Q: Restore From Backup or Setup as New?
I get the new iPhone every September and this year is no exception. In the past I usually just set my new iPhone up by restoring from a iCloud backup. I was thinking of setting up this years iPhone as a new device. Is there any benefit from doing this or should I just continue as always and simply restore from backup?
Posted on Sep 19, 2015 1:36 PM
Unless you're having problems with your phone that are attributable to corrupted data, I don't think there's any real benefit to setting the phone up as new. There are some real downsides, though. You'll have to re-download all of your apps. You won't have your Messages history. Or your Recents history. If you have documents store on your device, you'll need to transfer them over. You'll lose all of your Health data.
Posted on Sep 19, 2015 1:49 PM