We provide Monte Carlo simulation and analytic interface arguments for the
absence of cylindrical symmetry in the density difference of a binary mixtu
re of Bose-Einstein condensates in traps in the phase segregated regime. Fo
r different spin states of Rb-87, the total density remains very symmetric
however. There is a metastable symmetric phase in a substantial part of thi
s phase segregated regime. The boundary between the symmetric and the nonsy
mmetric phase is a function of the relative concentration. The effect of di
fferent confining potentials is investigated. [S1050-2947(99)01202-0].