Best approach to managing two phones (one for work)?

Submitted by TotoItsCallMtrRacing t3_zk7iju in iphone

Hi all,

I wanted to see how those who have a work phone and a personal phone manage the way they use it. I am in the IT industry and at my last orgaization we were small enough where I had my hands on all the system. Since it is government, eSims were not available so I put the physical sim (work) in my personal phone and setup an eSim with my personal line.

Today, with my new company that has a larger structure that leaves me out of the loop from the systems I don't manage, gave me an iPhone with AIrWatch MDM on it. I don't use any of the provided apps as they don't pertain to me and I have the calls automatically foerward to my personal phone. Obviosuly the downside to this is that when I respond it is my personal number and I also don't recieve texts. Surprisingly they allow us to run Teams/Outlook on the non-MDM devices. This gives me two options. I can plan to ask for forgiveness instead of permission and just swap the physical sim to my personal, and operate like I used to or is there any other way? I thought with the iPhones I can login with my other apple ID for the send/recieve this way I get texts to both.

I am looking for the easiest option for me to fly under the radar with the minimal amount of data being pulled from my device. I strictly want it for the use of the number and nothing else (my personal line is Unlimited data)

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MusicCaFae t1_izy96e2 wrote

I’m in exactly the same position and have gone with keeping my work and personal phone separate. Having work stuff on your personal phone leaves you open to error and it’s more difficult to switch off, even with focus modes. When I’ve had similar situations I’ve took the risk and just used the phone of choice (as I have a spare phone that tends to be a better spec and I prefer to use iOS for the automation) and have never been pulled up but, if your company are on top of their security accreditations then they might be checking for unauthorised devices. It’s sometimes reassuring to see if anyone else has been getting away with it.

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jessicafmux t1_izybosg wrote

My company offered to take over paying for my personal phone but then they would have control over what apps I have, blah, blah, blah, or they could provide me with a work phone. So I went with getting a 2nd (work) phone from them.

For the sake of transparency, I keep personal usage personal and the work stuff on the work phone only. A bit of a PITA but it's just safest.

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swsko t1_izyda85 wrote

Up until today I had 2 phones but with the 14 pro I activated 2 esims, only issue now is figuring out which numbers do what lol

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panthereal t1_izykf9o wrote

I would just use the two phones to keep things fully separate. Maybe get a pocket organizer that is capable of holding two phones comfortably in one pocket.

Better to ask for permission ahead of time to use both SIM in one phone if you prefer. That looks better on you overall. If they don't have documentation covering it yet they likely will want to form this for company growth.

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Velvy71 t1_izyo1k5 wrote

Replying to swsko (#914,719)

You can name them.

Pro tip: if you use WhatsApp for both, you need to install both WhatsApp and WhatsApp for Business. It’s the same app with a different name just so you can use two numbers on one phone

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TotoItsCallMtrRacing OP t1_izyotxt wrote

Replying to jessicafmux (#914,654)

Yea the goal would be to set my personal as the primary. With forwarding it is just a mess managing the allowed calls through a DND mode during the night. I find that I can end up missing a call for support if it unblocked the number on the company phone but not the personal

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BananaBaconFries t1_izyqi05 wrote

Separate phones Separate apple IDs if assuming both of your phones are apple devices

If company allows apple ID registrations to non.corporate emails then grab that opportunity. Create another Apple ID/Email using non.corporate email

this is what I do

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SignalRevenue t1_izyuv0s wrote

Why not using both SIM cards in a personal iPhone?

You would be receiving messages for both numbers and would be able to dial from any of the lines and start outgoing messaging from one of the numbers.

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swsko t1_j000m5d wrote

Replying to Velvy71 (#915,205)

Yea I know I did both those settings I also changed default numbers to use for my most frequent contacts my issue is the WhatsApp chat history from my other phone. And is iCloud merging the two if I auto back them

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