# The iPhone Setup Experience is Nice...and Simple!
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-iphone-setup-experience-is-nice-and-simple/639718
**Category:** random
**Created:** [April 25, 2019, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-iphone-setup-experience-is-nice-and-simple/639718 "2019-04-25T05:04:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2019, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-iphone-setup-experience-is-nice-and-simple/639718/1 "2019-04-25T05:04:18Z")
I had to setup a new iPhone today for work, and I always keep forgetting how nice and simple getting a new device up and running is. It’s one of those things that I have no idea how exactly all of the various pieces involved work, and that’s OK.
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### Author:  [@Wayne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wayne)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2019, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-iphone-setup-experience-is-nice-and-simple/639718/2 "2019-04-25T09:13:35Z")
They are one of very few companies that place the User first. I wish Microsoft could also do something similar. Microsoft give you a lot of freedom and options but Apple thinks about the User a lot more than options and freedom 🙂
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### Author:  [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-iphone-setup-experience-is-nice-and-simple/639718/3 "2019-04-25T16:16:49Z")
The thing that always surprises me (in a good way) is the animated blue spherical circles that is part of the _ **pairing the two iPhones** _ step. Apple could have easily just thrown up a QR code, but that they went this fun/cool route speaks a lot to their culture that allows for things like this to be prioritized in the first place 😛
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### Author:  [@Wayne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wayne)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-iphone-setup-experience-is-nice-and-simple/639718/4 "2019-04-25T22:45:49Z")
Perhaps they do important choices’ based on ux research first?
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### Author:  [@anwiyayoukhanna](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anwiyayoukhanna)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2019, 5:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-iphone-setup-experience-is-nice-and-simple/639718/5 "2019-05-18T05:27:43Z")
I’m still using iPhone SE, I don’t want to buy a bigger model.
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### Author:  [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-iphone-setup-experience-is-nice-and-simple/639718/6 "2019-05-18T19:02:42Z")
I wonder if you reset your phone and go through setup one more time, the SE might show the same setup experience as well 🕶
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### Author:  [@Wayne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wayne)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-iphone-setup-experience-is-nice-and-simple/639718/7 "2019-05-19T17:43:38Z")
I just bought an apple watch. It had just the same setup to join the watch with your iphone. Awesome stuff.
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### Author:  [@REB\_412](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/REB_412)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-iphone-setup-experience-is-nice-and-simple/639718/8 "2019-05-19T18:16:23Z")
I upgraded to a new IPAD mini and the transfer over from my old IPAD was just as smooth as this. I just had to place the new mini on top of the old one to have all of my data transferred over. It was truly a simple and pain free experience.
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### Author:  [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-iphone-setup-experience-is-nice-and-simple/639718/9 "2019-09-21T22:20:41Z")
This is the first time I got to see the data transfer myself, Reb! It is really nice 😀
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### Author:  [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-iphone-setup-experience-is-nice-and-simple/639718/10 "2019-09-22T19:21:35Z")
Since when is this possible? I’ve always had to wait 14 days for the phone to download everything from iCloud. And it inevitably missed things which requires another 14 days to try and find a solution before because Apple gives you almost zero control of the operating system or your own data.
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### Author:  [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-iphone-setup-experience-is-nice-and-simple/639718/11 "2019-09-22T19:38:58Z")
I don’t know when it became possible, but this is the first time I’ve seen it. I should also mention that I’m not the most prolific upgrader to the latest iOS devices 🧓 Maybe @krilnon knows 😛
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### Author:  [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-iphone-setup-experience-is-nice-and-simple/639718/12 "2019-09-22T20:45:00Z")
iOS 12.4.
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### Author:  [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-iphone-setup-experience-is-nice-and-simple/639718/14 "2021-06-04T13:23:39Z")