I Have 2 Cell Phones... Depending on Who's Asked, It's "Normal"

[DonDavis]

Another thread about Facebook got me thinking.

I got my first cell phone in '99. It was from work and at the time I did not have a personal cell phone. In '07 I divorced and just plugged along with 1 phone. About a year ago, I did a gut check and admitted I was using my work phone for too many personal reasons and got an Android for personal use. Started migrating contacts, etc...
The personal phone stays in my vehicle most of the work day and my work phone stays home in the evenings if go anyplace.

When someone in their 20's sees me with 2 phones, not much is said. If anything, I'm asked about the functionality of both and the reasoning for 2. Their comments are more along the lines of "Hmm, 2 phones? Interesting, why not 1? Oh, one is personal, got it."

On the flip, the older folks ( 45+ ) seems more "Ugh, you have 2 phones!? Why in the world would you possibly want or need 2 phones?" After I explain why, their eyes are usually glassed over, unable to see the validity.

I kind of see it like FB and "Personal Technology", in general. Get on or get left behind. I'm not saying left behind is bad, but if a person makes that choice, don't gripe about it.

Answer the poll and explain your stance.

Personal is a Samsung Epic Android. Love it, easy, great display, intuitive functions, et al. Poor battery life, but I manage.

My work brick is a Blackberry Storm2. Hate it. Sketchy screen, poor phone functions, difficult to manage data on the device ( it has the laptop interface that makes it ok, though )

What say you?

[Pazuzu]

I still have trouble understanding why people need ONE cell phone...

I get more strange looks and comments from people about not having any than you do about having two I bet

[onewhippedpuppy]

Work Blackberry gives me email and saves me minutes. If I don't want to worry about work on days off it stays at home. Personal iPhone for everything else. I don't like mixing business and pleasure.

[mossguy]

Oh, about two pounds.

[gprsh924]

I don't want to mess with two phones

One iPhone, work pays the majority of the bill. If necessary, turn off work email on off hours/weekends (but that doesn't happen often).

[porsche4life]

I'll have two starting in may... Will be issued some company junk, and my iPhone is still under contract, and I prefer it...

[krystar]

it makes it easier to seperate work and personal life if u need to file costs for reimbursements and/or taxes

[Z-man]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

Work Blackberry gives me email and saves me minutes. If I don't want to worry about work on days off it stays at home. Personal iPhone for everything else. I don't like mixing business and pleasure.

+1 - except my work phone never gets turned off, since I'm on support 24x7x365.

-Z

[Erakad]

Use the work BB, but overall and (including the BB) at home I have 5 phones/6 numbers so I'm "available"...is that overkill? When I return to the States, I conceivably could end up with just the dreaded work cell and personal cell. Can hardly wait until I can put this BS behind me.

[red-beard]

When I was working for someone else, I could have had a work cellphone. I preferred my own. I expensed my calls as needed. I did not want to carry 2 phones.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Z-man

....since I'm on support 24x7x365.
-Z

+1...I began carrying a pager and a freakin' bag phone when I was 24, then migrated to two cellphones on my hip in the mid-years. I simply refused to accept a "crackberry" (no iPhones in corporate america then), towards the end. After 25 years of that crap, now I have one phone that I don't keep "on" or even check on half the time. If you need me, ESP me....maybe I'll call ya or maybe I won't . "Freedom" from phones is a good thing if ya ask me...

[masraum]

There have been times when I had only a personal phone (now and in the past), there have been times when I only had a work phone that was used for personal and work calls, and there have been times when I had a personal phone AND a work phone.

I prefer to only have 1.

The last time I had a personal phone and work phone, the work phone sat in a desk drawer for at least 8-9 months with a dead battery. I'd just use my personal phone for work calls.

[stuartj]

In parts of Asia, youre nobody unless youre carrying two phone. You are really hot if youve got three.

[flipper35]

I have a personal flip phone. I don't need anything special, I just need to be able so make and receive calls.

I have a Blackberry Bold given to me from work in another one of those "Lets not get IT involved in the decicion making process on something that involves them directly" moves. It doesn't work at our house because the carrier doesn't have a tower near the house. Hate the BES required for Exchange instead of a native client. Sits on my hip all day at work and sits on the counter at home charging. Seldom gets used, but once in a while it works for a poor man's GPS and I used it to find my way around Austin when I was down there for work. All of the on call calls go to my personal cell so they can actually get ahold of me if they need to.

[Mr_Wizard]

2. A personal and business cell

[Rufblackbird]

1 currently, but back when I was in the corporate world, 2. Work phone was a motorola flip phone (RAZR?)...I requested for a smartphone so i could answer emails but was rejected. So if I deemed it important enough (or I liked the sender), I'd answer it on my personal phone. If not, they can wait until I got back to the office.