The cable already exists for fast charging and what not. Seems like going from this phone to the new one (coming Friday!) should be a piece of cake.
When setting up your new iPhone you should have the option to wirelessly move the data from one to another. This would be substantially faster than using the lightning connector on the 12. USB 2.0 speed is a theoretical max of 53mbs, while WiFi should be a couple of hundred mbs.
Wireless transfers should run at gigabits per second with modern devices.
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Because it sounds like it works, it probably won’t. That’s the way my life usually goes…hope your experience is different!
Right? Makes too much sense.
Apple: It Just Works™
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I don’t believe that will work. Should have an option to do it wirelessly, though.
True, but the cable is right there. not a huge issue but it would be disappointing.
Cable is slower than wireless - it’s USB2.0 vs wireless AC bandwidth
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It works for Android phones. There’s a migration tool that pops up when you plug two phones into each other. It’s worth a try.
What’s an android? Joking, but somehow that makes it feel less likely to work from iPhone to iPhone lol.
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https://mastodon.social/@dcseifert/111092267566492229
Seems like I was wrong and you can make it work.
You won’t know until you try
And I can’t try til it gets here. Come on, Friday!
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Maybe, but why. Apple has multiple ways to do this seamlessly. You can restore from an iCloud backup or do the wireless device transfer (that always fails for me with nearly 40k images).
