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Re:Cophone – Your Virtual Smartphone by lopkeny12ko on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:11AM (#36907950)
I don't understand? If you need a computer and browser to access your "virtual smartphone," what's the point?

This looks like a classic solution in search of a problem.

Re:Cophone – Your Virtual Smartphone by nikau on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:34AM (#36908423)
Seems like its an android emulator attached to a real phone number.

One use could be to run something like whatsapp to have a virtual US presence if in another country, or maybe have a business number separate from your personal number and use whatsapp web interface to read/send messages.

Re:Cophone – Your Virtual Smartphone by RyanShook on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:26AM (#36908278)
Main question I have is who is the target audience? If you're making this for work teams then it seems an app would be necessary. If you're making this as a burner line it seems there are cheaper options.
Re:Cophone – Your Virtual Smartphone by t1tech on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:49AM (#36908660)
I am exploring having an app, I think that makes more sense for everybody.
Re:Cophone – Your Virtual Smartphone by t1tech on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:15PM (#36909105)
Think BYOD, but without mixing personal and business data. So you can just open a browser on your personal mobile phone and access your work phone. Then, when you're in front of your (work) laptop, you just open a browser tab to access the same cophone instance.
Re:Cophone – Your Virtual Smartphone by cj on Friday July 28, 2023 @05:42PM (#36913748)
(iPhone user here) isn’t there the concept of a “work profile” on Android phones to help segment work vs. personal?
Re:Cophone – Your Virtual Smartphone by SkyPuncher on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:19PM (#36909172)
I would absolutely use this.

I have a work and personal phone. For many reasons, it's very difficult to merge everything onto a single device. Further, I really don't need to do much "phone" stuff with my work phone. It's mostly a glorified pager, 2FA, and occasional Slack/Email. Anything serious gets a sit-down on my computer.

This would effectively let me carry a full-isolated, properly segmented work phone without having to carry two devices.

Re:Cophone – Your Virtual Smartphone by lopkeny12ko on Friday July 28, 2023 @01:48PM (#36910535)
So you effectively want to merge your work applications onto your personal phone?

If your employer mandated use of a dedicated work phone in the first place, why on earth would they allow you to use this product to do that?

Re:Cophone – Your Virtual Smartphone by SkyPuncher on Friday July 28, 2023 @06:50PM (#36914430)
No, I want the isolation.

That’s the thing about this. It creates very clear and strong boundaries which are easily enforceable.

It lets me have a work phone on my personal phone without giving my employer any meaningful access to my personal phone.

Re:Cophone – Your Virtual Smartphone by julianeon on Friday July 28, 2023 @03:23PM (#36911939)
Because you're a business and you don't want to use your personal phone, or get a whole new plan for a phone you have to lug around that gets very sporadic use.

That's not a made up use case; I think there are a lot of businesses that fit that description.