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Can I connect an iphone to another for faster data transfer?

I have to migrate my data to a new iphone 15 pro and I was wondering if I could connect a cable directly from one phone to the other to speed up this process. Wireless transfer seems to be very slow (almost a day to finish). I am referring to the initial data migration from one iphone to another.

iPhone 15 Pro

Posted on Oct 22, 2023 10:37 AM

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Nov 1, 2023 2:12 PM in response to Bob Timmons

Yes, with today's thunderbolt 4 speeds of 40gbps, indeed it makes sense it would be faster. But in my previous experiences restoring from backup, I would lose authentication tokens for some apps and other settings such as apple watch transfers, apple pay cards and so on. Apparently it does not restore as efficiently as the iphone to iphone migration.

Can I connect an iphone to another for faster data transfer?

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