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The concept of a "primary" smartphone is a little strange to me. How common is it to have multiple active smartphones? (As opposed to, say, one for testing soft
by seldo 12y ago
The concept of a "primary" smartphone is a little strange to me. How common is it to have multiple active smartphones? (As opposed to, say, one for testing software, or an old one in the closet)
- wingerlang 12y agoAgreed. Although while travelling I frequently find people who have 2 smartphones. Usually because the main one is carrier locked but also, I guess, as an anti-theft solution.
- jkestner 12y agoThat's what I thought too, right after "Insert Dave Morin joke."
- djfergus 12y agoThe common scenario I see here in Asia is a corporate provided phone (free business calls and the only sanctioned way to access corporate email, but invariably crappy, old, cheap and/or blackberry) plus a new smartphone (Samsung in ASEAN, iPhone in greater China) used for friends, family, apps etc. Very rare to encounter someone in a business meeting who does not have two phones.
- veidr 12y agoI think it's not too uncommon -- I carry an iPhone 5s and Nexus 5 (in the same pocket), and I see a lot of other people do it too. I do it because: a.) iPhone OS is better but overall, but the tiny screen is super super annoying for many things (IMO) b.) this way I have NTT Docomo in addition to Softbank, so I get coverage underground and weird places where one or the other doesn't work c.) voice dictation is 100x better on Android, so I use the nexus for dictating things
- seba_dos1 12y agoI'm using Openmoko Neo Freerunner, but often also carry Nokia N900, which is nicer for web browsing and writing thanks to hw keyboard. I'm looking forward to replace them both with Neo900.
- dagw 12y agoI'd say at least half the people I know have two phones, one for work, one for personal use.
- dkraft 12y agoI have carried a 2nd "development" phone for more than 5 years. Currently an S3. Not only provides sandbox to play in, it has twice provided an acceptable backup during repairs to primary with only a simcard swap.