iPhone 15 Pro Max Any advantages of not transferring from previous iPhone?

[one more]

More secure to set up as new.

“More secure”, how so?

 

[one more]

Well, up until the last year when switching between iPhones I would always backup the old one to my Mac first and then restore this backup to the new iPhone. I guess I had just inherited this process from the old Windows days.

Last year I still backed my old iPhone up, but decided to try the direct transfer for the first time. It went super smooth, transferring both my eSIM and physical SIM lines without a hitch. I still needed to redownload all of my 3rd party apps, but most of them kept their logins intact, so worked straight away. Took me about 15 minutes in total. Basically, I was sold. 😉

As others have mentioned, setting up afresh (depending on your particular iPhone setup) can take ages, so I would try the direct transfer first and then, if anything feels wrong, you can always use more laborious solutions, like Restore.

 

[Jackbequickly]

I do not have the time nor the patience to set up my new iPhone, every year, as new! I have used the transfer data for years now and never had the first problem. I do not load a bunch or crap on my phone so not worried about what is carried from one phone to the next. Love the way you can hit the ground running and move on by using the transfer data function.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

More secure to set up as new.

No it's not. Mine is more secure than a new setup because I've meticulously disabled everything that could be sharing my location and data. I haven't setup my phone as new since the 4S (or the 4, don't remember which).

Plus after hours of messing around, you end up with a setup that looks almost identical to what you had before starting as new, and there is no difference in feel. I have better ways to spend my time.

 

[antiprotest]

I have always restored from previous iPhone since the 3GS, never started from scratch, and experienced no problems. I think people are too quick to suggest starting from scratch as a trouble shooting advice or as something you should do no matter what when getting a new device. It's bad/unnecessary advice that has been passed down. It's a last resort. Assume you should never have to do it.

 

[AbSoluTc]

Always done a backup/restore from computer, iCloud or phone to phone. Never had an issue other than maybe a restore failed and had to do it again. Phone to Phone, I have learned to use a TB4 cable as it's way faster than WIFI

 

[4sallypat]

When transferring phone to phone, does it use Wifi, NFC, or Bluetooth ?

I remember when I got the 14+, I put it next to the 12PM and it took only 30 minutes for a total transfer of apps, files, pix, etc...

 

[GaryLittlefield]

But if you setup new then aren't you still getting fed iCloud "changes" when you link your AppleID anyways? Unless you start with a new "empty" AppleID?