I have texts saved on my iPhone since July 2009.

[Kendo]

Not because I go out of my way to save every text, but because it is easier to exit out of the conversation rather than deleting the messages. So now I have every text going back to when I first got the iPhone.

Now I'm not sure if I should set up the iPhone 4S brand new, or to restore it from backup. Is there anything detrimental in keeping the texts? Does it hog up memory? I can't imagine it taking up any space at all, but it is the slowing down of performance that concerns me.

What is everyone doing?

 

[Squid7085]

Ive got my texts going back to the original iPhone from launch in 2007. 😉 I remember it being something like 60,000 last I checked.

 

[mloffa]

you guys are crazy

 

[nippyjun]

I will restore from backup. I don't see any reason not to unless your current phone is having problems.

 

[dontwalkhand]

2007 here too, never cleared them out, and always have restored from backup

 

[Kendo]

Ive got my texts going back to the original iPhone from launch in 2007. 😉 I remember it being something like 60,000 last I checked.

How do you check the number?

 

[Pooshka]

I try not to attach myself to any texts. Accidental parting is not as painful then. 😛

 

[makefunnyfaces]

I have texts from 2007. I've never seen my performance slow down. Only thing that happens is sometimes a screen will pop up that says something to the effect of "Inbox/messaging is full. Delete messages before you will receive more."