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How many phones and iPads do you own?

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I have an IPad Pro. Got a second one incase other one is stolen when out so got a standard one. My phone was stolen so I an iPhone 11 as a spare and iCloud back up. iPhone 16 as main phone. £50 Android phone for work as I have to leave it in a locker. I did get rid of the iPod touch that was my second phone for years but it won’t be updated anymore so really an old model iPhone is only real choice. 

Got the spare iPad recently but wonder if I really need it? My wife also now has a spare iPad mini and phone but worry about too much tech junk lying around the house? 
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  • elsien
    elsien Posts: 35,953 Forumite
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    One phone. 
    One tablet which isn’t an iPad if that counts? Which I got cheap and which I use mainly for downloading Kindle books when calibre and DRM got too complicated
    Not seeing the need for more than that. 
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    Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.
  • Emmia
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    edited 8 November 2024 at 11:06PM
    One laptop (Lenovo), a kindle e-reader and two phones, one personal(android) and one work iPhone (supplied by them)
  • victor2
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    Got drawers full of old "retired" phones. Do they count?

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  • I have two of everything in case one gets misplaced/stolen including two pairs of pants in case I get knocked down.

    If information is backed up then you have no need of a physical spare.


    Things that are differerent: draw & drawer, brought & bought, loose & lose, dose & does, payed & paid


  • Personally, I own one mobile phone. I have a work phone and laptop, but they don’t belong to me. Nothing else. 
  • Brie
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    1 mobile, 1 decrepid tablet that doesn't work unless plugged in (so not very portable), 1 laptop which is my all day most days computer.  

    Work has provided a laptop and a mobile which are turned off most days as I only work part time.  Unfortunately some people think that because I have a work mobile I'll answer things immediately no matter when they phone/text me, even if it's 10 pm on a Saturday night.  Why?  Had a work colleague who had 40 texts from one person on a Sunday!  Most chasing why he hadn't answered the previous one.  Weird people.
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  • A kindle tablet an iPhone and a laptop. And a telly. 
  • My husband and I have a smartphone each - both are old enough to be out of contract now. We also have an ancient, second hand family iPad almost exclusively used to access the children’s homework, which is sent digitally now.

    My children (nearly 9 and nearly 6) don’t have any devices yet. 

    That’s it, except my work laptop & our work phones provided by our employers. 

    In general I’m always trying to reduce our time spent on screen so spending money on more or upgraded devices doesn’t make sense. It’d be like trying to diet having filled the house with fancy treats 🤷‍♀️.
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  • DullGreyGuy
    DullGreyGuy Posts: 18,566 Forumite
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    Me? 1 smart phone

    Wife? 5-6 smart phones, 2 in active use, 3 tablets, 1 in active use.

    I sell mine as soon as I've upgraded and yet to break any enough that hey cannot be sold. Mrs always has grand plans on what she's going to do with old phones/tablets but inevitably they end up in The Draw
  • Katiehound
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    1 x mobile phone- not smart- the model that you can use to hammer a nail in!! (yes, the previous owner did just that) 
    1 x smart phone on Irish network for holiday  visits
    Both payg

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