Dear community,
Let me explain you my lovely (sarcasm) situation with my phones.
I currently have an iPhone 16 Pro Max (personal) with AirPods pro and Apple Watch Ultra 2. I have a personal Macbook Pro and an iPad.
For work, I have another Macbook Pro and one Air (for travelling). And a Pixel 10 phone.
I've tried multiple options, having everything on Pixel (I even bought a Pixel Watch, and Pixel Buds), but I was missing my Apple Watch and the connectivity that Apple provides with AirPods. Also tried to have everything on my iPhone, which worked quite fine, but I wanted to disconnect sometimes from work – Also, I can't have 3 eSIMS on my phone at the same time.
I've seen some people sharing their experiences with carrying always two phones, but I have some issues with it – like for example:
– Connecting my AirPods – should I connect it during the day to the Pixel? What about if I want to hear a Whatsapp audio message from my iPhone?
– Listening to a podcast while walking – where? iPhone or Pixel?
– Attending a Google Meet call while on the Pixel and walking/on the street, I might need to reconfigure the AirPods, connect them to the Pixel, etc..
– Whatsapp Messages? I know I can log in to my personal whatsapp on the Pixel as a companion, and for example use the Pixel all day – not sure.
Apps I mostly use:
Personal – Instagram, Whatsapp, Calls, Messages, TikTok, Spotify, Soundcloud, Gmail.
Work – Gmail, Google Calendar, Meet, Teams, Slack.
Thing is, I can't literally put my work phone away at 6pm, sometimes my assigned customers could message me, even it's not required, it might be that it's urgent and they would appreciate me to reply – or on weekends.
What suggestions do you have? How do you do it?