Many of you will know that I have an Android phone (it’s not a religion, please don’t @ me).
This year it’s upgrade year, but I’m thinking of doing something a bit different and getting an iPhone (still not a religion, don’t @ me), but keeping my Samsung and running with both of them.
I was wondering if there’s anyone who’s done that (I think @simonb might be one?) with experience or anyone who’s got some tips on how to make it all work?
Ideally, I’d like one phone number across both devices, but I’m pretty sure that that can’t happen. But any expert tips on a dual phone / number set-up, including mirroring stuff like text messages, Whatsapp etc. Or would I just have to live with a primary device (that all my contacts know) and a secondary one?
(Having typed that all out, I’m not so sure dual-driving is a good idea, but I’m gonna hit the big ol’ Create Topic button anyway…)
I would but the cost of buying a second phone puts me off. I previously used android for years and then switched to Apple and have been there since. I normally change phones about once a year, so maybe when I change I’ll get an android phone for a change.
A mid range android phone is still £300 to £600. I generally in the past have gone for flagship models. I’ll have to see if I can get something from eBay.
I’m honestly tempted when they offer to replace my work phone to buy an iPhone 11 from Music Magpie and put my sim in that instead. At least it’ll work properly!
I think that work phones generally tend to be a bit pants: they tend to put cost over performance then manage whatever performance is left out of them. I have a work iPhone and it’s pretty poor.
The thing that really gets me with ours is that we’re able to use the camera to take photos but don’t have access to the gallery app to view them. On Samsung you can’t open a photo without it, not even in OneDrive I don’t think!
I did dual drive* for a year as an experiment to see if I could get back into Android (my eye keeps getting turned by the fancy folding stuff). I don’t have much helpful advice though as I kept them solely as separate devices/numbers. Missus and a few key contacts had my Android number as well.
You can keep contacts, email, documents and photos synced across devices easily enough with the various google apps. Messages was always the toughie and I don’t think that’s improved in the couple of years since I did this.
(*carried 2 iPhones and a Moto G, does this count as triple driving?)
I haven’t Dual Driven per se but I do have both iOS and Android phones. iPhone 14 Pro Max is my daily driver and I picked up a brand new Pixel 6a from the Google Store during Black Friday last year. It was £149 (£299 Black Friday deal and £150 trade-in for my Pixel 4a).
I do like the Pixel 6a but I’m too embedded in Apple’s ecosystem to change completely.
