I hate getting new phones. It takes forever to set them up!

iPhone SE (2nd Gen) had served me well since it’s inception. Great size and I like the home button. It started acting wonky before the latest update the WiFi chip certainly was not working as well as it should and sometimes just did not work. Same with the Bluetooth.
Constantly have to reset the phone as CarPlay would not recognize the phone wired or wirelessly. The phone also acts as the key for the wife’s Navigator and that would frequently act up.
Battery was not doing so hot.
Then dummy me went and did the latest update. Just multiplied the problems.

So now here I am with an iPhone 16 for nearly nothing. It’s a bit big but I guess I will just get used to the size. I miss the home button and I have some action and camera button that I don’t really know what they do.
Where is the lights button??

Here we are almost THREE HOURS LATER. I think I have most everything setup. Can’t figure out how to pair my Garmin watch to the new phone. Keeps telling my pairing took too long and timed out.

People that are always getting new phones must be gluttons for punishment.

Oh yeah had to get a bunch of new cables!

Can you imagine if the makers of push button phones changed the order of the numbers every year?

The good news with the cables is that almost everything uses USB-C now.

Plus you have the magnetic charging capability with the 16, so you really don't need a lot of cables. A nice charging stand for your nightstand that allows the phone to rotate horizontally lets it have a customizable night screen in red.

Mine has the clock, and temp, you can have it show your next day calendar etc, this is the one I use.

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Do a search on YouTube for videos showing all the features you should turn off in settings. It’ll help your battery and data, and privacy.

I get a new one from work roughly every 3 years. You get used to the missing button and the face login. Then you start to like it...

I STILL hate how the power/volume buttons being pressed initiates a screenshot. They are in the perfect position for this to happen accidentally all the time.

I'm also glad they went to USB-C.

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Originally posted by Orguss:
Do a search on YouTube for videos showing all the features you should turn off in settings. It’ll help your battery and data, and privacy.

100%!

As long as you don't have gigabites of data on your iPhone, you can move all of your settings and data almost automatically using AirPlay. Never had any issues moving from iPhone to iPhone until they started using eSims, and that's only a call to TMobile to register.

And the EU forcing Apple to make USB-C iPhones when Apple already used USB-C on iPads and Macs is probably their greatest contribution to society.

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Originally posted by Black92LX:

People that are always getting new phones must be gluttons for punishment.

I get a new phone every year. The setup and data transfer for me each year is quite seamless. Boot up new phone, enter in a few bits of info, number is automatically ported over. Tell new phone to mirror old phone, wait a few hours for data to transfer and viola, new phone setup just like the old phone right down to the wallpaper. Just have to setup a couple of items manually that takes about 20 mins, but it's quite easy.

Chris

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viola, new phone setup just like the old phone

This has been my experience for last couple changes as well. Not sure how you could make this complicated or not work......

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Originally posted by cmparrish:

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Originally posted by Black92LX:

People that are always getting new phones must be gluttons for punishment.

I get a new phone every year. The setup and data transfer for me each year is quite seamless. Boot up new phone, enter in a few bits of info, number is automatically ported over. Tell new phone to mirror old phone, wait a few hours for data to transfer and viola, new phone setup just like the old phone right down to the wallpaper. Just have to setup a couple of items manually that takes about 20 mins, but it's quite easy.

Chris

I don't get a new phone everyday but it is pretty easy.

Charge both devices. Back up the old device. Turn on new device and swipe up on the Hello screen. I don't have to install programs, whatever data or apps were on my old phone will get to the new phone.

I hear you. I had to get a new phone and wound up switching from an Apple to an Android and it took forever to figure it out. I feel like my parents did when the vcr came out.

3 hours? Something isn't right then

When I got my 15 Pro Max I was shocked at how easy it was to transfer to the new phone and recalled it being less than 45 min if that.

Of course something isn’t right, but it’s Apple and they can’t tell you what the problem is. Going from a 12 Pro to a 15 took me two days of fucking around to get it done. Tried the supposedly easy peasy automatic thing wirelessly, tried to back up the old phone and restore it to the new one. It finally just worked after two days of trying. The crazy part was I got two iPhone 15s at the same time to let my daughter pick the color she liked. Hers worked easy peasy on the first try, but doing the exact same thing on mine led to days of frustration.

The fella at the store told me these older phones were taking a long time to transfer.
He told me to expect it to take hours to transfer.
Then have to redownload all the apps and only about a 1/4 of them saved my username and password.
Going from the home button to FaceId had to redo all those apps that used the home button.

It won't take long and you'll stop missing that thumb ID, especially if you have to wear gloves for work, or cold weather.

Couldn’t agree more.

Earlier this week, I got a new iPhone. I like how Apple transfers over all your settings and apps, but I didn’t realize just how many apps I use regularly had and found out I’m logged out of everything.

I still can’t log in to the app that is connected to my blood pressure monitor. If I can’t get it to connect, I’m going to have to create a new profile and I will lose all my previous measurements.