I recently got a new work phone. I needed it because I was using an iPhone 8 and it was bricking up on me. Like the screen would be lit up, but when I touched the screen nothing happened. I couldn't even reboot it because I couldn't get the on-screen "button" to slide. Everything was just dead.
And don't even ask me about trying to load an update. That was an ordeal. I cringed when Apple released any iOS updates.
The new phone is a 12. My personal phone is an 11, so I'm one ahead on my work phone now instead of three behind.
One of the things I did with this new phone was create a work-only ID to use on it and keep my personal Apple ID separate.
When I got my first company phone, I didn't have my own smart phone and they were generous with allowing us to use the phone for personal stuff, so I did. But more and more of my life went mobile, and I ended up buying my own iPhone when the pandemic hit because I didn't know if I'd have a phone...or a job.
As soon as I got my own phone, I moved everything personal off the work cell. I tried to set up my account so that when I downloaded an app on my iPhone, it didn't load on the company iPhone, but sometimes I'd still find the new app there. I also had my messages showing up from time to time and sometimes work messages showing up on my personal phone. No. No. No.
So as I went through the procedure to set up the new phone, I switched to a new Apple ID that I'll use only for work. The only apps on that phone are company apps (and Waze because I'm directionally challenged). It was kind of a pain in the butt and I wish I'd been smarter from the start--although while I was using the phone for personal as well as business, there wasn't really a good way to get around it.
But everything is separate now and I have a purple phone case to protect the new phone. You can hardly tell it's Apple's boring business black color. My personal phone is yellow. I really like the yellow.
