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Imagine having time off from work, leaving your work phone off/at home, but still able to check online topo maps/restaurants/flights/weather/connect with people with your normal phone.

It can be annoying, or not. Depends a lot on personality, type of work, boss etc.

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I mute my work chat when I am on vacation and I never have email notification for work emails anyway. Having a separate phone wouldn't really move the needle on that, at least for me.

With a work profile on Android, I can temporarily disable all of my work account stuff with the push of a button. It may not be as physically satisfying as throwing the phone in the bottom of a drawer for a week, but the vacation experience is the same.

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