Can I have 2 iPhones on the same Apple ID account

pharmand1 wrote:

Reply is that email address is being used already and I am unable to do so

You can't set up a new Apple ID using the same email address as one that had been used already, but you certainly can sign into another phone using that Apple ID email and password.

You can have two phones on the same account doing basically everything the same.

I know because I am currently texting off my new apple as its synced with my everyday old apple phone because its plugged into the wifi. My every day phone has the sim card in it this one doesn’t.

the phones are syncing with eachother always and if I send something off one phone it will appear as sent on both phones if that makes sense.

I would have assumed the apps worked on both phones but my Apple Music does and my Voice Aloud Reader that I pay for wont work on the new phone which is annoying because the new phone has the decent speaker and receiver, everything is broken or dying on the old phone but I like it because I know my way around it I dont want to change over till Im used to the new one.

ebuka229 wrote:

Apple can I also use my Apple ID on my two different iPhones ?

There is nothing stopping you from signing in with your Apple ID on another phone.

Ziatron wrote:

My wife and I have the same Apple ID on our phones. We think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. The disadvantage is that beginning with iOS 17 Apple introduced a Bug where call logs end up on both phones or on opposite phones. Not terribly important. The BIG advantage is that Contacts remain synchronized on both phones. 95% of the contacts in each of our phone is important to the other. Sharing contacts without having the same Apple ID is tedious.

As long as you understand that there will be disadvantages and they might increase, you should do what works for you.

However, you should easily be able to share contacts without sharing an Apple ID. You just need to add the same contacts account to Settings>Apps>Contacts>Contacts Accounts>Add Account.

hossain65 wrote:

No 1 iphone

You can most certainly have multiple iPhones with the same Apple ID.

Can I have these 2 phones on my Apple account

Yes, but there are advantages and disadvantages here.

The advantage.......you won't have to purchase apps for the new phone because the apps are tied to your Apple ID account.

A possible disadvantage......your call history will appear on both phones.

Abdirahman1233 wrote:

Hi who can I use my Apple ID my phone and my tablet

Log on to the same Apple ID on each device.

My wife and I have the same Apple ID on our phones. We think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. The disadvantage is that beginning with iOS 17 Apple introduced a Bug where call logs end up on both phones or on opposite phones. Not terribly important. The BIG advantage is that Contacts remain synchronized on both phones. 95% of the contacts in each of our phone is important to the other. Sharing contacts without having the same Apple ID is tedious.

Yes everything works after installing from a back up, you just have to login to everything again.

Here is a user tip for exactly your situation→How to “unshare” an Apple ID - Apple Community

Have you tried installing them via a backup of your old phone? When you set up the new phone it will give the option.

My wife and I have the same Apple ID on our phones. We think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. The disadvantage is that beginning with iOS 17 Apple introduced a Bug where call logs end up on both phones or on opposite phones. Not terribly important. The BIG advantage is that Contacts remain synchronized on both phones. 95% of the contacts in each of our phone is important to the other. Sharing contacts without having the same Apple ID is tedious.

azana196 wrote:

But when I am trying to download the apps which are in my other phone it is saying “item is no longer available.”

That just means that the developer has removed the app from the store. They will remain on a phone that had previously downloaded it, but you will no longer be able to download it onto another phone.

How do we get about doing the backup thingy? Just back the stuff on our old iPhones to the iCloud and then when setting up the new phone how do we get the backup there? Like at what point do we get asked if we want our backups on the new device? And what if it’s a hand-me-downer…already been used by someone? Will that affect whether we’re able to access the backup or not?

Debraduchess wrote:

How do we get about doing the backup thingy? Just back the stuff on our old iPhones to the iCloud and then when setting up the new phone how do we get the backup there? Like at what point do we get asked if we want our backups on the new device? And what if it’s a hand-me-downer…already been used by someone? Will that affect whether we’re able to access the backup or not?

After a phone is factory reset, it will startup up with the options on how you want to set it up.

How to factory reset your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support