Jim, You use the phone to phone transfer feature which will transfer all your settings and such over from your iPhhone 15 Pro to your new phone and then, as you said, you also restore your iCloud backup. I haven’t doen this in a while, can’t remember if when you do the quick transfer which you are asked for when you start to set up your new phone also initiates the iCloud backup or if you have to select this option manually. If you have old apps on your phone which you don’t think you want on your new phone I would simply delete them first before doing the transfer; setting up a phone from scratch is hours of work depending on how much content you have, how many apps y ou have to sign in to and all that and unless you have a serious issue with your phone I don’t recommend it and I don’t think it is necessary.
Also, just out of curiosity, why did you upgrade from a 15 Pro to a 16 Pro? You already had a phone which supports Apple Intelligence and which had an action button and also you already had a USB-C port. The only thing you gain with a 16 Pro is the new camera button and a slightly faster processor, but I doubt you will notice that a lot in day-to-day use. OK, so there are some other differences such as probavbly a little better battery life and the iPhone 16 Pro supports Wi-Fi 7 which I doubt you have and probably won’t have for a few more years, a few camera improvements but that’s mostly it. As I said, I’m just curious. I will most likely get an iPhone 16 Pro as well this year, but then I only have an iPhone 13 Pro now and I do look forward to Apple Intelligence features, I very much prefer to have a phone with USB-C cable so I can finally get rid of all my Lightning cables and I imagine that I would make use of the action button and definitely of the camera button since I actually take pictures quite a lot. But I still haven’t totally decided if I might not safe myself a few hundred Dollars and just get a regular iPhhone 16 which has just about everything the iPhhone 16 Pro has except for the difference between 3x and 5x optical zoom, the 120 Herts Promotion display which for a blind person probably isn’t a big deal and the one extra core in the processor which again you probably never notice unless you do a lot of gaming or heavy-duty video editing etc. The only reason why I would get a Pro phone is the LiDAR sensor especially if as I heard it might have expanded capabilities now, but I’m still waiting for Jonathan or somebody do explain this further. From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2024 11:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Thoughts and Upgrades Good morning! I have a couple questions for you as I upgrade to a new phone today. This time though, I’m getting it in the mail, whereas in the past, I’ve always gotten it at the store. While I know the answers are going to be personal choice, I am curious as to what some of you have done or experienced. First, how easy is it to transfer from one phone to a new one? I’ve always done it at the store. How easy is the phone syncing, and how flawless is the transition? Also, in the past, I’ve always just done a restore from the cloud, which brings everything to the new phone. I began wondering, with the new IOS and future Apple Intelligence, if it would be better to start from scratch and then download the things I want. I currently have several apps and things on my phone that either are old or that I don’t use. But, I have several folders as well. I just wonder what the advantages are of one over the other. Finally, I’m trying to remember. I’ll have to reconnect or re-pair all Bluetooth devices, correct? Those settings don’t transfer, right? I’m looking forward to using this new iPhone 16 pro! Jim -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/003101db0b8c%245500e2d0%24ff02a870%24%40gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/003101db0b8c%245500e2d0%24ff02a870%24%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CO1PR07MB9129609E4B87AB7A00798BC4C76C2%40CO1PR07MB9129.namprd07.prod.outlook.com.
