It’s Time To Stop Carrying Separate Smartphones
Why we should move on from having dedicated work and personal phones
Step into any office and take a look around. Peek into the meeting rooms and look at the table. What do you see?
Short stacks. Short stacks everywhere. Pancakes? No. I’m talking about smartphones.
We’ve all seen it. The work iPhone stacked on top of the personal iPhone.
A chime goes off in the room. Six people check twelve phones. Why are we still doing this?
Why We’ve Historically Had Separate Phones
Pay-per-use minutes and data
Unlimited call and text used to be very rare. Receiving a string of texts from a friend used to be heart-pounding as we calculated how much the conversation was costing us.
No one was willing to pay out-of-pocket to take business calls and texts on their personal phone. In fact, many friends and family my parents’ age didn’t have a cellphone until their work provided one.
But businesses don’t want their employees using pay-per-use minutes and data for personal use either. So companies have policies that limit, or even prohibit, personal use of a work phone.
