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Originally Posted by jswinden
This is the first time I've restored a new iPhone from an older/other iPhone. I must say the the process went smoothly and was very fast compared to starting over from scratch. It is a royal PITA to download each app manually and set up all the app sign-ins and settings. It is also a PITA to setup a new iPhone and get all the settings set like the old one. So restoring from the old iPhone's recent backup is definitely the way to go.
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Definitely. I set up my iPhone 6 from my iPhone 4 backup, and my iPad Pro from my iPad Air 2 backup. As you say, it's so much quicker than doing it all manually. All you have to remember, if you're keeping both devices, is to rename the new one after the restore completes.