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My understanding is that you can have two independent numbers on one phone, but my carrier and at least one other major one said it cannot be done.
In this technological age, that would seem absurd.
Now I do know there are some phones with duel sim card capability, so I'd think one of those might work, but before I go and buy one, I'd like the collective wisdom of the techies on CD to help guide/advise me?
You would have to have a compatible phone with your network that has 2 SIM slots with separate IMEI #'s to enable it to work. As I understand, both SIM cards cannot be simultaneously active to allow calls from each phone number with a US carrier. The carriers would prefer that you have 2 different handsets with different #'s to increase their profits, so they do not
promote or sell such devices.
Duel Sim card, can't use both at same time though, limitation of technology.
Google voice...Or voip app
Well I already have two established business numbers that I must keep for obvious reason, but do not want the hassle of having two phones to always carry around. It is not to save money on equipment, just a functionality/convenience issue.
With Google voice, you cannot port an existing number, can you?
You would have to have a compatible phone with your network that has 2 SIM slots with separate IMEI #'s to enable it to work. As I understand, both SIM cards cannot be simultaneously active to allow calls from each phone number with a US carrier. The carriers would prefer that you have 2 different handsets with different #'s to increase their profits, so they do not
promote or sell such devices.
Yes, that is a Dual SIM phone. Make sure it has the correct cellular/LTE frequencies compatible with your cellular network before you decide to buy it.
Now when you guys say both sim cards will not work at once, does that mean if you are on the phone with one number, that someone calling the other will not get through and/or go straight to voicemail?
Dual sim phones can have two carriers or if your cell phone is LTE and has great coverage all over the areas you travel, then you can use a VOIP phone like a Magic Jack applications or others and in that way have two numbers on one regular cell phone, it is all up to the person, I use a Magic Jack app on my LTE phone and while the calls on the app are not perfect all the time and definitely not for business type of usage, it allows me to answer my Magic Jack house phone when out and about.
For phones, you can get a decent dual sim phone as low as $200 at places such as Best Buy for an Asus Zenfone 4 Max 32 which has two sims and a memory card or a much more expensive phone such as the Samsung S7 Edge which can only have two sims. My opinion, whatever you buy make sure it has at least 32GB of internal memory if you want to keep the phone for many years.
Now when you guys say both sim cards will not work at once, does that mean if you are on the phone with one number, that someone calling the other will not get through and/or go straight to voicemail?
Why not just forward one of the numbers? I used to have to carry a work phone and my personal and many times I just did call forwarding to avoid having 2 phones to carry.
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