Buying an iPhone from an Apple Store

GrubbyGirl_2

A friend has told me that if I buy a new iPhone directly from an Apple store that they will transfer everything from your old phone onto the new one. Is that correct? If it is will they do it in front of me? This would be very useful but I'm just a bit wary of them taking my phone away and then having full access to all my apps and passwords, it just doesn't sound very safe. Is there any other safe way of transferring between phones? I don't use the cloud services

oldernonethewiser

It is easy enough to do yourself at home if you want, assuming you have both phones.

This is what I have done anytime I've bought a new iphone before selling the old one.

marcia_

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6689750/buying-an-iphone-from-an-apple-store

You don't need an Apple Store to do that for you. You can do it yourself by following the instructions on your new phone.

GrubbyGirl_2

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82195060#Comment_82195060

Is it as simple and linking the 2 phones and transferring across?

oldernonethewiser

Lots of info online how to do it. You keep both phones next to each other while the info is transferred.

GrubbyGirl_2

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82195059#Comment_82195059

Is there a simple guide online?

GrubbyGirl_2

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82195062#Comment_82195062

Does it transfer photos too?

oldernonethewiser

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82195063#Comment_82195063

Yes.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82195067#Comment_82195067

Yes..

GrubbyGirl_2

Brilliant, thank you everyone………that's saved me a long drive to an Apple store

marcia_

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82195063#Comment_82195063

https://support.apple.com/en-us/102659

soolin

I replaced my phone about 10 months ago and did it at an Apple store as they were offering me an extremely good trade in deal.

I have previously done the transfers at home using the Cloud but last time did it in store as of course I had to leave my old phone there. I backed my entire phone up to the cloud, factory reset and cleared the old phone. Then they took the sim from my old phone and put it in the new one (I find that the hardest part) and then I downloaded everything from the cloud again.

I left my old phone behind as part exchange and walked out with my new phone with everything on it that was on the old phone, including my notes, emails etc.