Is this a red flag?

[Autumn1122]

Yesterday I went on a date with a woman. We got on amazingly well and speaked about alot of things really openly. We have arranged to go on another date.
Something I've just thought about which she has said bothers me a bit however.
She told me she has 2 phones, one iPhone, one android. She said she's a bit of a tech geek and used to work for a phone company so had 2 to show customers and has just kept them since.
Maybe it's my insecurities playing up here but is this a red flag? My ex was abusive and he would always keep his phone glued. To him as he was messaging other people.why would you have 2 phones still? Does this sound a bit odd or not? I guess she was up front about it.

As she has to pay for both I don't see the point myself but in and of itself I don't see it as a red flag. My husband had two phones as he used one for work, paid for by them, and his own personal phone.

Maybe a yellow flag but nothing too concerning if everything else seems fine.

I did say are you paying for both and she said yes but she gets a big discount as she used to work for this company. They are now both her personal phones.
She mentioned something her controlling ex said. He said she couldn't have 2 phones so she said she then had them as well to show him he couldn't control her.

Complete non issue.
I have a lot of phones, ipads, accounts, sim cards as I'm in tech. Nothing at all bad about why I have them.

Maybe I'm letting my insecurities make me feel this way

I used to have 2 phones. Complete non issue, particularly as she has been upfront about it.
Does she know your previous relationship was abusive? Then told you hers was controlling. All seems a bit heavy for a first date.

I have two phones and now that I'm wfh they are both with me 24/7, but I could reasonably have always done this. The existence of a second phone just needs a reasonable story. Is there a reasonable story for having two personal phones?

No, that's not a red flag.

No, I wouldn't see it as a red flag. Seems she's encountered toxic people before who tried to control her and this is her way of reclaiming back that time.

Additionally, I know loads of people in tech who have dual phones - apps can work differently on different operating systems and she may just like seeing the difference

Not a red flag. Though if she's one of those people who is completely glued to her phone, that would be a deal breaker for me!

Openly telling you is not a red flag.

I'm not seeing a red flag. Does she have the same number for both or different number?

OK thanks everyone good to get opinions outside of mine. She does have a different number for the other and did ask if I wanted that number too. I just said no it's OK.

I have two phones and I'm not techy in the slightest I just like the features of each phone separately so one has a sim in and one doesnt or I swap it over. Also have a sim in my tablet that I literally never use but still pay for. My DH has about four phones because he is techy and likes to play around with them and modify them etc. I know people think that a spare phone is dodgy but technology has moved on so much that if someone was going to cheat they could it easily with just one phone I'm sure

I don't think its a red flag if everything else is good

DP has two phones as he was planning on leaving his current job and realised all his contacts (business and personal) were on his work phone and he’d have no access to them the minute he handed his notice in and got put on gardening leave. He stayed in the end, but now has a better boundary between work and home life.

Two phones may be a red flag IF YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER ONE but not if they’re up front about having them both.

I have two phones now, used to have more. I do not see that as a red flag - sometimes, when I am out the battery may run out. I need back up

If she is being honest and saying she has got 2 phones then that wouldn't be a red flag - be more suspicious if she hadn't mentioned it then you found out!

I wouldn't be too concerned if she has openly told you. If you found out she had a 'secret 2nd phone' then yes but I don't see a big problem.

I have three phones...😄 no, I would not see that as a red flag unless coupled with other signs/ shady behaviour. Some of us genuinely are tech freaks or have anxiety thinking of getting cut off ( I live in a village with patchy signal from most networks and I like to feel ONE of my phones will be working if my children need me). Look out for other signs, btw a lot of people have 2 phones, mainly a work one and a personal one. Or one with dual SIM. It's common.

Is it much different to having a phone and a tablet and a Kindle etc?

Think of it this way, if It was a red flag she wouldn’t of told you. I can see why you’d think it though.