I got the new Pixel 4 XL and am in the process of copying over all of my data and apps and other stuff.
Apple and Google make it so easy these days to sync a new phone with an old phone that it is easy to think you are done once the sync is over.
But that is unfortunately not the case.
The biggest “gotcha” that I worry about is moving all of my two-factor codes over from my old phone to my new phone. For that reason, I keep my old phone around for a few weeks just to make sure I’ve got it all moved over to my new phone.
And then there is the hassle of logging into all of my apps and signing into them all over again. I have and use a lot of apps on my phone so that takes me several hours over the course of a few days to do that. And that is another reason to keep my old phone around for a while to make sure I’ve got everything.
Increasingly Apple and Google and other providers want you to trade in your older phone for a discount on a new one. While that is an attractive offer, it encourages wiping and sending the old phone back.
And I don’t think that’s a smart thing to do until you are sure you’ve got everything you need off of your older phone.
