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Other I am purposely not installing iOS 17 on my current iPhone 13 PM. I am waiting to experience it on my brand new 15 PM this Friday.
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You’ll find the migration/restore from backup process far easier if you update to iOS 17 on the existing phone.
iOS 17 made some really good improvements in this area.
For the first time ever (for me), my eSIM swapped over flawlessly. I didn’t need to set up my cards for Apple Pay again on my device either. The Apple Watch transfer process over to the new phone works much better too.
iOS 17 made some really good improvements in this area.
For the first time ever (for me), my eSIM swapped over flawlessly. I didn’t need to set up my cards for Apple Pay again on my device either. The Apple Watch transfer process over to the new phone works much better too.
Yes you will have to update to iOS 17 to do the new phone setup anyway plus there is a lot to explore with iOS 17 why not have fun with it now?
I barely even noticed a difference to be quite honest. 90% of it is exactly the same as iOS 16.6 was before.
You won’t even notice a difference. Much like the hardware
I am, actually. I thought I was the only one.
This also prevents a required software update since iPhone 15 Pro Max is shipping with 21A306, not 21A329 (17.0 official release).
I learned the hard way years ago to not do that, because I would be wanting to try all the new features all week, and then the new phone would come and I would be all excited about the new phone, and then I'd run into a brick wall because to transfer the old to the new I'd have to run that update anyway.
I'd rather do it at a time when I'm not also excited about having the new hardware in my hands. I'm pretty sure Apple spaces it out this way on purpose.
I'd rather do it at a time when I'm not also excited about having the new hardware in my hands. I'm pretty sure Apple spaces it out this way on purpose.
Me too, not installing it on my 13PM, because I don't have one, but I did put it on my 12P and 14P quite literally the same hour it was released :-D
It will be easier to set up your new phone if you update your current to 17
Updated 11 to ios 17 - see absolutely no visual difference versus 16.6.
Most of what I noticed was in iMessages and then the “what’s new” pop ups in all first party apps except settings where the cool things actually happen 😂
Nightstand mode was enough for me. I have been excited about that since the day they announced it and I wasn't waiting one more day to use it.
watchOS is definitely the bigger update this time around. I’m not exactly sure what I think of the changes yet to it. The Home Screen is definitely going to take some adjustment, since the app grid starts at the top of the screen now instead of the middle (I had to move all of my most used apps to the top of the grid). Control Center being on the former dock button is also a major adjustment (it also reminds me of all the times since watchOS 1.0 that Apple has changed that button). The widgets are cool, and I wish they were available when using other apps. And the new combination pager+scroll view is going to be great once third party apps start updating to use it.
As for iOS, the nicest feature in my opinion is interactive widgets. I’m not sure if text entry is an option for them (haven’t used many yet), but here’s to hoping PCalc adds support for at least the large and extra large widgets so I can remove my last pre-iOS 14 widget.
The security components of the update make it worthwhile to update, in my opinion. It seems silly to me to hold off on the update until your phone arrives (I’d have to wait nearly a month if I did that!), especially when people point out that you’d have to update your current phone for the migration process anyway. Might as well be using your existing apps’ new features right away instead of waiting.
I've actually been pleasantly shocked by how well 17 runs on my 12 Mini.
Anyone who thinks iOS 17 amounts to an “experience” needs desperately to make physical contact with grass or the bark of a tree.
Nope. All they're going to do is guide you through the same process and then you'll find yourself sitting at the little wooden table until that's all finished and you don't need the old phone anymore. And that is not going to be a fun day to sit in an Apple Store. There's no special shortcut they take at the store in my experience. They just park you at a free spot and you pay your upgrade dues.
I can totally understand the motivation here.
That said, not me, haha. I've been running iOS 17 since the first beta. I think you'll really dig it!