Dear Apple, moving to a new iPhone from an old one is a mess: fix that

Bollocks, moving from an old iPhone to a new one is a doddle. Don't have much disk space on your computer, and your connection is slow? Mmm, okay, maybe Apple could make that experience better. But here's my anecdata on a machine with lots of disk space and a reasonable connection: buy new phone, choose to restore from backup, come back in an hour and it's just like my old phone only with shiny new hardware.

You want to know what's a mess? Restoring an Android phone (this anecdata is from Jelly Bean on a Note 3). iOS downloads all of your apps from scratch? Android didn't have the first clue what I'd previously installed, so it didn't bother to download anything; I had to go back to my Google Play Store history. I forget the details, but it was nothing like "my old phone with shiny new hardware".

TL;DR - the author is an idiot. He doesn't like apples preferred method using iCloud, has space limitations on his computer, and blames Apple because he has poor connectivity.

Well, gee, I can't move to a new iPhone while orbiting Saturn in my Model T while in Airplane mode - about as insane as his article.

I just upgraded from a 6S to a 7 via iTunes. I was also surprised to see how apps had to be downloaded again from the App Store. That doesn't bother me, but I can see how it would be a problem for someone with limited connectivity.

What bugs me are all of the apps that don't use Keychain properly and completely forget any needed credentials across an upgrade (e.g., store loyalty apps). Because people don't upgrade frequently, I imagine it is low priority to them to improve that, but it seriously made me hesitant to buy a new phone. It's in Apple's interest to push developers to be smarter about that.

Hmm, I find it very easy? Back up old phone, restore to new phone... pretty simple. I've done it 4 or 5 times now