How to Transfer Contacts From iPhone to iPhone With iCloud
The easiest methods to transfer contacts use features that come with the iPhone, such as iCloud. Since iCloud can keep data synchronized across all your devices, using it to sync contacts from iPhone to iPhone makes it an easy choice.
How to Transfer iPhone Contacts by Restoring an iCloud Backup
Beyond the contact syncing process from the last section, iCloud can also make a backup of the data on your iPhone and then restore that backup onto a different iPhone. Here’s how:
How to Transfer iPhone Contacts Using iTunes
If you prefer to back up your iPhone to a computer, use iTunes instead of iCloud. Here’s what to do:
How to Transfer iPhone Contacts Using Web-Based Tools
iCloud isn’t the only cloud-based service that stores and syncs contacts. Google and Yahoo are two other examples.
How to Transfer iPhone Contacts Using Third-Party Software
There’s a robust world of third-party software that transfer contacts, usually rather quickly since they don’t deal with iTunes or iCloud. My Contacts Backups is one example of a contact list backup app that works by having you email the contact list to yourself so that you can copy the contacts to your new iPhone. Just open your mail on the new phone, select the attachment, and import the list.
Why You Can’t Transfer iPhone Contacts Using a SIM Card
If you’ve used other phones that can transfer contacts from the SIM card, you might be wondering if you can do the same on your iPhone. This method backs up contacts to the SIM card and then you move the old SIM to the new phone to use the backup. It’s not so simple for the iPhone because the feature isn’t supported with the iPhone SIM card. Learn more in How to Back Up Contacts to iPhone SIM.
