure.
I think it was mentioned on the other thread but Google Phone (or something like that) allows you to have 2 numbers on one phone. My brother uses it but I found it to be tough to juggle.
I like to keep a burner.
-stringer bell
If you make the mistake of having a serious girlfriend at this stage of the game (a mistake we're all guilty of), then forget this idea of "2 phones." More like 3rd and 4th secret phones are an absolute necessity.
Well considering that all of the communicating you do on the company phone is property of the company (i.e. they can read your emails/texts and use the info in them against you without technically violating your privacy) I don't mind paying extra $100 a month to not take those risks. Also my work gives bberry, and for personal use i like iphone
Agree with captain K. Hate carrying two devices. I loaded up work email access onto my iPhone, and really only carry my blackberry when traveling as a backup.
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