I have a work phone and a personal iPhone, and I don't want to carry both all the time. Is it possible to set them each to ring simultaneously when either of their phone numbers are called? I don't want to forward the numbers because I switch between them - I'd like both phones to ring when called.
iPhone SE, iOS 11.3
You can do that with Continuity (see the Cellular Calls section of Use Continuity to connect your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple Watch - Apple Support ) -- but it will only work when both devices are connected to the same wi-fi network.
Continuity wasn't designed for what you want. Your original post said you didn't want to carry both phones all of the time and I suspected you were talking greater differences, but you didn't exclude the situation of an office environment where you leave one device in your office while the other is with you somewhere else on the same network.
The cellular calls part of Continuity is, I think, primarily aimed at situations where someone has two Apple devices such as an iPhone and a Mac or iPad and want the calls to ring on the Mac or iPad. But I'm not aware of another way to do what you want, other than forwarding or some other service through your cellular carrier.
Thanks. The Continuity solution is not good enough for me. I would like both phones to ring so that when I leave one or the other behind, I can still accept all calls.
In fact, I don't understand the logic of Continuity - I would prefer that the only time both phones didn't ring was when they were connected to the same network. Why would I want two phones sitting beside each other to ring at the same time? They should only both ring when on different networks or separated by some distance.
How to set up simultaneous ringing?
