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Originally posted by HRK:

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Thanks everyone! BTW I don't have enough iCloud storage I'm too cheap to pay for additional.

bump the storage for a month, get the new phone, update, then cancel the extra storage amount. $5 is cheap for insurance of backing up everything.

$.99 per month for more storage then I'd ever use. After several years, I think at this point I'm at 25% and this can be shared with spouse if you use the same iCloud account. To quote sleepy Joe.. "come on man"

No need to buy iCloud storage if you don’t want it.

Apple now provides free “temporary” iCloud space to allow you to backup old phone and set up new one.

Details here:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212732

Apple makes it super easy to set up the new phones, just did 3 of them for the fam. They were giving crazy money trade in - $400 for a cracked X towards a 13 pro

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Originally posted by ridewv:
Thanks everyone! BTW I don't have enough iCloud storage I'm too cheap to pay for additional.

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Originally posted by TXJIM:
My wife’s 13 just showed up in the mail. She swapped the SIM card into the 13 and the set up instructions onscreen told her to place her old iPhone next to the new one. The two phones initiated a direct wireless connection automatically, presumably via Bluetooth, and everything in the old phone fully transferred to the new one. It took about 20 minutes from opening the box to using the new phone.

Wow I'm convinced that I *may* be able to accomplish this! Ordering now.

OK iPhone 13 Pro, 128 GB estimating to arrive end of this month. I put it on my Apple Card for 3% back.

If you already have an iPhone, the side-by-side direct transfer method is by far the easiest method. Much faster than restoring from an iCloud backup. I also got my 13 from Apple, and swapped my SIM over from my old phone, and it worked fine.

As far as iCloud storage, 50GB only costs $1 (0.99 cents) a month. It’s more than enough to cover both my phone and iPad. I figure if I can afford a phone, I can afford a buck a month.